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Commission Status: OPEN
Business Contact
Twitter: @MidasHowls
Email: [email protected]
> or fill out the contact form <
I work and answer business inquiries Mon-Fri
Terms of Service
Will Do
▸ Anthro & furry characters
▸ Human & humanoid characters
▸ Fantasy creatures including mermaids, centaurs, angels, sphinxes
▸ Quadrupedal dragons (including Flight Rising)
▸ Pokemon, and Pokemon fusions
▸ Pride-themed pieces (including LGBTQ+, autism, disability)
▸ Unique proportions, heavy scarring, amputated limbs
▸ Disabled characters, prosthetics, mobility aids, service animals
▸18+ and fetish themes, just ask
1. General Terms
Won't Do
▸ Unrealistically or extremely obese or muscular characters
▸ Parody, offensive humor, hateful themes and most slurs (I'll accept "dyke" and "queer" as I'm comfortable using those for myself)
▸ "Draw-overs" of photos or selfies
▸ Real people or pets, including cartoonized versions of them
▸ Extreme gore or blood, with some exceptions
a. I have the right to update my terms of service at my discretion, which applies to all clients past, current, and future.b. I have the right to refuse or cancel a commission or design purchase and charge additional fees including for commercial licensing.c. I retain artist rights over all of my work and may display any commissions and character designs in my portfolios and social medias.d. By commissioning me or buying any of my character designs you agree to my terms of service and state that it is a binding contract.e. You must be 18+ years of age to commission me or purchase adoptables from me.f. It is strictly prohibited to trace, edit, or claim my artwork or designs as one's own, or to remove or obscure my watermark, signature, or credit.g. Prices listed are in USD an.d do not include sales tax. If ordering physical items (badges, physical prints, ect.) I am required to charge 6% sales tax as a registered businessh. No artwork or media created by me may be used in AI-generation, cyptocurrency or NFT/blockchain-related technology.i. Violators of my terms of service, depending on the severity of the transgression, may be blacklisted from future business.
2. Contact & Payment
To order a commission, contact me when slots are open! I accept payment through Paypal invoices. If you'd like to tip me you can do so when paying the invoice, or by visiting my Ko-fi. If no payment is received within ten days of invoicing, the commission will be canceled unless a payment plan has been discussed. Payment plans may be available upon request and will be paid through Paypal. Payments must be completed in full before work will begin on your commission or design files & ownership transferred to the buyer. A clear visual reference of the character(s) is required for commissions outside of design work. I do not accept patchwork refs or written descriptions except for custom design commissions. I may accept a character change if I feel I can work well with the new design and prompt, and only before I begin working on your commission. Design updates to the character are accepted within reason.
3. Commission Process & Receiving Art
Works in progress will be sent throughout the commission for approval and edit requests. You are allowed to ask for updates and changes at any time, and can even draw over WIPs to show specific edits you'd like. However, please keep in mind that my art will be in my art style. Turnaround time for commissions usually ranges between 1-3 days, depending on how large the commission is. Commissioners will be notified of any major delays in turnaround time. I work Monday-Thursday and will usually not answer DMs or emails on weekends, though there are exceptions.
4. Fees & Refunds
Upcharges of 30% the commission's price will be enacted with:
▸ Request to complete the commission by a deadline, which I must be notified of upon ordering of the commission and before payment.▸ Request for a private commission, which would remain unposted to my queue and any social medias or art galleries.
▸ Major edits once I am far along on a commission, such as big lineart changes.▸ More than one total re-sketch of the commission's first draft, if requested.If a cancellation or refund is requested at any time during the commission process, or if I choose to cancel a commission and issue a refund, a fee will be deducted from the refund depending on the stage of work your commission was at.▸ Not started: 95% refund▸ Sketch: 75% refund▸ Lineart / Color: 30% refund▸ Render: 10% refund▸ Completed: No refund
Tips are non-refundable. All works-in-progress are watermarked to prevent unauthorized use of commission work.
5. Commissioned Artwork Permissions
Personal Use
Personal use of commissions by the recipient is freely allowed and includes: social media avatars and banners, sharing on your galleries and social medias and in character profiles, as personal emotes or printed as stickers or prints for your use, etc. Credit can simply be a username plug.Commercial Use
Commercial use such as physical or digital merchandise, stream graphics, branding and/or advertisement must be directly discussed with me beforehand, and is not allowed without purchase of a commercial licensing fee and/or artist royalties. Full artwork ownership rights are not included with commercial rights and I as the artist will retain the right to display the artwork on my social medias and portfolios. Resale of commercial rights to commissioned artwork is strictly prohibited - if the transfer of commercial rights to commissioned artwork is desired, it must be discussed with me by both parties and a licensing fee or royalties will be renewed by the recipient. Credit for artwork used for commercial use is required and must be provided as a visibly obvious username and a link to this website.
6. Character Design Permissions
Personal and commercial rights are purchased by default alongside my character designs.
a. The owner of a character design may use that design as a personal character, a business mascot, for digital or physical merchandise, fursuits, plushes, and even as a character in comics, zines, etc. A design may be bought with the intention of reselling as a pre-made suit or plush.b. You may not use my original art of a character design for commercial purposes.c. Owners of my designs are prohibited from creating a commercial-use open or closed species based on that design or its unique traits. Creating personal species for stories and worldbuilding is permitted. I am not open to designing personal or commercial-use species as commissions.d. Feel free to edit a design of mine that you own in any way, including changing the species or making different forms of the design, changing the body type, gender presentation, etc. Editing over my original artwork of the design to make edits is allowed. If you buy an adoptable directly from me, I can make requested edits to the design within reason since I keep the layered files until after a design has sold.e. You may resell, trade or gift any of my designs at your own discretion. It is prohibited to resell a design of mine for more than you purchased it for unless you have personally created or commissioned more content for that design.f. You must include all versions and derivatives of one of my designs when selling, trading or gifting. You forfeit all personal and commercial rights to a design once it leaves your possession, and those rights are then transferred to the new owner.g. Credit for a character design is required, as is credit for the original version of all derivatives of a design. This can be as simple as a design credit on a character's Toyhouse profile or a username plug, and must remain easily accessible.
7. Lineart Base & Downloadable Resources Permissions
a. Lineart bases purchased in my shop may be used for profit such as YCHs, custom designs, and adoptable character designs. Downloadable resources outside of lineart bases such as icon packs or coloring pages, and lineart bases that are available in my shop for free, may NOT be used for profit in any way.b. Commercial use of any digital good offered on my shop such as branding, promotion and advertising, or merchandise is strictly prohibited.c. Personal use such as recoloring lineart bases as your own characters and by extension, using that artwork in a character's art gallery or as icons/avatars, is allowed. Icon packs and wallpapers/coloring pages may also be used as social media avatars, phone wallpapers, etc.d. You may edit the artwork of lineart bases, coloring pages, and downloadable resources as much as you like as long as the artwork remains free of sexually explicit or hateful / discriminatory material.e. Reselling, rebranding, or redistributing any downloadable source files originally created by me, edited or otherwise, is strictly prohibited.f. Credit may be as simple as a username plug, though links or recommendations to my shop or social medias is very appreciated!
Business Contact
Twitter: @MidasHowls
Email: [email protected]
> or fill out the contact form <
I work and answer business inquiries Mon-Fri
Contact
Twitter / Toyhouse @MidasHowls --- [email protected]
If you're looking to get a commission or have business inquiries: DM me on Twitter or Toyhouse (MidasHowls), shoot me an email (midashowls@gmail), or fill out the contact form below while my commissions are open. Please do not contact me through Discord unless we share a server, for my
own comfort.I work and answer business DMs Monday-Friday and will not answer DMs or emails on weekends. Delays in correspondence may occur due to an chronic health condition, so please allow a few days at least for me to get back to you.If you're waiting for a commission, you can check my Trello commission queue, or reach out to me directly for progress updates. If you'd like to keep up with commission slot openings, you can follow me on Twitter.
Please note that email responses might end up in your spam folder! Be sure to check your spam folder if you use the contact form or only give an email as a primary way of contacting you. I will not respond to empty or conversational emails or DMs.
Business Contact
Twitter: @MidasHowls
Email: [email protected]
> or fill out the contact form <
I work and answer business inquiries Mon-Fri
Q&A
Tell us about yourself!
I'm Midas, or Silas, either name works just fine! I'm an autistic nonbinary butch lesbian. I'm an avid dog lover, and Pokemon fanatic. My hobbies include video games, TTRPGs, and worldbuilding my personal story projects!
What tablet / art program / brushes do you use?
I use the Wacom Inuos Draw (2015) tablet and Clip Studio Paint for my art program. As for brushes, I mostly use a mix of brushes for lining and coloring, and they change often, but for painting, I use the guache, dry guache, thin guache, and opaque watercolor brushes.
How long have you been drawing?
I've been drawing, creating characters, and worldbuilding ever since I can remember! I started taking commissions in high school around 2017, but didn't begin relying solely on income from commissions until 2024. Now, I am trying to make art my full-time job and work from home.
What mediums do you work with?
I primarily work with digital illustration for work, but I greatly enjoy working with traditional mediums too. My favorite traditional mediums are pencil, watercolor, and alcohol markers but I also use colored pencils, and crayons. I very occasionally paint with acrylics.
How can I get a commission?
I advertise on my socials when slots are open (which is almost always). I correspond with clients through email or Twitter/Toyhouse DMs. I rarely turn down a commission, but my slots are not strictly first come first serve.
How much creative freedom do you prefer for commissions?
I prefer a good bit of creative freedom! I don't want the entire composition of a commission written out in a paragraph for me to follow. I prefer being given a general idea, theme, pose, or at least some idea of what the character's personality is like or what motifs fit them - those are all good sources of inspiration for commissions. I will translate a character's design into my style while doing my best to remain accurate to the given reference. If you do have something specific in mind, please tell me, and I will toss a couple of thumbnail sketches your way for you to pick from!
Would you draw fanart for commissions?
I would be happy to draw fanart! I always love drawing Pokemon fanart - especially Mystery Dungeon. Other media I'd probably be okay drawing commissions for are My Little Pony, Minecraft, Flight Rising, Fortnite, Animal Crossing, and Warrior Cats, but I am more than happy to discuss others!
Business Contact
Twitter: @MidasHowls
Email: [email protected]
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I work and answer business inquiries Mon-Fri
Tiny Icon: $15 USD
A simple little headshot of your character! Some features will be resized to fit within the canvas. Comes with both color and transparent background.
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Icon: $15 USD
A close-up and cropped shoulders-up illustration of your character!▸ Connecting icons are +$8 each, can extend horizontally or vertically
▸ Background can be colors/patterns, pride flags, free-to-use photos, environment
▸ Props and items are welcome!
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Busts: $25 USD
A shoulders/chest-up portrait of your character.▸ Single character only
▸ Background can be colors/patterns, pride flags, free-to-use photos, environment
▸ Props and items are welcome!
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Badges: $25 USD
A digital badge of your character, featuring their name and fitting motifs!▸ Single character only
▸ Background can be colors/patterns, items, free-to-use photos
▸ Props and items are welcome, but may increase price if complicatedPrinting and shipping services not available. Badge is colored for digital display only, but clients may edit the colors for personal print!
Transparent and borderless versions included.
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Twitter: @MidasHowls
Email: [email protected]
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I work and answer business inquiries Mon-Fri
Minis: $25 USD
A tiny simple chibi of your character! Fullbodies of small and very simple Pokemon characters will be priced as this option.▸ Single character only
▸ Background will be flat color or simple pattern
▸ Props and items are welcome, but may increase price if complicated
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Twitter: @MidasHowls
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Fullbodies: $30 USD
A fullbody illustration of your characters! Fullbodies of large, anthro or complicated Pokemon characters will be priced as this option. I typically do not offer shading for these.▸ Additional characters are +$20 each
▸ Pokemon team is +$10 per Pokemon
▸ Background can be colors/patterns, items, free-to-use photos, simple environment, etc.
▸ Props and items are welcome, but may increase price if complicated
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Twitter: @MidasHowls
Email: [email protected]
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I work and answer business inquiries Mon-Fri
Paintings: $35+ USD
Base price includes the first hour of work. Each subsequent hour required for the piece will be an upcharge of $15 USD.▸ Additional characters are +$20 each
▸ Pokemon team is +$10 per Pokemon
▸ Props and items are welcome, but may increase price if complicated
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I work and answer business inquiries Mon-Fri
Refs: $40 USD
Base price includes: two fullbodies, text, and color palette. Text can include info like: name, species, pronouns, design notes, typing/movesets, abilities, likes/dislikes, etc.▸ Additional Fullbody: $25+ USD for an outfit, side or back view. Minor design changes such as optional/different markings, unsheathed claws, open mouth, accessories etc. can be included. Major changes such as an alternate form will cost extra.
▸ Alternate Palette: $5 USD for a copy/paste fullbody with a change in colors! For example if you want summer/winter versions of a design, a shiny version of a Pokemon character, etc.
▸ Headshot: $10 USD for a headshot of the character, which can better showcase facial features, various hairstyles or accessories, and optional / alternate features and details, or even expressions.
▸ Details: $15+ USD per item or detail shot! Show off a character's inventory or favorite items, mobility aids, tattoo close-ups, accessories, eyes, moodboard, etc... or, add decoration to the reference layout.
Larger or complicated details will cost extra.
Business Contact
Twitter: @MidasHowls
Email: [email protected]
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I work and answer business inquiries Mon-Fri
Custom Designs: $35 USD
I'd love to design you a brand new character! I can design:▸ Humanoids - fantasy creatures like mermaids, sphinxes, and centaurs are accepted.
▸ Anthros / Furries - I enjoy designing dragons, mammals, some insects (beetles, moths, etc) and canines especially. I am also happy designing gummy/goo, food, pooltoy, or plush characters!
▸ Pokemon - anthro, gijinka, or quad body types! I'll work with any canon forms such as mega, gigantamax, shinies, and can even do fusions, type swaps, etc.
▸ Dragons - western dragons, wyverns, drakes, lung dragons, wyrms, serpents, etc! I am happy to "dragonify" your character, or even design fan characters such as the ones from Wings of Fire.-----Base price includes: one fullbody, text, and color palette. Text can include info like: name, species, pronouns, design notes, typing/movesets, abilities, likes/dislikes, etc. Text and color palette are optional.▸ Additional Fullbody: $25+ USD for an outfit, side or back view. Minor design changes such as optional/different markings, unsheathed claws, open mouth, accessories etc. can be included. Major changes such as an alternate form will cost extra.
▸ Alternate Palette: $5 USD for a copy/paste fullbody with a change in colors! For example if you want summer/winter versions of a design, a shiny version of a Pokemon character, etc.
▸ Headshot: $10 USD for a headshot of the character, which can better showcase facial features, various hairstyles or accessories, and optional / alternate features and details, or even expressions.
▸ Details: $15+ USD per item or detail shot! Show off a character's inventory or favorite items, mobility aids, tattoo close-ups, accessories, eyes, moodboard, etc... or, add decoration to the reference layout.
Larger or complicated details will cost extra.Pokemon character, etc.
▸ Headshot: $5 USD for a headshot of the character, which can better showcase facial features, various hairstyles or accessories, and optional / alternate features and details, or even expressions.
▸ Details: $15+ USD per item or detail shot! Show off a character's inventory or favorite items, mobility aids, tattoo close-ups, accessories, eyes, moodboard, etc... or, add decoration to the reference layout. Larger or complicated details will cost extra.
Business Contact
Twitter: @MidasHowls
Email: [email protected]
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I work and answer business inquiries Mon-Fri
Isometric Scenes: $35
An isometric illustration of your character! Base price includes one fullbody character. Please keep in mind these pieces are experimental.▸ Additional characters are +$10 each
▸ Comes with a transparent and colored background version
▸ Props and items are welcome, but may increase price if complicated
Foodie YCH: $30
An illustration of your character with their favorite food! Base price includes one chibi character on an already done food or drink.▸ Single character only
▸ Recolors of foods / relabels are +$3
▸ New toppings / small edits are +$5
▸ New bottle/can shapes are +$10
▸ New foods are +$15
▸ Currently open to friends onlyCurrent Foods:▸ Pie Slice
▸ Whole Pie
▸ Cake Slice
▸ Soda Can
▸ Drink Bottle
▸ Pancake Stack
Business Contact
Twitter: @MidasHowls
Email: [email protected]
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I work and answer business inquiries Mon-Fri