◈ The Bakery ◈

▸ Please, read the terms carefully.
With some rare exceptions, most of the time, when you acquire an artist's work you are agreeing to their terms of services and policies.
They might look a little scary to read, but don't worry! They are not here to make anyone's life difficult (well unless you are a scammer).
They serve as guidelines for potential clients and audiences alike, while protecting an artist's work from harmful individuals - Big companies have shown to sometimes try to get around artist's rights, and use their work for commercial products without lincensing, and these "accident" are not uncommon. Not to mention the awful new wave of NFT scammers blatantly stealing people's artwork for their own quick money making schemes.

So take the time to read my TOS and rules before acquiring any of my works directly from me or from other people (those still apply in any circumstances such as trading).
If you find that you disagree or cannot follow my terms, it is best that you do not acquire my work, as I won't be changing them (the terms) or making special exceptions.
To put it simple in the most respectful way possible: let's not lose mine and your time, I'm not here to argue with anyone. :[

▸ It's ok if you don't like my art and prices!
Everyone is allowed to like and dislike things, and invest their money however they choose. As long as we are be polite to each other, I really don't mind if what I do is not your cup of tea.
I absolutely don't claim to be perfect either and ideally, I want to improve whenever possible, but also personally don't think my art is worthless. I know how much time I've invested into learning my craft and preparing my work to be sold, so I'll set my prices however I see fit.

▸ Art is a luxury, not a necessity.
As much as my wildest dreams could hope for, I'm not yet rich or well off enough that I can just give away characters for free all the time or make exceptions on pricing. Unfortunately for you and me, this fleshy shell still needs food, water, and basic necessities to keep working, and that also means I need pay for stuff.
I know how it feels to really want a cool character but to be short on money, with other priorities right around the corner. In that case I can only recommend you wait for the right opportunity to appear, and focus on your responsibilities instead, as it is the most healthy thing you can do. :[
Sometimes I will also be looking for art/character trades, or game currencies, and if that's the case I'll be adding a note on the current sales or adoptable page.
I might also offer characters as prizes during contest or promotional periods from time to time, so if you're tight in money keep an eye on those!

▸ I don't do MYOs
And I will never offer them.
I prefer to price my own work and sell my own concepts, as it is more fun for me, and I believe more fair for my buyers too.
My life is also pretty busy for a lot of reasons, and I hate to be a wet towel and disappoint the people who end up creating their own characters for certain species, but I couldn't possibly keep tabs and authorize characters, review traits, and keep up with other aspects that would eventually rise when MYOs are involved.
If you have been around adoptables or closed species for a long enough time, you know that MYOs can be a little difficult to manage. They are a fun aspect of the community, and can open up opportunities for artists to create a LOT of cool stuff, but they equally come with their own set of challenges that I am unfortunately not prepared or willing to tackle.
I might however bring in guest artists for fun, or offer promotional customs in the future. :)

▸ I'll manage the community very lightly
I hate to sound like a broken record, but yet again, I have very little time on my schedule.
Even with a staff and moderators, keeping up with your community requires some "spiritual presence" to make sure it can be healthy and well managed.

I don't wanna leave such responsibilities to people I can't often aid or keep tabs on, and I cannot check regularly, so for now it'll be all out there. If people would like to make their own little discords for roleplay, that is fine, I just ask that my own rules are followed and that you'd keep in mind that anything official will be written on each adoptables or specie's specific page.

Do not make worlds on TH on behalf of my works nor any "official groups".

Helpful Tip: When in doubt about any information, feel free to send me a question via DMs.

▸ "Anyone can make an animal with wings or horns!"

They sure can!

I just tried to conceptualize some fun ideas for characters, creatures, and species that can have substance and small details enough to stand on their own while using my art.

It's fine if both of us have dogs with multiple tails - there are just enough things in this world we can get inspiration from, and sometimes people will have similar ideas or be inspired by similar things, I'm pretty chill and flexible about it.

My adoptables and species are just their own thing. I've picked traits and rules that separate them from raw concepts, and hopefully make them distinguisheable enough from other similar concepts while using my art, and lore, to portrait it.

I only draw the line when concepts start to feel too similar purposefully, as in, both of our dogs with wings have nasty moles on their butts that they keep promising to remove one day when they've finally had enough of it, but they can also guess the flavor of pies just by using crust divination, and also open their third eye when Thor hits the earth with its hammer. It's the sum of things that make the equation, if you catch my drift.

To sum it up, I'm not a party popper, but I'm not blind either, and I enjoy mutually respecting and being respected as a creator. I'm not going to come after you because we have similar concepts, but I also would like if people didn't try to make a slightly altered carbon copy of my own ideas either.

And if the problem comes down that you simply don't like closed species or adoptables, that's fine too!
I'm not going to sit here and argue at all, we all like different things and have different tastes to what appeals as our free past times activities, and its all good if we can respect each other.
But If people like what I make and the ideas I come up with, and want to buy and support my work, I'm more than happy to sell them and keep doing what I like doing. ♡