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WORK COLLECTIONS

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The City We Became

A series of illustrations based on N.K.Jeminsin's book The City We Became, the first in her Great Cities trilogy.

DEVELOPMENT SKETCHES

Character and illustration concepts.

And Tomorrow?

A short comic following the young soldier Ashley and a stranger.

Miscellaneous

Uncategorized works and sketches.

FINE LINE

Works made in a clean fine-line render style.

Painter

Works made in a lineless render style.

Monotone

Works made in a clean sketch style with color accents.

Chromatone

Monotone works complete with color.

Mini Chibi - Whole Milk

Works made in a clean simplified chibi style with thick lines.

Character Designs

Character designs for various closed species, client, and personal use.

Semi-Chibi Designs

Character designs for various closed species, client, and personal use in a semi-chibi style.

Character Layouts

HTML & CSS bootstrap codes for character profiles, hosted on Toyhou.se

TYPE: COMMERCIAL

Please email [email protected] for commercial business inquiries.


UNAVAILABLE

All commissions are currently CLOSED


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MONOTONE PRICE CALCULATOR

I. Copyright & Usage Policy

  • I retain all rights over the artwork(s) and reserve the right use it in my portfolio and social media content.
    The client is purchasing my artist labor only.

  • I reserve the right to modify and use any rejected sketches at a later date.

  • I cannot claim the intellectual property or reuse/resell the image for personal or commercial projects.

  • Personal commissions are for non-profit use only.

  • Commercial projects require additional discussion, please contact me through my contact information.

  • Full credit is required when reuploading the commissioned art rightfully under, Arkaingel.

  • You may resell it for the purchased price it in the case of trading the characters where its assets are being considered for its price.

  • You may not claim the work as your own, edit, or redistribute it for profit.

  • Any AI and blockchain related usage of my work is strictly prohibited under any circumstance. All such usage should be considered unauthorized.
    ✧ No derivatives of the work may be made into/minted/sold as NFT or other cryptocurrencies.
    ✧ No changes or adjustments may be made by machine learning or derived technologies.
    ✧ No derivatives of my work is not allowed to be created through the use of above-mentioned technologies.


II. Subject Restrictions

✔ DO✘ DON'T
Original CharactersDiscriminatory, Offensive or Sensitive Content
FanartExplicit R18 NSFW
Humanoids: Kemonomimi, Anthro, Furry, etc.Heavy Gore and Excessive Body Horror
Suggestive NSFW 
Mild Gore: Blood, Wounds, etc. 
  • Please consult me about the subject matter if you are unsure.

  • I will not draw from descriptions alone, you must have some sort of visual reference. Found references are perfectly acceptable.
    Ex. mood boards, stock photos, self taken photos, etc.


III. Commissioner Relation

  • I reserve the right to decline your commission request.

  • I will respect requests to not publicly post the commission. Please notify me, additional fees may apply.

  • I am not associated with any views demonstrated by the character or media presented in my work at the demands of my commissioner.

  • If a client not reply within 30 days of receiving drafts or work in progress photos, I consider the commission cancelled by the client. In this case, already paid money will not be returned, drafts are not stored and I will proceed with any existing image as I see fit.


IV. Payment & Refund

  • All payments will be issued via Stripe or Paypal invoice in USD unless discussed otherwise.

  • Alternate payment options include Ko-Fi and Arbum and must be discussed in the ordering process.

  • Payment is due up front. At least 50% down payment is required before I start.
    Full payment is required to continue beyond a finalized sketch.

  • Please pay within 48 hours or notify me of an expected wait time. Failure to do so will result in termination of the order.

  • Payment plans available at request for orders over $100.

  • Price additives include but are not limited to: Complex details, Backgrounds, Deadlines.

  • Full refunds are only issued if I decide to cancel an order or if the commission has not been started.

  • There are no refunds after the sketch has been approved, all payments are finalized.


V. Waiting Policy

  • Unless otherwise stated, commissions will generally be finished within 1-4 weeks.

  • I will not accept hard deadlines at this time.

  • Clients will be notified if there are any delays and keep you updated on the progress of your order.

  • Please respect that I am a full-time student and my schedule may interfere with the delivery time.

  • Clients can track their order progress through my notion queue or by contacting me.


VI. Process

  • When you are ready to order, please fill out the form

  • Once I approve of your commission request, you will be contacted via your listed socials and sent an invoice.

  • I will start the commission after receiving full or 50% down payment.
    Full payment is required to continue beyond a finalized sketch.

  • If payment is not received within 48 hours without prior notice, the commission will be cancelled.

  • During the commission process, major revisions are only allowed during the sketching stage (ex. pose, character, outfit, setting).
    ✧ There is a maximum of 5 major revisions, any revisions after will incur and additional fee.
    ✧ Unlimited minor revisions (ex. additional and/or missing details, color changes) are allowed during any of the commission stages.

  • Please be clear with what you want to be changed and feel free to use other works and photos as references.

  • After a commission is completed, only mistakes on made on my part will be revised without charge such as missing or incorrect features on the given reference. Any errors due to an unclear reference and/or description will not be revised. Minor revisions will incur an additional fee.

  • Throughout the commission process, I will be distributing updates to be sure the commission is on track.

  • If you want an update please feel free to contact me periodically. Some artworks may take more than a month to complete, so frequent updates may not be fulfilled.

  • General process visualized below, treatment may differ between commissions.

sketching

Initial sketch based on client reference and instructions.
Major revisions can be requested.

lining

After approval, the sketch will be cleaned with line art or a similar process. Minor revisions only.

coloring

Proceeding to lay down colors and mood lighting for finishing render. Color and minor revisions only.

finalizing

A check in of the finished result before delivering the files.
Minor revisions only.


VII. Product

  • I cannot provide physical shipments of your commission.

  • All commissions are distributed digitally via email or other online contact platforms with a signed, high resolution, PNG/JPEG file.

  • You can request a transparent background file isolating the character, or other file variations.

  • Signature is small and incorporated into the work, it should not disrupt the image.

  • I do not distribute PSD files or unsigned work at this time for personal commissions. Please inquire for commercial commissions.


VIII. Adoptable & Custom Designs


IX. HTML & CSS CODES


By obtaining my designs you are hereby agreeing to the following rules and terms of service listed below as well as the terms in my General TOS.
Failure to comply with these terms will result in being publicly blacklisted and banned from obtaining any more of my designs going forward.
Please spend responsibly, I am not responsible for individual financial decisions.


I. Payment

  • All payments will be issued via Stripe or Paypal invoice in USD unless discussed otherwise.
    Alternate payment options include Ko-Fi or Arbum and can be discussed.

  • Invoices must be paid within 24 hours unless discussed otherwise. Failure to pay will reopen the adopt.

  • If a chargeback or refund request is received due to the buyer's irresponsibility, the payment will be considered a failure.
    Ownership of the design will be revoked and the adopt will reopen for sales.

  • Payment plans available upon request for adopts over $100.

  • Please inform me beforehand if purchasing via third-party voucher or gifting the design to someone else upon purchase.

  • Auctions end 24-48 hours after the last bid with a 1 hour snipe guard.

  • Auctions with tiered AB options allow for higher tiered AB bids after lower AB bids if placed within the time frame of the snipe guard.

  • Additional purchases cannot be made if buyer has existing pending payments with me.

  • In the case the design belongs to a closed species, please be aware of the payment guidelines within the species.


II. Copyright & Usage Policy

  • I retain all rights over the artwork(s) and reserve the right use it in my portfolio and social media content.
    Please credit me for the art and design @ Arkaingel.

  • Designs are for personal use only unless specified otherwise. Commercial usage require additional discussion, please contact me for inquiries.

  • Any AI and blockchain related usage of my work is strictly prohibited under any circumstance. All such usage should be considered unauthorized.
    ✧ No derivatives of the work may be made into/minted/sold as NFT or other cryptocurrencies.
    ✧ No changes or adjustments may be made by machine learning or derived technologies.
    ✧ No derivatives of my work is not allowed to be created through the use of above-mentioned technologies.

  • Design co-ownerships are allowed, however I am not responsible for co-ownership politics.

  • You can use the design as you wish for character creation purposes, gender, pronouns, history, outfits, etc. are all up to you.
    Discriminatory usage of my designs will not be tolerated.

  • You can make minor changes to the design so long as the original elements are recognizable. Please retain a minimum of 50% of the original design.
    ✧ Please ask for my permission regarding editing my work, you may contact me for minor revisions but I am not required to accept.
    ✧ In the case the design belongs to a closed species, please be aware of changing species traits and bring it up with appropriate species staff.

  • You may make alternate versions of the design at your own discretion.
    ✧ In the case of the alternate versions belonging to a closed species, please refer to the species policy on alternate forms.

  • The original unedited version of the design must be kept for proof of ownership and for possible reversions in case of future ownership changes.


III. Trading Policy

  • All parties of a transfer are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the TOS.
    New owners must be made aware of this TOS, and will be held accountable if any terms are broken.

  • Designs may not be transferred to blacklisted users, anyone found deliberately doing so will be blacklisted as well.

  • You can sell/trade/gift the designs at your own discretion but cannot exceed the obtainment price without additional paid assets (eg. commission).
    ✧ Designs obtained via sale or voucher cannot be resold for more than its purchased price without additional paid assets added after obtainment.
    ✧ Designs obtained via trading cannot be resold or vouchered without additional paid assets added after obtainment.
    ✧ Designs obtained via gifting & free raffles cannot be traded or resold without additional paid assets added after obtainment.
    ✧ Designs obtained via a mixed offer cannot be resold for more than its purchased price without additional paid assets added after obtainment

  • Traded and gifted value do not count towards resale price, only the direct monetary value spent.
    ✧ Vouchers may only be used for designs obtained by monetary means for the equivalent value of their purchased price and additional paid assets added after obtainment, or if not obtained for monetary means, for the equivalent value of additional paid assets added after obtainment.
    ✧ Gifted artwork does not add to the resale value.

  • Designs with alternate forms must include the variants when being resold, traded, or gifted.
    Those alternate forms may not continue being used separately from the original form unless significant design changes are made so it no longer resembles the original.

  • All designs have a 2 week cooldown before they can be transferred.
    ✧ In the case the design belongs to a closed species please be aware of cooldown times and other transactional guidelines within the species.

  • Notifying me of ownership changes is not required but appreciated.
    ✧ In the case the design belongs to a closed species, ownership changes must be brought up with appropriate species staff.


IV. Blacklist

  • Users listed have been found violating TOS or are known scammers and are prohibited from obtaining any more designs.
    VIEW BLACKLIST

I. USAGE POLICY

  • TURN WYSIWYG OFF Check "Enable Code Editor" in your display settings.

  • DO NOT REMOVE THE CREDIT OR CLAIM OWNERSHIP OF THE CODE.

  • DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE, MONETARY USE IS PROHIBITED.
    ✧ You can use/reference/copy snippets for your own personal projects.
    ✧ You may frankenstein/splice my code as long as it doesn't break anyone else's TOS and everyone is properly attributed visibly.
    ✧ Credit is not required in cases where my code is used minimally.

  • P2U codes are for the purchaser's use only, you may not redistribute to your friends.
    ✧ Please remove my P2U code from the profile before transferring characters, redistribution through character profiles is not allowed.

  • Commenting that you are using is not required but appreciated.

  • Real time editor resources: Playhou.se and TH.CircleJourney.net

  • If there are any issues or questions with my code please feel free to contact me.

I. Art Usage

  • Unauthorized usage, reproduction, or redistribution of my work is prohibited.
    Please ask to use my work: icons, banners, reposts, reuploads, physical printing, etc.

  • Any usage of my work must be properly credited under Arkaingel.
    Linking to my social media is optional but appreciated.

  • Commissioned work is for client use and under their jurisdiction.

  • Any AI and blockchain related usage of my work is strictly prohibited under any circumstance. All such usage should be considered unauthorized.


II. Art Tools & Materials

  • Tablet: Wacom Cintiq 27QHD $500 what a steal

  • Programs: Clip Studio Paint EX V.3, Clip Studio Paint Pro V.1

  • Canvas: ~A4 300dpi

  • My God Forsaken Hands + Monster Nitro Super Dry


III. Art Tags & Labels

  • Art work compile for work of my mascot Arch
    #Arkonography

  • Organizational Tags on Instagram
    #Arkaingel_oc #Arkaingel_forothers #Arkaingel_designs

  • Organizational Labels
    C:Commission AD:Adopt FO:For Others P:Personal

ARKAINGEL

artist ark / kain he / they GMT-5

I adore fictional stories that touch on fantasy and all things abnormal.I specialize in narrative illustration, character design, and concept visual art development.



ARCH

mascot the mock angel of life and death

Drawn from biblical references and an obsession with avians, Arch is designed from red-crowned cranes and common rock dove pigeons.A celestial doll that serves a pair of gods in all their dualities. A mock angel of life and death.

Kollslaw_ / SRRO / Lostolem / Artsy_Fundo / Larissa Oliver / FungiFeast