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Digital Badges

Badges are digital only. I will never print it for you, or mail you. Please do not sell my art or claim it as your own.

Badges come with a transparent background by default.

Badges have a solid color boarder.

Badges may come with some rendering upon request (will cost extra.)

1. What type of badge do you want? headshot or halfbody
2. What flair would you like? (none/theme?)
3. Do you want a written name? (y/n?)

I will need your reference(s.)

• Do not provide a compressed image.
• Do not use any AI generated images.
• No stolen characters.
• NSFW references allowed. Must be 18+, this is non-negotiable.
• I also will require your valid Paypal email so I may invoice you for payment.
• Upon successful payment, you will be added into the Public Queue.

Headshots

See example in sheet.

Flair is displayed in the example headshot badge, on top.

No flair on the example headshot badge, on bottom.

Halfbody IDs

See example in sheet.

No flair is added to the example halfbody badge.

Headshots are not Icons

Here is how I classify a, headshot which as the title would suggest are not icons.

Types of headshots

Image Here

Headshots

Type	Price	Canvas Size
Emotes	depends	112x112
Stickers	depends	512x125
Badges	PixelPaws	depends

Each type of headshot's canvas size should be compliant with the following platforms: Twitch (emotes), Telegram (stickers), Signal (stickers)

Headshots don't always feature the neck, and never anything below the neck.

Headshots default to a circle-crop, with a solid color boarder. (not a square.)

Headshots are always on a transparent background. (Example)

Sometimes I host same-day to next-day TAT events exclusively on my Telegram Channel.

If you are looking to show off more of your character for your profile picture, or avatar, you should see my Icons instead.

Terms Of Service

• TLDR? "Don't be a jerk." Read the entire TOS, at least once.
• Please don't remove my signature in my art.
• Credit me if you share my art around.
• ☹︎ No Ai/ML: I do not consent to any of my art being used for such endeavors. Period.
• Do not profit off of my art.

Liability

Warning: Breaching these terms, has consequences.

Disregarding our terms may result in a catastrophic sequence ofevents that cannot be stopped once started. Please consider sticking to the rules, to avoid potential disaster. Your willful violation of our simple and straightforward terms may have the ability to cause a relentless physiological and possibly physical response depending on the person breaching these terms.

A careful study was done on a handful of unfortunate individuals who have proceeded to ignore protocol, and this is a small collective list of what has been observed.

• Constant tiredness.
• Immediate caffeine dependency, which does not help with the insomnia.
• Increased heart rate, and escalated anxiety.
• Intolerable Insomnia.
• Vivid haunting nightmares, and blurred vision.

The sheer idea of this guilt systematically eating you up inside may impair your future judgment and ability to make better decisions. Consider turning back if you still have the opportunity.

Unfortunately there is no way to fully prevent you from proceeding to break these terms. By continuing down this path, you acknowledge and accept the full spectrum of potential damages, loss, and other consequences beyond our control. You also explicitly absolve the creators, artists, writers, administrators, and team members from anyand all liability.

Under no circumstances will we, our team, and operators, be heldresponsible for any direct, indirect, spectral, corporeal, consequential, or punitive damages. This includes but is not limited to:financial, data, and artistic loss, misplacement, corruption, orotherwise. All of this may result from your breach of terms. You havebeen advised of all potential damages, and encouraged greatly to followthe rules, and not breach these terms under any circumstances.

You have been officially warned.

Additional Liability:Extended

CaffeinatedCultist and it's team, artists, writers, operators, and administrators are in no way held responsible for any of the following possibilities upon breaching our terms….

• A Bigfoot or Sasquatch visiting you on your 65th birthday.
• An odd smell that wakes you up at night, and suddenly makes your teeth feel itchy.
• A physical malfunction in your body which may result in knocking over a beverage.
• A suddenly impeding thought and desire to visit a dentist.
• Being late for an appointment.
• Encountering a snail in the wild. You'd never see it coming.
• Having trouble getting comfortable before falling asleep.
• Occasional misplaced keys, particularly on a Tuesday for the rest of your life.
• Reflecting back on these terms, and considering turning back time to make a better choice.

CaffeinatedCultist PRIVACY POLICY Last Revised: (July 4th, 2025)

Our privacy policy applies to information we collect when you use oraccess our website, application, or just interact with us. We may change this privacy policy from time to time. Whenever we make changes to this privacy policy, the changes are effective (July 4th, 2025) after we post the revised privacy policy (as indicated by revising the date at the topof our privacy policy). We encourage you to review our privacy policy whenever you access our services to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy.

Collection of Information Information You Provide to Us We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you participate in any interactive features of our services, orders, request customer support, provide any contact or identifying information or otherwise communicate with us. The types of information we may collect include your email address.

Information We Collect Automatically When You Use the Services When you access or use our services, we automatically collect information about you, including:

Your email address. Information We Collect From Other Sources Your email address. Use of Information We use information about you for various purposes, including to:

Send you invoices, via Paypal for all financial transactions. By accessing and using our services, you consent to the processing and transfer of your information in and to the United States and other countries.

Sharing of Information We may share personal information about you as follows:

Any and all third party vendors and other service providers who need access to your information to carry out work on our behalf, such as Paypal, Ko-Fi, Telegram, or whatever platform that is being used to communicate with you. These individual platforms all have their own way of handling your information, and you should read their own policies at your convenience. If we believe disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; To enforce applicable user agreements or policies, including our Terms Of Service; and to protect us, our users or the public from harm or illegal activities; Third Party Analytics Not applicable besides third-party collections, beyond our control.

Security Information is shared between us through third-party services such as; Telegram, Bluesky, Ko-Fi, and Paypal. We are not responsible for data collected, shared, lost, or misused via third-party platforms. This is out of our control.

Your email is the only data required for us to send you an invoice, which is primarily handled with Paypal.

Your Information Choices If Paypal is unavailable to you, we use Ko-Fi which allows for more payment options, but email is still required.

Location Information Not applicable besides third-party collections, beyond our control.

Cookies Not applicable besides third-party collections, beyond ourcontrol.

Promotional Communications Not applicable besides third-party collections, beyond our control. We will never email you.

Your California Privacy Rights California law permits residents of California to request certain details about how their information is shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, pleas econtact us on (Whatever platform you originally contacted us on.) However, please note that under the law, Services such as ours that permit California residents to opt in to, or opt out of, this type ofsharing are not required to provide such information upon receiving arequest, but rather may respond by notifying the user of his or her right to prevent the disclosure. To opt out of having information about you shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes, please do not commission us. – All third-party collections are beyond ourcontrol.

Contact Us If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at: (Whatever platform you originally contacted uson.)

CaffeinatedCultist's | Terms of Service

Any client who agrees to these terms, whether past or future, acknowledges that we reserve the right to modify, change, or update these rules without prior notice. The client is responsible for reviewing the Terms of Service (TOS) before finalizing payment. By breaching these terms, client understands that consequences are being ineligible from commissioning CaffeinatedCultist.

At the time of writing, the current TOS's word count is less than 1100 words (excluding titles.)

Last updated: 2025-08-02

0 BEFORE COMMISSIONING US

• All business inquiries should be directed to our Coordinator, Velvet, @SelfDugGrave on Telegram.
• You must be 18 years or older to commission us. We will not provide artwork to minors under any circumstances.
• You must be of sound mind when commissioning, and no refunds will be issued if this rule is violated.
• Rude, impatient, demanding, aggressive, or verbally abusive behavior will not be tolerated. Unsolicited remarks or behaviors, sexual or otherwise, are strictly prohibited.
• We reserve the right to refuse or cancel your commission request for any reason (refer to the refund policy (4).
• It is the client's responsibility to collect the finished artwork directly from our Ko-Fi page, ensuring easy access for all.
• We will never email you.
• SAI/PSD base files are not provided unless otherwise agreed upon (additional fees may apply).

0a HOW TO COMMISSION US

For the full version, please see: Commissioning

Please have the following information ready when commissioning:

• A clear reference image of the character(s) you desire. Ensure it is the highest quality available. If you are unable to provide the original full-res file, please descibe the image as best you can with all details written. Include hex-codes for the colors.
• We do not accept AI references under any circumstances.
• 3D or VR character assets may be submitted if approved, but only with a detailed palette and any other relevant information. Otherwise, your request will be denied.
• Provide details about your commission, including pose, expression, theme, and background preferences. If none are given, creative liberty will be taken, and no edits will be permitted.
• Share your PayPal email so we can send a custom invoice (see payment policy 2)

1 OUR PROCESS:

• We work on multiple commissions simultaneously and are usually open for commissions unless stated otherwise.
• We cannot provide estimated completion times (ETA) to reduce our stress, so we kindly ask for your patience (see WIPs and Updates policy 3)
• Commissions with specific deadlines must be discussed and agreed upon before payment, and additional costs will apply.
• We reserve the right to decline rush commissions.
• Commissions involving a third party require explicit consent from said party. Surprise gifts are not accepted.
• For any questions, contact Velvet via Telegram @SelfDugGrave (please maintain a respectful tone; aggressive or rude behavior will be ignored).
• For additional understanding into our post-process workflow, please see Posting by hand

1a OUR WORKING SCHEDULE:

We accumulate an estimated total of 112 hours a week, of active work hours.

We reserve the right to work on personal projects during or after work hours.

We reserve the right to a minimum mandatory 2 days off out of a regular 5-day work week. These are selected at our convenience. Holidays and personal events are also non-work days.

2 PAYMENT POLICY:

• All payments are processed through PayPal invoices, so please provide a valid email address.
• Payment is required upfront unless otherwise agreed. You must pay the invoice before any work begins.
• Ensure you have the full payment amount ready before commissioning. If you cannot pay, your commission will be denied unless a payment plan is arranged for amounts over $100 USD.
• Do not send payment until all commission details have been discussed and confirmed.

2a Privacy Policy:

For more information please see, Privacy Policy

3 WIPs AND UPDATES:

• WIP updates are not provided for smaller commissions like icons.
• Ensure you are available to discuss any desired changes during the sketch phase, as no WIPs will be given after final sketch approval.
• "WIP updates slow us down tremendously, and clog up the queue. Far too often clients are unavailable or uncooperative, and this has been our number one reason for no longer offering WIPS for smaller orders."
• For bigger orders: Half/Fully-bodies (only), You are permitted to one free major change (e.g., pose or character alteration) and two minor changes (e.g., ear size adjustment) during the sketch phase only.

3a ETAs (Estimated Time of Arrival/Completion.):

"We are unable to provide loose estimates at any time, due to how we operate. To reduce stress on our end, it's simply done when it's done. You will be notified in the Telegram Channel, or by whatever original method you used to contact us about your order originally."

6 - 8 business weeks, not counting weekends, or holidays is the only real loose estimate we can provide. However this should not count as binding on our part.

3b Deadlines and Priority

If you require a deadline, you always have the option to pay an additional fee to obtain priority.

Note: Impatience is not tolerated, and you will be recommended to go elsewhere, at the first sign of rushing to have an order done faster.

4 REFUNDS AND EDITS:

Refunds are not provided under any circumstances

• If we cancel your commission due to a breach of the TOS, no refunds will be issued.
• If we are unable to complete your commission, we may offer a full or partial refund, depending on the circumstances.
• If work has started, you will receive the completed portion along with a partial refund based on progress.
• Minor edits on finished artwork may be requested for an additional cost, but no edits will be accepted after 48 hours of delivery.
• Major edits will not be made to finished and approved artwork.
• Mistakes arising from unclear or low-quality references or descriptions are not the artist's responsibility, and any subsequent changes or edits will incur additional charges.

5 OUR RIGHTS:

• We reserve the right to use commissioned artwork featuring your character for self-promotion, portfolio, and other purposes unless private commissions are agreed upon.
• We may cancel or refuse your commission at our discretion.
• We may reuse canceled, unfinished, or rejected sketches and commissions, with edits to ensure the characters do not resemble those previously commissioned.

6 YOUR RIGHTS:

• You may post(share) the artwork publicly, if you provide credit the original artist @CaffeinatedCultist. (please link back to one of our available socials.)
• You may request that your commission remains private before payment, and we will not post it on our platforms.
• You may ask the artist to move the watermark as long as it remains visible. (Please don't crop out the watermark.)
• You may not move, remove, or crop out our watermark, including zooming to hide it partially or fully.
• You may request the artist to crop a larger piece into an icon size, and a new watermark will be added. (additional fee may apply.)
• You are prohibited from editing or altering the artwork without the artist's permission (see edits policy 4)
• You may not profit from our artwork in any way.
• You cannot claim the artwork as your own.
• Tracing or reselling our art is strictly forbidden.
• Physical merchandise of the commissioned artwork is permitted for personal use only; no commercial, private, or personal financial profit is allowed.
• We do not consent for our artwork to be used for any AI/ML or NFT purposes.

This TOS may be updated at any time for any reason. For further inquiries, please refer to our FAQ