Artemiy "The Mugbearer" Karpinskiy

Freelance Digital LEGO Designer

TheMugbearer's Adoptable Terms of Service

By purchasing my adoptable characters, you confirm and agree to the following terms of service and use


Terminology

Here, and furtner, "Adopt/artwork/design" means a character design made by me, The Mugbearer/the artist, purchased by you, the Buyer/Client. These terms of service only apply to "personal use". The so-called "commercial use" of my designs is prohibited.

Personal use is defined as:

  • Sharing the artwork in free access on the social media

  • Creating stories, art and similar derivative works of the character

  • Commissioning the artwork of the character

  • Printing the artwork for yourself

  • Non-profitable

When you buy a design from me, you buy it for your own personal use. You are given some displaying, sharing and editing rights over the finished artwork. Your rights over the character are limited and will be explained through this document.


Payment and availability

I take payments 100% upfront via PayPal invoice only. 50% upfront and 50% after is negotiable, but highly unlikely.

The prices depend on many factors, such as time, level of detail, level of rendering, and any extra details. Adoptables will be posted on my Twitter, ToyHouse and Furaffinity. DM me or send me a note to claim them.

Upon purchase, the high-res version will be sent to your e-mail. Transparent background version is provided upon request.


My rights

I keep all the rights over the design artwork I've made. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Distributing my artwork on galleries, portfolios, printing on art books, using it as price samples

  • Using it for self-promotion

  • Reproducing the design in altered form for my own needs or to create more adopts

  • I won't sell a character I've already sold to someone else


Your rights

Regarding the original artwork:

  • You cannot publish, make merchandise of, nor mass print the artwork or alterations of it for profit

  • You can print it, keeping it as a physical copy for yourself, but it must not be submitted to mass printing sites

  • The artwork cannot be used in commercial or non-commercial projects/organizations

  • You cannot mint the artwork as a Non-Fungible Token or make it part of any blockchain-based transaction

  • You can share the artwork anywhere you want, with the exceptions of places where one would need to pay to view it (i.e. a paid tier of your patreon)

  • You cannot edit, crop, or alter the artwork

  • You must always credit me as the artist of the picture and creator of the design wherever you display it. You can do so by leaving a link to one of my sites near/as the picture, or by stating my business name (TheMugbearer) as the creator on a line next to it

  • You cannot claim the artwork as made by you

Regarding the character:

  • You can use the character for personal use, such as drawing, creating stories, using as an avatar/icon, roleplaying, etc.

  • You can make changes to the character (details outlined below)

  • You can transfer the character to someone else (details outlined below)

  • You can use the character in personal, free projects, however profitable projects will need a contract (details outlined below)

  • You agree to never use the characters to advocate for hate speech or depict abuse

  • You agree to never use the characters as Non-Fungible Tokens


Open species adoptables

Open species adoptable is any adoptable that has undefined or fantasy/folklorical/mythological species, was sold through themed adopt batch, and is not specified to be a Closed Species adoptable. Open species adoptables have these limited rights on them:

  • You can resell, gift or trade the character. When transferring the character to a new owner, you must let them know of my adoptable TOS

  • You cannot resell the character for more than the original price you purchased it for

  • You can create your own species out of the purchased design, for personal use only

  • You can assign any gender and pronouns to the adoptable

  • You can make changes to the design, such as anatomy, colors, features, etc. provided you do not alter the design to the point it is no longer recognizable as the one you have purchased

  • You can sell prints of your artwork featuring the character. You must give me credits for the character creation. If you feature more than 500$, I ask for 10% of incoming profits


Closed species adoptables

Closed species adoptable is any adoptable that has strictly defined, named original species, existing within their own universe and possessing specific traits pertaining to the closed species. Closed species adoptables have these limited rights on them:

  • You can trade or resell them. Specific rules for each species are outlined on their Toyhouse page.

  • You cannot use them in settings outside of their original universe.

  • You cannot use the character for branding.

  • Your artwork of the character cannot be printed and sold.

  • All alterations must follow trait and lore limitations


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Original ToS are formulated by © Demitsorou.