Cloakat Artist Terms

Official Artists are artists chosen to continue working with the Cloakats team in creating Cloakat designs and pet designs for the community. They can make more designs than Guest Artists, and they are a permanent position of sorts (conditions apply).

Guest Artists might become an Official Artist if approved by someone with seniority in the species or by being an outstanding guest artist who would like to step up.
Generally, this is the most likely choice that happens when becoming an Official Artist.

You may also become an Official Artist by making a request for the position and going through an approval process by the species owner's discretion. The decision to be made an Official Artist is also based on how well and quick your designs sell.

Guest artists are featured for a limited time, typically one month, creating Cloakats and pets for the community. They can sell less in the run of one month than Official Artists, but are still able to make a small batch for their run.

Guest Artists might become an Official Artist if approved by someone with seniority in the species or by being an outstanding guest artist who would like to step up.
Generally, this is the most likely choice that happens when becoming an Official Artist.

Your account on Discord and/or social media should all be at least 6 months old upon requesting for the position. You must have an active social media to reference and be a part of the Discord to be a guest artist.

You become a Guest Artist by making a request for the position via DMs with the owner. Please be sure to fill out the form if you want to become a Guest Artist.

Interested in becoming a Cloakats Guest Artist? Fill out the form below once you have read all the rules and send a DM to Clarrisa with your form.

FORM:

Social Media Link:
Art Examples: (Can be link or send me direct PNGs of your work)
Have You sold Adopts or CS adopts before?: (Please share links if needed)
Availability: (Ex: immediately, in one week, next month, "September", etc.)
Notes/Comments:

• If your adopt takes at least 3 months to sell or more, you can also request to lower the price by however you'd like or raffle the Cloakat in the server. It will be a $0 value when raffled.
• If an adopt doesn't sell for at least 3 months, you can claim one of your unsold adopts once every 6 months. (Official Artists)
• You are expected to understand the traits and apply them to your Cloakat accordingly. Traits are very flexible and can be mixed and matched to make new traits if wanted.
• You MUST prepare your Cloakats Design information for the owner to log into the Masterlist when finishing your design. Please follow the profile format to a T and submit the information to the owner via DM, Sta.sh, or Google Docs.
• You are allowed to make any theme of Cloakat as you wish so long as it's not: copywritten, stolen design from another preexisting character, racist, sexist, homophobic/transphobic, overly religious, political, xenophobic, fetishy (including fetish clothes and flag colors) , sexual, or morally and culturally frown upon (Etc.).
• As a reminder, the Cloakat's design and cloak are formed from their INTERESTS, so a theme is pertinent, even if the theme is subtle, it HAS to be readable/definable. If people can't tell what the theme could possibly be without you telling them, please try and rethink your design.

• It is mandatory that you read the Traits Sheet thoroughly when making a Cloakat and follow the guidelines of the species proportions, do's, don't's, etc. There is no excuse for ignoring this as almost all currently needed info is in the previously mentioned Traits Sheet.
• Even though being HOODLESS is a trait, please try your best to include a hood so being hoodless is more visually rare in the species.
  • Additionally, even though UNDEFINED CLOAK is also a trait, please make sure the clothes of the Cloakat is definable yet still attached/non-removable to the Cloakat when you can.
• Both previously mentioned requests go hand in hand with reviewing and abiding by the Traits Sheet. You are not allowed to cheat/"cheese" your way into making a Cloakat with parts that are generally off-limits by combining multiple traits to get around this.
• A Cloakat's chest is to NEVER be shown (for safety purpose of the Cloakat and to deter weirdos), hence, some sort of undershirt of any type is always supposed to be under its cloak, even if it is a poncho cloak. No Exceptions.

• You CANNOT make a Cloakat look like other closed species in any way shape or form. They also cannot be changed to be too cat-like.
• Cloakats cannot appear to have ANY sort of breasts, but CAN have top surgery scars on or under their cloak (Under= Undefined Cloak trait) If wanted. Cloakats don't have titties lol.
• You CAN loosely reference copywritten characters to make an INSPIRED design if it's not a 1:1 copy, and you can tell they are 2 different characters. HOWEVER, this is for Customs only, Premades CANNOT be based off IP's.
• You are to follow up on important messages in the artist chat, even if its an emoji reply as to keep up with what's going on. Please do not ghost artist news.

• You have to be ready to accept requests for change and caution in the earlier stages of creating a design. This is much like how one would work as a concept artist in a career-based job, so a thick skin is important. Please don't argue points as the request to watch out for things out of concern or change requests is to protect the SPECIES, its OWNER, and YOU from being attacked by others. I reserve the right to turn down designs for any reason I deem problematic in any capacity, even if it might be arguable or a tiny reason why. It's just for the better to let the design be the least problematic as possible to save yourself later issues from that percent who likes to complain. Please note that changes or denial of design is not a personal attack and will never be against you, when we speak of design changes, its about the species and not us as individuals or our identities at all.

• Guest Artists are allowed to make up to 4 total Cloakats in a 1-month timespan. 4 is not REQUIRED, this is just the maximum you can make per month
• Guest Artists are allowed to make 4 total Companions during the month they are a Guest Artist.
• Official Artists are allowed to make up to 6 total Cloakats in a 1-month timespan. 6 is not REQUIRED, this is just the maximum you can make per month
• Official Artists are allowed to make 6 total Companions a month.
• If a design takes more than 3 months to sell, you are welcome to lower its price or put it in a raffle at the next festival. This Cloakat's value will be set to $0. You can also request to lower its price If you would like to. (People will be aware of its presence in the raffle before entering.)
• When selling a Cloakat, the owner is to be given a 20% listing fee, as this goes towards maintaining the site's yearly fee.
• When selling an adopt, you are welcome to set it to sell as Flat Sale or Auction. SB should be min: $10 (for any rarity rare and below), max is however much you'd like it to be (If any).
• You are welcome to give your Adopt lore if you'd like to.
• You are more than welcome to post your Adopts on any social media for sale after its official release.
• Please let Clarrisa know if you'd like to be DM'd by the person themselves for purchase or if you'd like for Clarrisa to handle the talking for you to sell an adopt.
• Do not pre-tease an Adopt before it is officially posted in the adopts channel.
• Listing fee is due when the Adopt is sold.
• Adopts will be released in batches monthly or maybe multiple times a month if requested to do so earlier. The 15th of each month is a GOAL but not mandatory.