Copyright, Licensing & Usage

Thanks for  taking the time to go over and review my terms for copyright, licensing and  usage. All of my illustrations posted on my site are copyrighted. Legal terminology can be very cut and dry, but I hope that by displaying everything in this manner, it will make things clearer for everyone involved – click on the individual sections below to learn more about each usage terms:

If you are simply interested in using my artwork to show off, display or to decorate your website, MySpace, facebook, LiveJournal, etc. you are more than welcome to do so, as long as you follow the following restrictions:

THE IMAGE CANNOT BE ALTERED IN ANY WAY

  • Please do not change the pictures under any circumstances. I ask that you use the work(s) as I created them. You can re-size my works as needed for your needs, but absolutely do not change the image other than that.

ONLY USE THE IMAGES PROVIDED FROM THIS SITE

  • I only grant display permission of my artwork as shown here on my website biancakhidime.com, complete with visible branded watermarks. No scanning in other pics or snagging them from commercial sites, etc. For free display purposes, I only allow use of the images from this site. I thank you in advance for being so understanding.

YOU MUST PROPERLY CREDIT ME

  • You will need to credit the following: ©Bianca Akhidime and a link (clickable if possible) to biancakhidime.com

NON-COMMERCIAL ONLY

  • If you are selling anything at all for any reason, I simply do not allow free display of my artwork. If you are interested in licensing my artwork for business use, contact me at [email protected] with the subject Licensing Inquiry.
If you are interested in featuring my work in your magazine or other publication, using my work for promoting your commercial endeavors, or using my images on your company’s products, please contact me at [email protected] with the subject Licensing Inquiry.

Most of my illustrations are available to be licensed for commercial use for use on their website, on business cards, store displays, magazine ads, etc. Print reproduction(s) without my written permission is strictly prohibited. If you would like to sell my prints or other products I create in your online or brick-and-mortar shop, please contact me or e-mail me for details and quotes.

Any content on this website (images and text) may be shared and distributed freely, as long as that content remains unaltered and cited with a link back to the original content on biancakhidime.com. Any reproduction of content from biancakhidime.com that does not abide by the above terms is an infringement of copyright and may result in legal action.
All illustrations and images that I, Bianca Akhidime, have created for this web site and/or illustrations that I have been commissioned for are protected from misappropriation, misuse, and unauthorized use by copyright law and international copyright treaties, as well as other laws and treaties that uphold intellectual property rights. I do not sell the rights to my illustrations and retain the right to use any illustration that has been commissioned to promote my work. Promotion includes the right to use these illustrations on my website, blog, in other social media, and to make these illustrations available to others on a non-commercial basis as examples of my work. I will not accept payment from anyone to whom I have provided these commissioned illustrations as examples of my work. The sale of any of my prints, original illustrations or designs does not transfer copyright or any reproduction rights. Anyone using any of my illustrations must obtain my permission in advance and if the illustration is used for commercial purposes must have paid me an agreed upon fee before using any illustration. Any illustration used in any way must contain a credit clearly indicating that Bianca Akhidime is the illustrator. Anyone granted permission to use any of my illustrations is subject to these policies.
If you happen to see unauthorized use of my work, please email me immediately! I do report Trademark and Copyright Infringement. It is illegal to copy/use my work, photos or descriptions in ways other than authorized or to ask another artist to illegally use my works. Thank you for respecting my hard work and designs.
For more information pertaining to artists’ rights please visit The Visual Artists’ Rights Act website.