Making Your First Request
Ready to make your first request? You've come to the right place <3
1. Pick Your Artist
Browse profiles and look at past work before you send anything. Each artist's profile shows their style, pricing, and what types of requests they accept.
2. Set Your Price
Every artist sets two prices: a minimum (the lowest they'll accept) and a recommended price (what they typically charge for a standard piece). Your offer has to meet the minimum, but where you land above that is up to you.
Think of your offer as a signal for scope. Offering above the recommended price tells the artist you're expecting more detail, more characters, or more complexity. They'll factor your offer into what they deliver.
If the artist has commercial use enabled and you toggle it on, the minimum price increases by their commercial uplift percentage (more on that below).
3. Write Your Description
This is the most important part of your request. There are no revision rounds on Scratch, so your description is the artist's entire brief. Everything they need to know should be in here.
Be specific: subject, mood, colors, composition, background, lighting. If you have a strong preference, spell it out. If you're flexible on something, say that too.
Each artist sets their own description length limit (default: 2,000). Use as much of it as you need.
4. Add Reference Images
You can upload up to 5 reference images with your request. These are optional, but good references can do more than a paragraph of description.
Uploaded reference photos are only visible to you and the artist. They are deleted 30 days after delivery.
Use them for:
5. Your Options
The request form has a few toggles depending on what the artist allows. Here's what each one does.
Commercial Use
Only visible if the artist has it enabled. Toggling this on flags the piece for commercial use (merchandise, branding, printed products, etc.) and bumps the minimum price upward by the artist's commercial uplift percentage.
NSFW
Only visible if the artist accepts mature content. Flags your request as NSFW. The artist already opted in, so this just makes sure it's labeled correctly.
Keep Art Private
By default, delivered art is public on Scratch and visible on the artist's profile. Toggle this on if you want only you and the artist to see the full image.
After You Submit
Your card is saved when you submit, but you're not charged until the artist accepts. They have 30 days to respond: accept, decline, or ask you one clarifying question.
Once accepted, they have 60 days to deliver. Cancel anytime before acceptance (nothing was charged). If the artist doesn't respond, no charge is made. If they accept but don't deliver in time, you're refunded automatically.
Ready to send your first request?
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