Effective Date: 18 August 2026
1. Purpose of the Website
This Website serves solely as a personal artistic portfolio and gallery for the presentation of artworks, illustrations, sketches, concepts, and related creative materials created by Anna Apalkova (“the Artist”, “I”, “me”, or “my”).
The Website is provided for informational, educational, and portfolio purposes only. No products, services, subscriptions, memberships, or paid content are offered for sale through this Website.
2. Intellectual Property Rights
Unless otherwise stated, all artworks, illustrations, designs, graphics, compositions, photographs of artworks, website content, texts, and visual materials published on this Website are the intellectual property of Anna Apalkova and are protected by applicable copyright and intellectual property laws.
Ownership of an artwork includes, but is not limited to:
- Original illustrations and artworks;
- Artistic compositions and visual interpretations;
- Character illustrations created by the Artist;
- Graphic design elements created by the Artist;
- Sketches, concepts, drafts, and derivative artistic works created by the Artist.
No ownership rights are transferred to visitors of the Website.
3. Fan Art and Third-Party Intellectual Property
Some artworks displayed on this Website may depict characters, locations, objects, stories, or other elements originating from third-party intellectual property, including but not limited to:
- Anime;
- Manga;
- Video games;
- Films and television series;
- Books and literary works;
- Other copyrighted media franchises.
All rights to such original characters, stories, trademarks, logos, and franchises remain the property of their respective owners.
The Artist does not claim ownership of any third-party intellectual property represented in fan art or derivative artistic works.
However, the specific artistic expression, illustration, composition, rendering, coloring, and creative execution of such artworks remain the intellectual property of the Artist unless otherwise required by applicable law.
4. Permitted Use
Visitors may:
- View artworks published on the Website;
- Share links to publicly accessible pages of the Website;
- Reference the Website for personal, educational, or non-commercial purposes.
Any permitted use must preserve all copyright notices and author attribution.
5. Prohibited Use
Without prior written permission from the Artist, you may not:
- Copy, reproduce, redistribute, publish, or archive artworks from the Website;
- Modify, edit, transform, trace, recolor, or create derivative works based on the artworks;
- Use any artwork for commercial purposes;
- Use any artwork in advertising, marketing, branding, promotion, or merchandising;
- Use any artwork in connection with governmental, military, political, or public-sector activities;
- Use any artwork for fundraising, monetization, or any activity intended to generate revenue or economic benefit;
- Incorporate any artwork into products, services, software, games, publications, audiovisual productions, or artificial intelligence systems;
- Remove signatures, watermarks, copyright notices, or attribution information;
- Misrepresent authorship of any artwork.
Any use not expressly permitted by these Terms is prohibited.
6. Requests for Licensing and Permissions
Organizations, businesses, government entities, educational institutions, publishers, developers, and private individuals seeking to use any artwork beyond the scope of these Terms must obtain prior written authorization from the Artist.
Permission requests should clearly describe:
- The artwork involved;
- The intended use;
- The distribution scope;
- Whether any commercial activity is involved.
The Artist reserves the right to approve, deny, or revoke permissions at her sole discretion.
7. Third-Party Links
The Website may contain links to external websites, social media platforms, galleries, or other third-party resources.
The Artist is not responsible for the content, availability, security, privacy practices, or policies of any third-party website.
Access to third-party resources is undertaken at the user’s own risk.
8. Disclaimer
The Website and all content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.
The Artist makes no warranties, express or implied, regarding:
- Availability of the Website;
- Accuracy or completeness of information;
- Error-free operation;
- Fitness for a particular purpose.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Artist shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from the use of, or inability to use, the Website.
9. Copyright Infringement Claims
The Artist respects the intellectual property rights of others.
If you believe that any content published on this Website infringes your copyright or other intellectual property rights, please contact the Artist with sufficient information to identify the allegedly infringing material and the basis of your claim.
Upon review of a valid claim, appropriate action may be taken, including modification or removal of the content where necessary.
10. Enforcement
Any unauthorized use of the Content constitutes infringement of intellectual property rights and may result in legal action under applicable copyright, intellectual property, trade secret, unfair competition, and related laws.
The author reserves all legal remedies available under applicable law.
11. Changes to These Terms
The Artist reserves the right to modify these Terms of Use at any time without prior notice.
The most current version will always be published on this Website. Continued use of the Website after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
12. Contact
For questions regarding these Terms, licensing requests, permissions, or copyright matters, please contact:
Anna Apalkova
Website: https://www.pandaartzone.com
E-mail: pan.hero@yandex.ru
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/anna-apalkova-8b304