About The Artist

Hi hi~ I'm Ann the honey bear! "Honey" is my brand.
I'm a digital 2D illustrator focusing on anime-style character art. I love Anime, Manga / Manhwa, KDrama, Movies. I have a cute furbaby cat named Furi.
I speak English as my second language. I can speak intermediate level of Japanese and a broken Korean. I also know a tiny bit of chinese & cantonese.

Honey's Terms of Service

I. PAYMENTS
- Full payment upfront.
- PayPal payments only. (PayPal Invoice)
- Prices stated are base prices in USD, paypal fee included. Complex designs or other additional requests may result in additional fees or be denied.
- I will start working on the order only after full payment has been made unless stated otherwise.
- I offer no refund, except in a case where I unable to finish the commission. Cancelation explanation will be provided.
II. COPYRIGHTS & USAGE
- As the Artist, I hold the full copyright to the artworks I produced.
- I'm allowed to use finished artwork(s) as my portfolio, promotion and upload it to online platforms (watermarked). Client must specify for how long if delays are needed. If I don't hear anything after a month, I'm allowed to upload it regardless.
- Client may NOT allowed to edit, re-printing and re-distributing my finished artwork(s).
- Client may NOT use the finished art for AI (artificial intelligence) or ML (machine learning) purposes.
- Client may only use the commissioned artwork(s) for personal purposes only. (for Commercial, read point IV)
- Client may re-upload the finished artwork(s) to any personal platform with a proper credit given! Please use https://honeyann.carrd.co or @honeyy4869 for Instagram/twitter, as the credit.
III. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
- Estimated time finished for one piece is 1 week to 2 months depending on the queue, complexity, my workload, and in real-life stuff.
- Make sure you are okay to wait AT LEAST a month!
- Rushed or Urgent orders will result in additional fees or be denied.
- I do first come first serve by default. Exception for urgent order and commission with deadlines. By paying a rushing fee, the order will be on my top priority list to finish.
- Client must be willing to be patient with me.
- Please do not rush me or keep asking for updates too often in a short period of time (i.e every 2-3 days). Do not keep dm'ing me if I don't reply right away, please wait patiently and I will reply when I have the time. Client may dm me again if I didn't reply for more than 2x24hours after the last dm! I Might not respond on weekends or when taking a break.
- WIPs will be shared by request.
- I only sell digital art commission (no physical products).
- The soft-file(s) of finished artwork(s) will be uploaded to Gdrive folder and the link will be sent to the Client unless stated otherwise. The Gdrive folder might be erased and my local files will be archived in the future, so make sure to download and save all of them.
- Clients may ask for edits, adjustments, or addition in the sketching phase. I can not accept adjustments once I enter lining and colouring phase.
- Client will have 24 hours after I sent the finished piece to ask for minor edits. I can't accept edits that require me to do a redraw unless it's an error on my side. Clients may only ask once and for all.

Commercial

What is Personal use?
- Personal use means, the art produced will be used as non-profit gaining activity. Such as; icon/profile picture, phone/pc wallpaper, personal art collection, printing to decorate your personal space/belonging (few copies), personal account banner, etc.
What is Commercial Use?
- Commercial use means that the art produced will be served as part of a profit-gaining activity; monetary and/or promotional.
- There are 3 levels of commercial use;
Level 1: same as Level 2 but with a visible small credit and my carrd link somewhere on your product along with the art when you use it.
Level 2: soft commercial use that is not a bulk printing of the product, where the art is not the main selling point of your product. This includes (but not limited to) CD/book cover, game art/assets, promotional materials, official account banner, business card and such.
Level 3: commercial use that is a bulk of the product using the art as the main selling point and you do a reprinting and redistribution to sell them. Such as; art prints, postcards, various types of merchandise, etc.

Commercial Use Commission Rates

LevelPrice Rate
Level 1x1.5 of the original price
Level 2x2 of the original price
Level 3x3 of the original price

IV. COMMERCIAL USE
- Client may do soft edits, re-printing, and re-distributing my finished artwork(s) according to the level of commission client has paid for. Soft edits are edits done to my finished artwork(s) to fit the product visually which doesn't change the original art drastically.
- For Level 1: Visible credits must be written somewhere on the product. It can be small but must be clear and readable.
- For Level 2 & 3: Credit isn't a must but very appreciated!
- Clients will get a higher priority in the queue without an additional fee.

last updated: Dec 18, 2023


Ready to commission?

Commission F. A. Q

Q1. I sent you a "hi" in DM, but why have I not gotten any reply yet?
- I'm sorry I WON'T reply to DM with just: hi!, hey, how are you, wassup, and such.
Please state your inquiries right away!
Q2. Do you accept payment other than Paypal?
- No, I don't.
Q3. I saw your stuff. Can I see your work? How much for a bust up?
- All of my prices and commission samples are available in my [commission menu].
Make sure to read my TOS and then proceed to the menu page.
You can also check [my twitter] for my newest art.
Q4. Can you draw real people in your style? I would like the drawing to still have some similarities even if it's not realistic.
- I can draw base on real people/photo but I'll be selective. I will draw the model's traits which I'll convert into my style. HOWEVER, I don't guarantee it'll look very similar to the model.
My style is ANIME style after all.
Q5. Is it okay if your artwork being used as reference for other artwork? can it be used as reference for practice?
- You may use your previous commissioned artwork by me as reference for other artist.
You may use my artwork as reference to practice drawing. You MAY NOT trace it.
When heavily referencing my art and show them somewhere, credit me as the original artist.
Q6. Can you draw my commission in this style? (showing other artist's art)
- If you mean the way they do the composition, lightings (e.g. in the shadow, backlight), splash art, prop art (character & props with plain/ transparent background); YES I can.
If you mean to mimic/copy another artist's art style; maybe I can but NO I won't.
Please commission me ONLY IF you like my art style.
Q7. Do you accept different commission type? (Not in my menu)
- I'm OPEN for discussion of other type of commission!
Q8. Do you speak other language aside from English?
- For commission purposes, please as much as you can to use English to avoid misunderstanding.
Aside from English, I can speak intermediate level of Japanese, read hiragana, katakana, simple kanji. I can read Korean (Hangul), but I speak broken Korean.
Q9. May I know your time zone?
- I live in Asia. I use JST to refer my time.
No I don't live in Japan. I just make use of the time zone.
Q10. Why can't I see some of your menu in VGen?
- While my VGen status is still unverified, VGen will only allow me to share up to 5 services.
Please order manually for the unavailable commission menu.
Q11. Your [commission] doesn't show your menu!
- My Commission button will lead you to my TOS page to make sure you read and are okay with my terms. When you are done, the button at the bottom most of TOS page will lead you to my price list menu page.
Q12. It's been more than 2x24 hours and I still haven't gotten any reply from you! What's happening?
- If you're sure your message has been sent properly, there are several reasons of why I haven't replied for more than 2x24hrs:
1. You contacted me using other than email, discord, and twitter. (If so, please change your contact method.)
2. You didn't state your business. (If so, please state your business.)
3. You contacted me for commission unrelated topic.
4. I'm in the middle of taking a break and it's announced. (If so, please patiently wait until my break is over.)
5. There are unexpected things happened irl. Unless it's something that makes me unable to reply forever, it might takes more time for me to get back to you.