Tin-Key

Tin-Key is an illustrator who specializes in cute and colorful art, often portraying animals and creatures of all shapes and sizes.


Meet the artist

Greetings my friend.
I'm called Tin-Key, but feel free to call me Tin
I'm a rural Finnish illustrator who enjoys nature, folktales, stars and telling stories. Typically, I draw myself as a reindeer or a sort of cryptid.
I’ve been drawing since I could hold a pen and I'm currently studying to become a visual designer.
My style tends to lean more on the cute side because I enjoy drawing things (even scary creatures and monsters) as tiny beans.
You can find me on various social platforms and occasionally at artist alleys across Finland.


Commissioning

Wanna commission me?
Here you can find pricing for different commissions, commission packages and some prior works.
Please read trough my terms of service before contacting me regarding commissions.


Projects

Here you can find a list and short explanation of different projects I have been working on.


Tin-key's
terms of service

These Terms
-When commissioning me you agree to these terms. Be sure to read them throughout.
-These terms exist to protect both your rights and my rights and to help solve issues if any are to come during commissioning.
I have the right to edit these terms at any point.
Commissioning me
-To commission me you must be at least 18 years old.
-I have the right to refuse to provide a service for you.
-I have the right to cancel and refund your commission mid-work.
-I will not draw copyrighted characters in commissions. If an intimate commission contains someone else's character I must know the other person agrees to the commission
Payment
- You are paying for me to create an artwork of your character/desired subject, the service I provide and the license that lets you use the commissioned artwork under certain limitations.
- Payment should be done with PayPal. Other payment methods are currently not accepted with regular commissions
- You must wait until I have accepted and also sketched your commission before paying. I will send you an invoice when we are good to go.
- Payment should be done within 48 hours of me sending the invoice. I will not work beyond sketching phase before the Payment has been completed
-Payment plans can be negotiated in very large commissions (200€+)
Updates, deadlines, and changes
-You are free to ask for progress updates and changes any time during the work.
- I am no longer required to do changes to the commission after you have approved the sketch, but I will take any of your suggestions into consideration and I'll do them if I am able to.
- If you want a larger change or multiple smaller changes to your commission after the sketching phase, you may need to pay extra.
- I will fix mistakes that were featured in the reference(s) I was given at the time of commissioning if I have done any.
- You may ask for a deadline before paying. I must clearly agree to it for it to take effect. If I miss the deadline by a week you may request a partial refund, or a full refund if I miss it by two or more weeks.
I usually finish my commissions within 1-4 months of commissioning.
Copyright
-By default, I will remain the copyright holder of the commissioned image. I may, for example, submit the work to any of my own galleries or social media pages or use the piece for prints etc.
-By default, You can use the piece under the limitations of the CC-Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs I license.
TLDR:
-You are free to share and use the commissioned piece, and you can freely upload it to your own social media pages or gallery.
-You are not allowed to use the work for any commercial gain
-You may edit the piece for private use, but you are not allowed to upload the edited version online. Cropped avatars or banners are an exception.
Refunds
-I will not do refunds unless I have canceled the commission myself, or if I have missed the deadline I agreed to by a week or two.
-In an emergency situation, please contact me.
When finished
- You will receive a low resolution (LOW) and full resolution digital downloads of the image via sta.sh or by email. The work will not be shipped in physical form.
- After the commission is finished I will no longer do changes to it unless there are direct mistakes I need to fix. I will fix those only once.
- If you are going to upload the piece online, please use the lower resolution version and provide appropriate credit.
- I am not required to keep a backup file of your commission on my own system. Make sure you save the file you are given in a safe location!

Projects


Here are projects I have worked on

  • Timepiece system (on going)


Timepiece system

Timepiece Systen (TPS)
Tabletop role-playing game (ttrpg) system that is build for more slice-of-life types of games where self-betterment trough constant effort is only thing characters can do against the ever looming destiny. Main aspects of the system are mystery solving, time management, monsters, using everyday life and it's timetable to your advantage and bonds between characters that are pulled into the world much more treacherous than they first thought it to be.
TPS asks the question;
"What does it take for an everyday person to rise to the occasion against the darkness? Especially when time is ever fleeting..."

Dear adult

You are doing great.
Life is occasionally hard, but despite that you are still here.
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"As long as there is life, there is hope."
It might be hard to believe, since it sounds overly positive,
but let me expand on that.
As long as there is life, there is chaos. And in chaos, everything is possible. What I mean by that, is that even tho something happening is unlikely, something really simple might trigger the chain of events leading to it regardless. When things are alive, they interact with the world around them. Some of these interactions might trigger something bigger that leads to good or bad. I believe it's called a "butterfly effect".
The outcome is always random, so there is always chaos. But within that chaos of the living world, there is always a possibility for something good to happen. So there is always hope.
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You have hope.

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But if you hoped to find my unholy account,
I suppose you might be able to find link for it somewhere here.
Life needs some spice after all~