CHEX DC
cartoonist ✦ illustrator ✦ letterer
ABOUT
Chex is a cartoonist who loves exploring characters and their relationships with one another. For inquiries, please email Chex at [email protected]
COMIC RECS
Ongoing list, will update this from time to time!
ANTHOLOGIES
UTOT KOMIKS (OCTOBER RELEASE IS OUT!!)
✧ 2-week challenge based , monthly releases
✧ Stories across a whole span of genres, with a focus on getting stories out like a brain fart (hence "utot", which is Tagalog for fart)
✧ LINK: https://utotkomiks.gumroad.com/PATCHWORK ZINE (NOVEMBER RELEASE IS OUT!!)
✧ Monthly releases
✧ Creators focus on experimentation in genre and style with each new work!
✧ LINK: https://patchworkzine.gumroad.com/
✦COMMISSION INFO✦
NOTE: To give as much focus possible to each commission, only a few slots will be open at a time! If all slots are filled, please check on Twitter (@chexmakes), as they may be open soon!
ϟ SLOTS OPEN: 4 ϟ
Thank you so much for your interest! To confirm your order, please read through the Terms of Service and fill out the Request Form of your choice. Both are linked below.Please take note that the artist may decline requests at their own discretion (see the ToS for details).
✦PRICING✦
REGULAR COMMISSIONS
✦TERMS OF SERVICE✦
By commissioning Chex DC, you agree to all the terms and conditions listed below. That said, please read the entire Terms of Service page carefully before sending in a commission order.If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at [email protected]
DEFINITIONS
✧ Artist: the individual creating the illustrated works-- me, also known as Chex DC (chexmakes).
✧ Client: the individual who is ordering the commission-- in other words, you!
✧ Commission: the service provided by the artist. Here, it’s the illustration ordered by the client.
✧ Personal Use: any usage of the artwork by which the client doesn’t make any profit from.
✧ Minor Edits: any changes in color or facial expressions, and adding in small, missed details to the illustration.
✧ Major Edits: this entails tweaking poses, changing outfits and adding or removing items from the illustration.
COPYRIGHTS AND USAGE
GENERAL CONDITIONS
✧ The artist is offering digital art commissions for personal use only.
✧ The client may not use the commissioned work for profit or commercial purposes.
✧ The client must also be 18 or older to order from Chex DC.ARTIST’S RIGHTS
✧ The artist reserves all rights to and ownership of their artwork. This includes, but is not limited to: editing, redistribution, printing, copying, and merchandising.CLIENT’S RIGHTS
✧ The client may use the commissioned artwork for any personal, non-profit uses.
✧ The client may upload the commissioned artwork to their personal websites, provided they credit Chex DC for it.
✧ The client may print the commissioned artwork for personal use.PAYMENT
✧ All transactions will be made through Stripe in or converted to USD currency.
✧ After the commission order is accepted, an invoice will be sent to the email address that the client provided.
✧ Invoices must be paid within 3 days of the send date or the commission will be dropped.
✧ All payments must be paid in full upfront before the artist will start working on a commission.
WORK PROCESS
OVERVIEW
✧ Following the artist's initial acceptance email of a client's request, the client must respond within 48 hours or their reserved commission slot will be dropped. The client will have to rerequest a commission using the form.
✧ After receiving full payment, the artist will start working and send the client a thumbnail (rough sketch of the pose/layout) of their commission via email for edits and approval.
✧ Once the thumbnail is approved, the artist will send a cleaner sketch for any edits and approval.
✧ After the sketch is approved, the artists will start working on lineart and colors.
✧ The next update (following the sketch) will be the final work. The client may ask for any minor edits if anything seems off!EDITS AND REVISIONS
✧ After the commissioned sketch is sent for approval, please let the artist know if there’s any edits that you, the client, would like them to make.
✧ Minor edits can be done at any stage of the work process.
✧ Major edits may only be requested during the sketch stage. Once the sketch has been approved, any other requested major edits will incur an additional fee.
✧ Any mistakes made on the artist’s part will be fixed for free.
✧ Edit requests for a commission that has been complete for 30 days or more will be ignored.DEADLINES
✧ Commissions will often be finished within 1 month of receiving full payment, unless a deadline was decided and specified by the client on the order form.
✧ All deadlines, if any, must be put in the initial order form (under "Description of Request"). Deadlines requested after the initial order form will not be accepted.
✧ Deadlines will increase the commission price depending on how soon it is.
✧ The client may not request for the deadline to be within 72 hours of full payment.CANCELLATION POLICY
✧ Refunds can be requested, but will vary based on the amount of work already done by the artist:
→ Prior to the sketch stage: 100% refund
→ After a sketch is accepted: 75% refund
→ After linework is done: 50% refund
✧ Once an artwork has reached the color stage, the client will not be issued a refund.
✧ The artist may choose to refund and cancel a commission at any time due to: unforeseeable circumstances, rude/inappropriate behavior, or poor communication.
SUBJECT MATTER
WILL DRAW
✔ ELEMENTALS, NON-HUMANS GALORE
✔ Original characters
✔ Fanart
✔ Real people
✔ Animals
✔ Anything else the artist feels acceptable, at their discretionWILL NOT DRAW
✘ NSFW
✘ Ship art of celebrities
✘ Pedophilia
✘ Incest
✘ Fetish art
✘ Excessive gore (overly detailed guts, etc.)
✘ Anything depicting propaganda or hateful speech
✘ Anything else the artist feels uncomfortable drawing, at their discretion