— Conditions of Use —
Licensing
Each plate is offered under one of three licences. The base price shown on every plate corresponds to the personal-use licence; commercial and extended-commercial tiers are calculated as multiples of that base.
Three licence tiers for scientific illustration
Key facts
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- Licence type
- One-time purchase, perpetual, worldwide
- Personal
- Private display, study and non-commercial use
- Commercial
- Books, editorial, packaging and marketing up to 10,000 impressions
- Extended commercial
- Unlimited runs, resale merchandise, broadcast and motion
- Pricing
- Base price = Personal; other tiers are a multiple of it
- Credit
- “Illustration © Curiosa Naturalis” expected in published work
- Files
- Full-resolution master, no watermark, instant download
- Upgrades
- Pay only the difference between licence prices
Choosing the right licence
Start from how the image will be seen. If the plate will only hang in your home, sit in a personal portfolio or support your own study, the Personal licence is enough. As soon as the image helps sell something — a book, a magazine issue, a product, a service — the use becomes commercial.
The Commercial licence suits most publishing and editorial work: illustrated books and field guides, magazine features, educational material, exhibition graphics, packaging and marketing campaigns up to 10,000 impressions. The Extended commercial licence is intended for work where the illustration itself is the product, such as posters, art prints and merchandise sold in any quantity, as well as television, film and animated use.
What every licence includes
Every licence is a single payment with no subscription or renewal. You receive the full-resolution master file without watermark, suitable for high-quality print, and you may crop, resize or combine it with text and design for the permitted use. The rights are granted to one licensee and are not transferable; the copyright in the artwork remains with Curiosa Naturalis.
What is not permitted
No licence allows reselling or redistributing the digital file itself, offering it as a stock image, using it in a logo or trademark, or presenting the plate as your own original artwork.
Credits and upgrades
Where credits are normally printed, please use “Illustration © Curiosa Naturalis”. If your project grows, you can upgrade to a higher tier at any time by paying the difference.
More answers are in the FAQ; for unusual uses or large projects, contact the atelier.