TropicalSteppe's Commission Info

TropicalSteppe

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"Sticker" Style Illustration

$85 per character
+35 for complex props or names
___Surrounding details can be left up to artist, or simple themes may be suggested by the commissionerCommissioners may print their art for personal use (such as stickers, magnets, badges, etc). However, the work may not be resold without permission.

"Full" Style Illustration

$150 Starting Price
DetailedBackground +$150
Additional characters are +$150 each
___I work especially well with plants and nature scenes; I'm okay with drawing indoor/furniture scenes but please note that they will be heavily stylized and come at an extra charge
Illustrations without illustrated backgrounds will have transparent background

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Designs from 2024

Custom Character Designs

You can give me details such as a color palette, theme, species, or anything else that helps establish the aesthetics of the design you'd like. A small paragraph or bullet-points are best.Images to help convey what you'd like designed are great - moodboards, photos, sketches, etc.Don't send designs by other artists as references (ie. "make me a design like this one").Be sure to check out my Design ToS

Detailed

$200 ~ 300

Simple

$150

Human & Humanoid

Headshot designs are $75
Fullbody designs are $200 - 300

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Last Updated 2025 - 01 - 31

General

> Contact - email ([email protected]) | ko-fi, toyhouse (@tropicalsteppe)
> You must be 18 years or older to commission me.

Payment

All payments thru PayPal invoicing, in USD.
> I will only contact you for payment on toyhouse or ko-fi.
> I will never contact you for payment on discord, twitter, bsky, etc. If you've received a notification asking for payment on an unusual site, please be cautious because it likely isn't me.Payment Plans & Holds
> Can be arranged for works above $200. 100% payment will be needed before I send the completed commission.
> All WIP (work in progress) images will be heavily watermarked unless the commission has been paid for in-full.
> As a general rule, the typical amount that I take holds & payment plans for is 1 week per $100.
> One person cannot have more than two simultaneous ongoing payment plans or holds for my work, whether for commissions or design sales.
> Any autobuys and flat-price purchases are OK, even with ongoing payment plans.Commission Refunds
>For illustration commissions only - I can provide a 100% refund until the work has been sketched. Afterwards, the refund will be at a percentage based on how much work has been completed, on a case-by-case basis.Design Refunds
> For design commissions only - I will give a 100% refund. I then retain the rights to the design, as it will be finished and resold.
> Though unlikely, I retain the right to cancel a commission at any point. If this happens, you will be contacted along with receiving a full refund. In this case, the design will not be finished and resold.> Frequent refund requests will result in banning from future commissions and design sales.

Process

Start
> Please contact as seen above. Be sure to include all of the pertinent information to your commission. Large additional changes and details added later on will come with a fee.
> I'm comfortable working with NSFW reference sheets.
> I will not work with any images of real people.Timeline
> Turnaround is typically 4~8 weeks. Upon commissioning I will add your commission to my trello queue, where you can track your commission slot.
> Let me know if you need a commission by a deadline, as there may be an additional fee depending on the timeline.
> I will provide a WIP of the commission after finishing the sketch phase, and then a final pass before finishing.
> Contact me at any point during the process if you would like an update.Private Commissions & Designs
> If you would like to keep your commission work private, let me know when you commission me.
> If you would like me to keep your purchased design private, please let me know upon purchase.
> I retain the right to upload commissions and designs to other sites, as well as use them examples for future commissions, except for those that the original buyer has requested to keep private.

Character Auctions

Bid-sniping
> The deadline will be extended by 1 hour if a bid is made within the last hour of the auction. If additional bids are placed, this will continue until no more bids are made within the hour.Cancellation
> If you need to back out of a purchase, you must notify me by DM on toyhouse. Failure to contact will result in blacklisting from future auctions.
> Repeatedly backing out of auctions, including those with notification, will result in blacklisting from future auctions.
> Bidders must be 18+

Character Design

Resale & etc.
> You are free to resell, trade, and gift designs that you have purchased for as much as you'd like, once it has been fully paid for.Reuploading
> Upon complete payment, the character belongs to you. You may post the character on whatever sites you'd like, but the original design and artwork must be properly credited (@TropicalSteppe). I retain permission to upload the original artwork(s) to my website and other pages.Design Edits
> You're free to change your character design however you wish, including edits to the artwork provided. Be sure to credit properly when you've edited one of my artworks.

By purchasing, you agree to the terms of service.

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Frequently Asked questions

Q: Where can I commission you?
You can check out my ko-fi page, where I'm always open for commissions.Q: How can I get a design by you?
You can either commission me through my ko-fi, buy one of my flatsales through ko-fi, win an auction on toyhouse, or trade/buy a design from someone else on toyhouse.Q: I've commissioned you and I don't like something about my commission! What do I do?
Please let me know! The sooner the better - if you see something you don't like when you get a work-in-progress sketch, then it's much easier to change it before the whole thing is finished.
If the change is large and goes against the original plan of the commission, it may come with a small additional fee.
If your commission is already finished and you don't like something about it, you can reach out to me for edits (regardless of whether or not you're on my commission tier). Depending on the scale of the change, it may be free or come with a small fee.Q: Can I edit something on a design I bought?
Yes! You can change anything you want about the design.
If you edit the artwork you bought, make sure to specify your edits in the image credits if you upload it to toyhouse.
I strongly suggest keeping a copy of the original art, in case you ever trade or sell the design.Q: What brushes/programs/etc do you use?
Check out my art resources page!

Artist's Resources

Art Programs & Other Creation Tools

iPad art program ✽ Procreate on Gen7 iPad ProPC art program ✽ Clip Studio Paint 2 on Huion Kamvas Pro Tabletimage editing software ✽ Photomoshbrushes for Clip Studio & Procreate ✽ True Grit Texture Supply

Organization & Work Tools

reference image organization & moodboards ✽ PureRefscrum planner & commission roadmap ✽ Trellodaily planner ✽ Hobonichi Techostorefront, commissionfront, & monthly subscriptions ✽ Ko-Ficharacter & art storage, design sale storefront ✽ Toyhou.secommission info page ✽ Carrd (you're looking at it silly!)data storage ✽ Dropboxdata storage ✽ Dell 2TB External Hard Drive (c. 2014, model unknown)