Authorized Commercial Uses of Our Artwork
For this license, we define "commercial use" as any use of our original battlemaps or scenes in a product used for financial gain. This commercial license allows the use of Czepeku battlemaps and scenes for these type of situations only and requires attribution:
- within other publications of TTRPG adventures, modules, supplements, word-building documents, etc.
- streaming of actual plays
The artwork themselves are not available for rehosting or resale as standalone items.
Assets This Licence Applies To
Currently, Czepeku produces different types of assets, each with their own subscription. The assets available for commercial licensing are:
- Fantasy Maps (fantasy themed top-down tactical map images), available through the Czepeku Patreon and czepeku.com, excluding collaborations (see below)
- Fantasy Scenes (fantasy themed cinematic scene illustrations), available through the Czepeku Scenes Patreon and czepeku.com
- Sci-fi maps (sci-fi themed top-down tactical map images), available through the Czepeku Sci-fi Patreon and czepeku.com
Assets This Licence Does Not Apply To
Assets made in collaboration with another artist are not available for commercial use.
The following is an exhaustive list of those battlemaps excluded from the commercial use licence:
- Lease-a-Lair
- Shards of the Storm
- Lair of the Beholder God
- Island Fort
- Tarrasque
- The Mechanical Palace
The commercial use licence only includes battlemaps and scenes: all of other Czepeku illustrative works are exempt from the licence (illustrations, scenes, props, tokens, etc.)
Watermarks
To use our battlemaps and scenes in your adventures, supplements, modules, or other published materials you must use a watermarked version of the artwork.
Our watermark is available in black or white using the two links below. Please use the white watermark on our darker artwork and the black watermark on our lighter artwork.
The watermark should be placed in the bottom right corner and should be sized at least one-quarter the width of the battlemap or scene.
The artwork used should be for reference only within the text and the non-watermarked battlemaps and scenes themselves are not for distribution alongside the product unless specifically granted permission by us.
See below for an example of a watermarked battlemap:
Attribution
If you use any of our artwork for any commercial reason, we require that you include both of the following:
- Our name in the credits as a cartographer (“Cartography by Czepeku” or "Battlemaps by Czepeku" or "Scenes by Czepeku") with a link to "www.czepeku.com"
- A link to "www.czepeku.com" beneath or beside the artwork or in another prominent location near the artwork, and if possible a link leading to the page of the map on czepeku.com (like this for example).
- If your commercial content is being posted online in a digital marketplace, this attribution must be in the description section.
See below for two good examples of attribution:
Restrictions on Use
When using our artwork in a publication, please follow these rules:
- You may not recolour, resize to alter proportions, modify, adapt, or disassemble the artwork in a way that distorts the original. The exception to this is: we allow you to desaturate the battlemaps for greyscale/black and white publications.
- You may not use our artwork as the basis for any other physical or digital merchandise or promotional items, such as but not limited to t-shirts, greeting cards, mugs, posters, prints, etc.
- You cannot use the artwork (in whole or in part) as a trademark, service mark, logo, or other indication of origin, or as part thereof, or to otherwise endorse or imply the endorsement of any goods and/or services.
- You are not authorized to sub-license, sell, or lease the artwork, nor may you temporarily or permanently transfer your rights under this agreement to a third party. This includes displaying the artwork in any format for download on a website, offering the artwork for sale, or otherwise for distribution and/or sale to third parties.
- Use of the artwork in a way that can be considered generally offensive, obscene, or immoral is strictly prohibited. This means the artwork are not available within any material that promotes racism, homophobia, transphobia, or bigotry of any kind.
- Use of the artwork in such a way that it appears Czepeku endorse your product.
- There should be at least an estimated 1000 words per artwork used.
NFTs and AI Art
As individuals and as a company, we are 100% against the idea of NFTs and AI 'art'. None of our art (battlemaps, tokens, etc.) whatsoever are to be used in the minting of NFTs or training of AI art. Nor can it be used in any product or by any company that also uses NFTs or AI art in any of their other products or actively supports their use in any way.
NFTs are used as a scam to swindle desperate people in a hostile economy out of their money. They are a 'get rich quick' scheme that hurts the vast majority of individuals who buy them and should not be encouraged as a form of investing. AI 'art' is trained by human artists without their consent or knowledge for the sole purpose of putting them out of work by companies who don't want to support artists by paying them for their time and skill.
We wholeheartedly support people and their desire to create beautiful things. We will never support technologies that exist solely to harm individuals and communities.
Exceptions for Streaming
If you plan to use our battlemaps or scenes in a video, stream, or podcast on Twitch, Youtube, or similar video platforms, you do not need to obtain this license, and you may use the non-watermarked versions of the artwork on your streams. Furthermore, you do not need to notify us of your stream, but you may do so on our Discord.
If you are using our artwork for streaming purposes, we expect the rules under Attribution to still be adhered to (a link to "www.czepeku.com" and credit in the video description section).
We also expect you to be a patron or subscriber whilst streaming the battlemaps. For example, if you are using our $5 tier battlemaps on your stream, we expect you to be a $5 patron whilst your video content is online.
Use of Assets in Paid Games
Use of any Czepeku illustrative work (battlemaps, scenes, tokens, etc) is allowed in paid TTRPG games. Attribution is appreciated, for example, by including a mention of Czepeku in the description of the game.
Further Use Requests
If you would like to use the non-watermarked versions of the artwork in your commercial products or to print the full-resolution artwork alongside your commercial products (for instance, for a Kickstarter project), you must contact us directly and seek explicit permission.
We will only offer this on a case-by-case basis and expect either a flat sum offer or a profit share offer in the email.
We will not provide artwork for exclusive use under any circumstance.
Commission Requests
We do not take commission requests. If you have an idea you'd like us to create, please suggest them on our Patreon polls or in our Discord!
Contact
If you have any questions, please address them to: support@czepeku.com.