Commissioned Art

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Hairy Ear Prints offers a service that allows customers to commission an original, unique piece of art.

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The client must submit a proposal (through the Hairy Ear Prints webpage, custom products), and a photo for the artists at Hairy Ear Prints to create an estimate.  Hairy Ear Prints communicates with the customer who has submitted a proposal and may ultimately either accept or reject the price and conditions of the proposal.

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The client who accepts the Hairy Ear Prints final proposal agrees to pay 50% of the price of the commissioned piece in advance of the start of the commissioned work. The final 50% is required prior to the shipping of the work.

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For commissioned artwork, Hairy Ear Prints doesn’t accept returns. If the client cancels the commissioned artwork (in progress), Hairy Ear Prints will retain the first 50% as compensation for labor, materials, and studio costs.

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By accepting a commission, Hairy Ear Prints is required to respect the completion schedule and finish the commissioned piece within the agreed-upon amount of time.

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Hairy Ear Prints will provide progress reports to the client as frequently as needed.  By the end of the creative process, Hairy Ear Prints will send the image of the completed commission to the customer for approval.

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If the customer approves the final piece, Hairy Ear Prints will send the finished commissioned piece to the customer.  Hairy Ear Prints will require the customer to sign for the delivery. 

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If the accepted commission is damaged upon arrival or otherwise does not match the previously approved image provided by the customer, Hairy Ear Prints is required to fix it to meet the accepted commission expectations. 

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Hairy Ear Prints reserves the right to refuse any commission that is requested based on materials, images that can be troublesome, abusive, threatening, harmful, offensive, profane, obscene, excessively violent, or racially offensive.

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Intellectual Property and Ownership

 

The Hairy Ear Prints (artist) retains full copyright for the artwork produced by the artist. Due to the unique characteristics of the commissioned piece, the artist may not distribute or reproduce the image. The artist must respect the terms agreed upon prior to accepting the commission.  Hairy Ear Prints reserves the right to use the image for marketing purposes unless the customer expressly requests otherwise.

 

The customer may not distribute, reproduce, or otherwise profit from the artwork, beyond the resale of the original artwork. The customer may not edit, alter, or trace the artwork without the artist’s express written permission, or as agreed upon prior to the acceptance of the commission.

 

Customers may not commission any art pieces - without prior written consent - that are or contain copyrighted material, work that belongs to others, or material that infringes on the intellectual property rights of others.  Hairy Ear Prints reserves the right to refuse or cancel any commission we believe infringes on the rights of others.