S Godwin Studio

COMMISSIONS OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND

Artworks are created in the artists own style and interpretation of the subject matter. By requesting an art commission, the artist has full creative freedom to express the buyers ideas on paper and/or digitally to the best of their ability and to provide the buyer with an outcome that will hopefully be of satisfactory.

STYLE: Whimsical Fantasy / Surrealism / Minimalism / Decorative.

CAN DO: Wild Animals, Aquatic Animals/Sealife/Nautical, Botanical/Garden, Forests/Woodlands, Lakes/Rivers, Mountains, Mythical or Pre-Historic Creatures, Log Cabins, Wooden Sheds, Tree Houses, Bird Houses, Pattern Designs.

WILL NOT DO: Fan Art, Portraits (people or pets), Photorealistic, Draw From Photographs, Draw An Existing Design, Drawing Not In The Artists Own Style, Horror Or Dark Art, Offensive Inappropriate Content or Coloured Artworks.

SIZE:

A5 (5.8x8.3 Inches)

A4 (8.3x11.7 Inches)

A3 (11.7x16.5 Inches)

PERSONAL USE:

Artwork For Home / Cafe / Hotel / Restaurant / Other.

Artwork will be sent via post.

COMMERCIAL USE:

Seamless Surface Pattern Design For Fashion / Home Decor / Gift Wrap / Other.

Book Illustration / Colouring Page.

Character / Concept.

Editorial / Other.

Artwork will be sent digitally via email.

REQUESTING A COMMISSION: The buyer must state their name, email address, home address, commission type (personal or commercial), description, size and delivery type (sent via post or sent digitally). For commercial commissions a license will need to be purchased from the artist. Please provide as much detail as possible in a clear and concise manner when filling in the contact form for the artist to clearly understand what is required to write up a commission contract for the buyer to sign. Buyer is responsible for the accuracy of information they provide to the artist upon submitting the contact form. Please do not provide any financial details, as it is not needed at this stage to complete the contact form. The artist has the right to either accept or decline any commission request that comes through. A commission request maybe declined if the artist is busy, feels uncomfortable with the request, is too complicated or for whatever reason the artist feels unable to fulfill the buyers request.

CONFIRMATION: A confirmation email will be sent shortly to the buyer if their commission has been accepted and will be given a start date and provided with a PayPal invoice to make payment (artist works through commissions in the order of the waiting list). Once the buyer has emailed the artist to confirm the start date and payment has been received, the buyers commission can begin. If the buyer has not confirmed the start date or made payment after 5 working days from the date of confirmation email, the buyers commission will be cancelled for non-correspondence.

DEPOSIT / BALANCE: 50% upfront non-refundable payment is to be paid to the artist via PayPal. This payment covers the artists time spent communicating with buyer, purchasing art supplies, materials and for time spent working on the buyers commission. Another 50% payment is to be paid to the artist for completion of artwork, the buyer will be sent an email to be notified of completion of artwork and will be provided with a PayPal invoice to make payment. Buyer must ensure they have final payment ready when the artist provides an invoice, the artwork cannot be sent until payment has been received. If payment has not been made within 5 working days from the date of invoice sent, the buyers commission will be cancelled for non-correspondence and the balance will be scrapped, the artist will have the right to reproduce, sell to someone else, use for marketing purposes or other.

RIGHT TO CANCEL: The buyer has the right to cancel their commission from the moment they requested it please notify the artist as soon as possible to terminate the contract. If the artist has already started the commission the artist reserves the right to retain the 50% deposit.

TIMESCALE: 1-3 weeks (per artwork). The artist does not accept rush orders, if the buyer would like their commission completed by a specific date, they will need to fill out the commission form way in advance. The artist likes to take their time on each artwork to ensure buyer satisfactory.

APPROVALS: Sketch / Design Draft Approval: Initial sketches or design drafts will need to be approved by the buyer before completion of artwork, approvals will be sent to buyer via email at low resolution. 

ARTWORK COMPLETION: Once artwork is finished and payment made, the artwork will be sent to the buyer.

COPYRIGHT: The artist retains all rights to commission artworks including copyright, moral rights, other. Copyright does not transfer to buyer. Only the artist has the right to make reproduction prints from commission artworks to sell or other. No AI is used in the creation of commission artworks. The buyer shall not claim the artwork as their own. The artwork must not be altered or duplicated in any way. Commission artworks must not be used or sold as NFT (Non-Fungible Token) cryptocurrency. Buyers who hold a commercial license to artwork must not be sub-licensed or resold to any third party. Artworks as digital file shall not be sold as is in it's original format. Unauthorised use of artwork is strictly prohibited.