FAQS
Design Production
Q: How do you determine if you will produce a recommended design as an Enamel pin?
A: We use 4 separate criteria to determine whether or not we will do a design (Age, Consent and Erotic Material, Legal Rights, Free Use / Parody, Overall Popularity) Age, Consent, Erotic material laws We release erotic designs and all designs depicted are 18+ years of age or older and are consenting adults. We will not produce designs that go against this policy or any laws in North America that relate to or imply illegal forms of erotic material. (E.g. Child pornography (loli), rape, bestiality, gore, etc.) Aging up characters through the passage of time through clear depiction of development through puberty and changes to their overall aesthetic are acceptable (E.g. longer/pubic hair, larger breasts, etc.). As is the use of a completely different art style to express the character in an erotic nature and/or the use of a model to depict the character in adult cosplay scenarios. Legal Rights We are willing to produce designs if the intellectual property owner has allowed commercialized production of their characters. (E.g. Mihoyo, etc.) Free Use / Parody We respect the intellectual property rights of other organizations, but also make use of fair use law. Thus we would be able to make a design that is a parody and/or transformative and clearly adds another element to the original work. (E.g. Erotic, humorous, Fusions, etc.) Overall Popularity We have to take into account the overall general popularity of the character as a factor in determining whether or not to produce the design as there is a high dollar value investment and a lot of work that goes into a design. Well established / Underdog Some characters may be quite well established in their lore and/or underdogs that a lot of people have expressed interest in, but have never seen a design for.
Product Requests
Ai Artwork
Q: Do you or will you ever use Ai for the artwork in your designs?
A: We will never use Ai art to create our products for the following reasons. 1. We believe that art is a unique form of person to person communication that is innovative and transformative in nature. The small nuances and details are what make art special and a lot of thought goes into each illustration so that you can stare at it for hours noticing the details and references. 2. We value the relationship with our artists and will continue to work with them collaboratively towards making the best products possible. Pinning is a slow game and art can be drawn a lot faster than a pin can be made. Partnering with artists gives us the ability to not only make the best art possible with the combination of ideas, but also the ability to collaborate and increase our following. 3. “A picture is worth 1000 words” is an old saying that has a lot of truth. If it takes us an entire essay to refine a piece of art and tell the Ai what to draw (positive prompts) and what not to draw (negative prompts) then it would take us an entire novel to get the nuanced styles we are looking for. It is easier to convey the idea to a professional artist in a few sentences to a few paragraphs. 4. AI art is simply copying existing artists and drawing a derivative of existing artwork. While artist of today do something similar when they begin to hone their craft, they will eventually develop their own unique style that is unique to them. Ai does not have the capacity to truly innovate and draw something that is innovative or develop it’s own “style” of drawing. (E.g. Akira Toriyama) 5. Ai Artworks, as determined by law are not copyrightable thus not useful to a business as we continue to do some OC’s.
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Refunds / Exchanges
Q: Why don’t you offer refunds or exchanges?
A: Refunds are not offered as the function of the items offered are mostly aesthetic and thus you have received the value of the item once it has been admired. Regarding items with functionality the item dimensions and limitations are clearly indicated either in the description and will function based on their intended use. Exchanges are not accepted as in most cases we are selling limited edition items and stock is unavailable.