Terms of use

Open Beta · Updated October 13, 2026

1. About iArtsy and agreeing to these terms

iArtsy is a daily drawing community operated by Nick Shonkwiler in the United States. These terms govern your use of iArtsy. Read the Privacy notice to understand how account information, artwork and other information are handled. Creating an account or continuing community participation requires an affirmative agreement to the current terms. Material changes will be dated and presented for renewed agreement before continued participation. Previous agreement records are retained; accepting an earlier version does not count as accepting this version.

2. Accounts and eligibility

You must be at least 13 and meet the age and permission requirements that apply where you live. If you are under 18 or otherwise below the age of legal majority where you live, obtain your parent or legal guardian’s permission to use iArtsy and agree to these terms. A checkbox is an age declaration, not verified parental consent. Do not use the service where additional legally required permission has not been obtained. A parent or guardian can contact support about an underage account.

Use an email address you control and accurate account information. You may use an artist name and username. Keep passwords, sign-in links and authenticator information private. Do not impersonate another person, share an account to evade restrictions, or create accounts to manipulate votes. Report suspected account compromise privately. Staff access requires the applicable authorization and security checks.

3. Your artwork and the permission you give iArtsy

You retain ownership of your original artwork and any rights you hold in other content you submit. Submitting content does not transfer copyright ownership to iArtsy.

For content you submit or make available on iArtsy, you grant iArtsy a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display and distribute it solely to operate and promote iArtsy. This includes community galleries, your profile, Featured and Weekly Featured collections, sharing features, iArtsy’s social accounts, and iArtsy promotional emails and materials. We will credit your artwork with your username when we use it in promotional materials. This license permits technical presentation changes such as resizing, format conversion and preview crops. We may allow hosting, storage, distribution and other service providers to exercise these rights only as needed for those purposes. This permission does not authorize unrelated third parties to sell or commercially reuse your artwork.

You may publish or license your own artwork elsewhere. Other users do not receive a general commercial-reuse license from these terms. Viewing, sharing a link or using a site sharing feature does not transfer ownership. Publicly displayed content can nevertheless be copied by others, and iArtsy cannot recall copies outside its control.

When you permanently delete content or your account, the license ends for new uses of that deleted content, except storage or processing reasonably necessary for backups, security, legal obligations or completing deletion. We will stop creating new promotional uses of it and remove prior promotional copies under our control on a reasonable request where practicable. Emails already delivered and third-party copies cannot be recalled. Archiving or moderator removal is not permanent deletion; contact support about the treatment of a specific work.

You must own the content or have the permission and rights necessary to submit it and grant this license. Respect other people’s copyright, trademarks, privacy and publicity rights. Draw your own work with the available drawing tools. Recorded strokes do not independently establish authorship or ownership. These terms do not license iArtsy’s name, logo or software to you beyond their normal use on the site.

4. Community rules

Do not post sexual imagery, sexual content involving minors, graphic violence, hate, harassment, threats, scams, spam, private personal information or content that infringes others’ rights. Do not manipulate votes, evade moderation, exploit security weaknesses, overload the service or access another person’s account or private information. Report suspected vulnerabilities privately without collecting other users’ information.

5. Publishing, moderation and copyright concerns

Verified artists’ drawings and other permitted contributions may publish immediately. Moderators review reports; the service does not provide automatic image screening or a routine pre-publication approval queue. Community content reflects its contributors’ views. You can report content or profiles, block artists and request help.

Authorized staff may hide or remove content, restrict or suspend accounts, or correct technical problems. Daily drawing resets may archive a submission rather than erase it. Staff permission and security rules still apply. To appeal a decision or report a copyright concern, contact support with your username, the relevant content link or identifier, and an explanation. For copyright concerns, identify the work, the content you believe infringes it, your relationship to the rights holder and a way to contact you. Do not forward suspected illegal sexual content involving minors.

6. Daily prompts, votes and Featured collections

The usual drawing window is 5 a.m. to 3 a.m. Eastern the following morning, including daylight saving time. Ordinarily one eligible submission per artist is allowed each day. Prompts, eligibility and limits may change with notice where appropriate.

Featured collections recognize eligible submissions based on the applicable selection process. Ties use a consistent selection rule. Once a collection is selected, later votes do not change its stored rank order. Moderation, fraud prevention and correction of a genuine technical error may affect eligibility or a collection. Recognition is not guaranteed and has no monetary value.

7. Account emails and optional announcements

iArtsy uses your email for account functions such as email confirmation, requested sign-in links, password recovery and necessary security communications. Optional announcements, newsletters or promotional emails require a separate opt-in when offered. Accepting these terms or creating an account does not subscribe you to optional emails. Existing account emails will not be automatically added to an announcement list. You can withdraw an optional subscription using its unsubscribe link or account preference when available, while retaining your account. An email subscription and permission to display or promote artwork are separate choices and rights.

8. Availability, drafts and backups

iArtsy is currently in beta. Features may change, and maintenance, provider outages, device limitations or network conditions may interrupt access or delay publication. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability or that every device supports every drawing feature. Keep independent copies of artwork you want to retain.

Editable drafts are stored in the browser on the device where they were created. They do not automatically transfer between devices. Clearing browser storage, using a different browser or device, or choosing to erase local drafts can remove them. Autosave and recovery features cannot guarantee recovery from every interruption. Published artwork and local editable drafts are different records.

9. Leaving, deletion and service changes

You can stop using iArtsy, manage your account in Settings, request deletion, or contact support for help and privacy requests. Declining updated terms does not itself delete your account or artwork. Account safety, privacy requests and deletion remain available even if you do not agree to continue community participation.

Account deletion removes the active account and associated community records and uploaded artwork through the deletion process. If interrupted, affected content may remain hidden until the process finishes. Backups, limited security or audit records, legal obligations and copies outside our control may persist as described in the Privacy notice. If iArtsy is discontinued, we will provide notice where reasonably practicable and explain available ways to preserve your work.

10. Applicable law and your rights

These terms are subject to applicable law in the United States and any mandatory protections that apply where you live. Nothing in these terms removes mandatory consumer protections, privacy rights, available remedies or access to courts where the law provides it. Nothing excludes liability or rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.

11. Contact

For account support, privacy requests, copyright concerns, security reports or moderation appeals, contact support@iartsy.co. Never send a password, sign-in link, MFA code or recovery secret. iArtsy is not an emergency service.