📢 Creators Meeting Summary – 2026 Art Direction & Payments

Host: Andy
Attendees: VZones artists & creators
Purpose: Clarify art usage, revisions, quality goals, and payment process going into 2026

🖼️ 1. Annual Art Revisions (2026 Direction)

• VZones would like to move toward yearly revisions of existing art rather than one-off items.

• This mainly applies to:

  • Basic / knick-knack items

  • Core props (containers, animals like bear/fox/fuzzie, etc.)

• Only art VZones owns the rights to can be revised.

• Original artists should revise their own work whenever possible.

• If an artist is unavailable or unwilling, a revised version may be created by VZones, but Andy stated this should be rare.

✅ Important reassurance:
Artist-created art will not be altered by others without permission.

🎨 2. VZones Original vs Artist Art

• VZones-original art (no artist code):

  • Anyone may revise or update it.

• Artist-created art:

  • Only the original artist may revise or tweak it.

• Older art without artist codes may be modernized (e.g., made paintable).

⭐ 3. Quality Over Quantity (Key 2026 Goal)

Rather than many single-use seasonal items, the aim is to focus on:

• 1 high-quality base item

• Re-released throughout the year with themed tweaks:

  • Halloween

  • Christmas

  • Easter

  • Yearly updates

Benefits:

• Better usability

• Less clutter

• More longevity

• More earning potential for artists

🎭 4. Paintability & Older Art

• Older non-paintable VZones art can be reworked to be paintable.

• This is allowed and already being done by some artists.

🧩 5. Purchased Pixel Assets

• Artists may use licensed external pixel assets (e.g., purchased sprite packs),
  provided:

  • Licensing allows it

  • The art is converted into VZones-ready, paintable items

🧾 6. Art Ownership & Legacy Work

• VZones should only use art it owns the rights to.

• Some legacy art (e.g. HM, Peach, MMC) is not owned and should not be reused.

• Polly/Pye are the authority on ownership questions.

• Artists with older work still in use should contact Polly directly.

💰 7. Payment & Invoicing (Important)

• Artists do not need to wait for sales data.

• Once art is:

  • Approved

  • Processed
    → You may invoice immediately.

• Payment is per item, not per sale.

• Some artists have not yet received the rate card.

📌 Action from Andy:
A clear rate card will be sent to all artists this week so pricing is transparent.

🎉 8. Event Art Clarification

• Event art rules caused some confusion.

• Andy’s intent is that artists should be able to:

  • Create full themed sets (clothing, accessories, seats, hair, etc.)

  • Earn from those sets

• Further…

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TOWNMEETING 12/23 8pm

21:06:34 | Acolyte Cosmic Andy: Thank you all again for the support and I will take any questions about the cloud.
21:06:34 | Acolyte Cosmic Andy: Less green on this side needed
21:06:34 | Acolyte Cosmic Andy: some red people>>>
21:06:34 | Polly: peenk<react>
21:06:34 | Juliet: haha
21:06:40 | PetMePlease: would this money be needed every year? or just to get this Cloud rolling ?
21:06:40 | Happy Tobe Here: when is the move ?
21:07:11 | Acolyte Cosmic Andy: The cloud development fund is monthly until it’s live yes.
21:07:17 | PetMePlease: Ok
21:07:32 | Acolyte Cosmic Andy: At the current speed i would estimate 2 years
21:07:37 | PetMePlease: tell us how much and Im sure some can do it <shrug>
21:08:03 | Acolyte Cosmic Andy: It’s https:_www_gofundme_com/f/spva3-community-support-initiative Pet
21:08:03 | Polly: youre good, heidia<grin>
21:08:08 | Heidia: sorry ty
21:08:29 | Acolyte Cosmic Andy: So the summary point was…
21:08:34 | Acolyte Cosmic Andy: If any of the donors would prefer not to have this and would rather have their contribution converted to, please let me know and Il sort that for you.
21:08:34 | Heidia: LOL
21:08:55 | Juliet: Can’t miss Heidia
21:09:05 | Juliet: Cute
21:09:05 | Happy Tobe Here: ikr
21:09:05 | Heidia: yeah lol
21:09:11 | Happy Tobe Here: what a grand idea
21:09:11 | Heidia: u all shush
21:09:16 | Polly: wasnt me<react>
21:09:21 | Suzie: lol
21:09:26 | Morning Glory: uh huh
21:09:52 | Acolyte Cosmic Andy: Any other questions on what was said today about the cloud?
21:10:02 | Poody Cat: so where does everyone go give?
21:10:07 | Kimmie D: I guess I was late to the party
21:10:13 | Kimmie D: Can you summarize
21:10:18 | Acolyte Cosmic Andy: i will repeat yeah sure
21:10:23 | Acolyte Cosmic Andy: We reached 72% of the goal, which is genuinely amazing, even though we didn quite reach the full amount. The funds have already been allocated to cloud development work for January.
21:10:28 | Acolyte Cosmic Andy: For me to permanently stop splitting my time and commit those 80 hours every month, we would need the recurring goal to be consistently met. At this stage, that isn something wee able to guarantee.
21:10:39 | Acolyte Cosmic Andy: ecause the goal wasn met, Il continue as normal with my consulting work starting in February and the funding of the cloud work will continue as normal.
21:10:44 | Acolyte Cosmic Andy: For January, Il still put in the additional 80 hours so everyone can get a real preview of what that extra…

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