Frequently Asked Questions
•Payment and Shipping: All orders use Mal's-e Shopping cart, which is completely secure and allows you to pay with either your credit card, paypal balance or echeck through paypal. Shipping is calculated according to the cost and weight the the order depending on your country.
While I make every effort to make sure customers are happy, please note that when ordering directly from companies whom my work is licensed with, that the sale and delivery of those items is out of my hands and is the responsibility of those companies.
•Prints:
All my open and limited edition prints are archival photographic prints, printed using photo developing technology. My prints looks as close to the original as possible and do not show any kind of dot pattern like cheaper prints. All limited edition prints are signed and numbered.
•Do you sell wholesale?
Yes, wholesale prints and cards are available to retail stores. If you would like to purchase items for your store please email for a price list, as I don't currently have a wholesale site.
•Are any of your images available for licensing?
Depending on the product, my paintings may be available to licensing. Please email any inquiries and include as much information as possible about your product and company.
Companies that I currently work with are:
Yujean/Net Sales - vinyl stickers
SkinU - tattoo designs
Pacific Giftware - Resin jewelry boxes, tiles
Heaven and Earth Designs - cross stitch charts
Ellen Million Graphics - mousepads, magnets, stationery
LTT- journals, resin figurines
•Can I link to your site?
Links to The Art of Meredith Dillman are always appreciated! Please use one of these banners provided and link to the main page only. Download the banners and put them on your own site (otherwise they aren't going to work)
•Will you link to my site?
Sorry, I am trying to keep my link page small and am not able to link back to everyone.
•What medium do you paint with?
Nearly everything on this site is painted in watercolor or drawn with pen and ink. I use watercolors from M. Graham. I usually paint on Arches or Fabriano hot press (smooth) watercolor paper. You can purchase it in both full sheets and several sizes of watercolor blocks. Once in a while I use Strathmore smooth illustration board for really detailed paintings.
•I can't pay you but, I really love your artwork. Can you draw something for me?
I am not able to do work for free. I am usually busy commissions and personal work at any time. If you are interested in commissions please read thought my commission info and contact me if you are interested in custom artwork.
•Do you take commissions?
You will find more information about commissioning custom artwork here.
• What if I see your art being used uncredited or I suspect copyright infringement?
If you come across my art uncredited online or on a suspicious product, please report the URLs to me. If the art is uncredited I most likely didn't give permission for it's use. Your help is greatly appreciated!
• Do you have any advice for artists starting out?
You are welcome to email me any questions. I have some helpful articles posted on deviantart:
Business Advice 1
Business Advice 2
Copyright Infringements on Ebay
• Art Usage Policies
Signature tags, tubes, PSP, web graphics and stationery:
Packages of my art are now available through C.I.L.M. Creative Image Licensing and Management creates tubes and images packages of official licensed artwork available to hobbyists for use as signature tags, email stationery and web graphics. Once you purchase the art you are free to use it provided the images follow the C.I.L.M's terms of use. You can see my image packages here.
http://www.creativeimagelicensing.com/
For uses of artwork AS IS on fansites etc.:
Your site must be a non-profit web site.
- Must be properly credited with "© Meredith Dillman. Image used with permission" near the images. To type the © symbol use "option G" on Mac and "ALT 0169" on PC.
- You must link to my web site near the image: http://www.meredithdillman.com/
- DO NOT crop or remove my name or any text on the image
- No hotlinking.
- Please DO NOT post re-post my art on photo sharing sites like Photobucket or Flickr etc. Many of these sites allow people to order prints without approval. If you'd like to share my art please send your friends a link to my site instead.
Uses that are OK include:
-Fan sites,
- livejournal icons with "© Meredith Dillman http://www.meredithdillman.com/" in the comment area. Before making avatars please consider using one of my free avatars from Allavatars.com.
-"dolls" and gifs based on my paintings provided you credit and make clear that any use on other sites must be credited. (and I'd like if you showed them to me too :) )
An example of an appropriate usage: http://www.angelfire.com/art2/faeriedust/MeredithDillman.html
My artwork cannot be reproduced, redistributed or altered in any way without permission (the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in 1998 makes it illegal to remove Copyright management information from protected works.) Contrary to what many people believe, images on the web are not free to use. Absence of copyright on an image does not mean that it is copyright free. Posting an image on the web qualifies as "publishing" and is a violation of copyright law. Images on this site are only for personal use (i.e. desktop images) and not be be posted on commercial sites (businesses or sites with ads)
Here is some useful information on copyright:
U.S. Copyright Office - http://www.copyright.gov/
WHATISCOPYWRITE - http://whatiscopyright.org/
10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained - http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
When you buy a print or other illustrated product from me you are buying only the item, not any reproduction rights for it.
©2004 - 2010 The Art of Meredith Dillman. All rights reserved.
