deviantART Model Release Form
My name is ______[name of model] ______. I am over 18 years old at the time of signing this Model Release and I was over the age of 18 at the time that the photographs, drawings, digital renderings and/or graphic materials using my likeness (Works) were made by ______[name of deviant]______(Artist) on or about __/__/__ .
I understand that Artist is a member of an Internet community called deviantArt found at www.deviantart.com. Graphic materials and other artworks such as the Works are made available at deviantArt.com for viewing and for purchase, among other applications. The Works will be viewable by anyone accessing the deviantArt website and may also appear at other places or times as authorized by deviantArt.
This release is made specifically for the benefit of both Artist and deviantArt.
I confirm for the benefit of Artist and deviantArt that I knowingly appeared nude and/or semi nude as part of my participation in connection with the Works and that the Works may contain images of my body in suggestive and possibly erotic poses.
In return for my participation in the Works of Artist and for their exposure through deviantArt and in return for other considerations and other agreements I may have made separately with Artist about the Works, I give the following rights and make the following releases:
a) Artist and/or deviantArt have the unrestricted right and permission forever to use, including to publish, display or to transmit, and to copyright and republish pictures or other images of me (or incorporating or based on my likeness) intact or distorted without restriction as to changes or transformations or reproduction and made or distributed or sold through any and all media now or later developed and for any purpose whatsoever; except that separate permission and negotiation will be required for the use of my image as contained in the Works as a sale or lease to a company other than deviantArt for use in the direct advertising of its products and/or services.
b) I release, discharge and agree to save harmless Artist and deviantArt their legal representatives or assigns, and all persons functioning under their permission or authority from any liability by virtue of any blurring, distortion, alteration, optical illusion, or use in composite form whether intentional or otherwise, that may occur or be produced in the rendering of the Works or in any subsequent processing and/or distribution of the Works, as well as any publication of the Works, including without limitation any claims for libel or invasion of privacy.
I confirm that I have no expectation of receiving any money or other items of value directly from deviantArt and that deviantArt will have no financial obligations to me whatsoever in return for the rights I am giving it under this model release.
Signed:______Date __/__/__
Address:______
City:______State: ______Postal Code:______
Country:______Phone:______
I ______[Artist’s Name]______confirm that this Model Release was signed in my presence by ______[model’s name]______and that I was presented at the time with adequate proof of age showing him/her to be over the age of 18.