Terms & conditions + faqs
Copyright Information
All artwork, images, logos and characters therein are copyright and trademarks of their respective owners and may not be reproduced in any form without express written permission.
Action Comics, Batman, Batgirl, Countdown, Supergirl, Superman, Teen Titans, Titans, The Ravagers, Wonder Woman images and logos, and all characters therein, are copyright to DC Comics.
Avengers, Cable, Deadpool, Domino, Excalibur, Hulk, Red Hulk, Red She-Hulk, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men images and logos, and all characters therein, are copyright to Marvel Comics.
Ian Churchill’s Marineman is copyright and trademark to Ian Churchill and is the trading name of Ocean Point Limited. The Coven is copyright to Ian Churchill.
REVENGE is copyright to Ian Churchill and Jonathan Ross.
Acceptance of an email and downloading of the attachment qualifies as agreement to the following terms and conditions:
- The attached image may not be shared, transferred, displayed or otherwise forwarded to, or given to anyone else other than the party to which the email was addressed.
- The contents of the attached image are confidential in nature and sent to the addressed party under limited licence for their viewing only, it may not be shown or transferred to anyone for any reason. This includes printing out the image to tangible form, forwarding this email to others, creating a new email and attaching said image to it, or otherwise posting, linking or displaying the image on the Internet or any computer linked to a network where the image may not be secure from other parties gaining access.
- These terms are laid forth to protect the confidentiality and secrecy of the attached image as it has business and/or monetary value that will be destroyed should it be disseminated beyond the party to which the email is addressed.
Original Art: Pencils and Inks
As deadlines get tighter and the world goes digital, the traditional method of manual inks over physical pencils is no longer the norm. We want you to know exactly what you are buying, so please read through the information below and the information given by each piece of art on this site, and if you are in any doubt as to the properties of a particular page you are interested in buying please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Most of the older artwork sold on this site was pencilled by Ian and inked by hand over the pencils, ie on the original artwork. Where known we have included details of the inker.
For Ian’s creator-owned projects, Marineman and REVENGE, Ian digitally inked the artwork himself. So, the pencilled page is the only original artwork. This is indicated by ‘pencils only Ian Churchill’. Other work has been pencilled and inked by hand by Ian, which is clearly specified. Or it may have been published without inks, ie directly off the pencils.
More recently, Ian’s pencilled page may have been scanned and sent digitally to the inker, who prints out the scan and does manual inks on the printout. This can lead to some ambiguity about what is original artwork. Is it the page that Ian has physically drawn on, which has his pencils, or is the page with inks which is the published piece? There’s no right or wrong answer, it’s down to personal preference. We have indicated in the artwork details where recently uploaded pages have been inked from scans.
Terms and Conditions
We take privacy and the protection of personal data very seriously. We only ask for and retain such personal data as is supplied by the buyer on the order form to ensure the sale can proceed, which is retained for seven years to comply with UK accountancy requirements. We have not, do not and will not sell or otherwise pass on to any third party any personal data of any buyer or person who has made an enquiry in the course of day-to-day business without their written permission. We may pass on such personal data as we hold to third parties including law enforcement agencies or other artwork dealers where there is suspicion or evidence of criminal, fraudulent or unethical activity relating to the sale and purchase of original artwork.
We have not set up a shopping basket or payment facility on this website so that we can ensure the availability of every piece of art before an order is accepted.
If you would like to buy any artwork, please complete an order enquiry form with details of the page(s) you are interested in. Please only use this form if you genuinely want to buy the piece(s) and have the funds to do so.
We will not reserve artwork under any circumstances. If there are multiple requests for a single piece of art, priority will be given to the order in which the email requests were received.
On receipt of an order enquiry form, we will confirm the price (which we reserve the right to amend based on prevailing exchange rates, human error or other reasons) and send an order form that must be completed and emailed back before an order is complete and payment will be accepted.
Each piece of original comic art is unique and irreplaceable. As such we do not accept returns for any reason. The buyer agrees to waive any buyer/user protection policy that may be associated with their chosen method of payment.
All art will be signed by Ian Churchill. If there are any special requests regarding wording, personalisation or placement of the signature please specify on the order form. If for any reason the request can’t be fulfilled we will contact you before the order is complete. There is also the option of having a photo of Ian holding your artwork/commission – please specify on the order form. There is no extra charge for these options.
We try to respond to all emails within 3 working days, but please take into account time zones and bear with us if we get very busy. In the unlikely event that you have not heard from us within 5 working days then please first check your junk/spam mailbox before re-sending your email or sending a message via Ian’s Facebook page.
Once a completed order form has been received payment is due within 3 working days.
We accept as standard payment in US$, GBP (£) and Euro (€). Please contact us for a price in another currency.
We accept payment by bank transfer and PayPal. Details will be given on the order form. We reserve the right to add 6% to the total cost of the order to cover PayPal fees.
Prices on the website are fixed and non-negotiable. Please do not contact us with an offer for a piece or ask for a ‘best price’.
We securely package artwork before shipping to minimise the likelihood of damage. We cannot be held responsible for any damage or loss to packages once we have handed them over to Royal Mail or another shipping agent.
In the unlikely event that artwork sent by a tracked/signed for service is lost or damaged beyond repair, we will pursue a compensation claim. The buyer agrees to fill out forms and provide evidence of payment as needed. For damaged goods, the buyer agrees to keep all packaging and the artwork and be prepared to submit photographic evidence of the damage as needed.
In the unlikely event that a commission piece is lost or damaged beyond repair, the buyer will have the option to have the piece redrawn or accept a refund. If a refund is chosen, the buyer agrees to fill out forms and provide evidence of payment as needed. For damaged goods, the buyer agrees to keep all packaging and the commission and be prepared to submit photographic evidence of the damage.
In the unlikely event that artwork is lost in transit, different shipping agents have different rules regarding when a package is deemed to be lost. We will keep the buyer appraised of any developments, but the process will be beyond our control and we will be unable to issue any refund/replacement art until the timeframe specified by the agent has passed.
For UK buyers, we will issue a full refund of the insured amount. For example, if the buyer purchases art worth £100 but chooses a postage option that insures it to £50, they will be entitled to a refund of £50 plus postage and packaging charges. If the buyer prefers, we can instead offer replacement art to the insured value, with no delivery charge.
For international buyers, we will issue a full refund plus postage and packaging charges. If the buyer prefers, we can instead offer replacement art of the same value, with no delivery charge.
We are based in and all art is shipped from the UK. The buyer is responsible for verifying and paying any import duties imposed by their country’s customs. Currently, original art shipped to EU/EEAA destinations and the US should not incur customs duties.
Frequently Asked Questions
The website is run by Ocean Point Limited, which is owned by Ian Churchill and wife Sacha Churchill. All art sales are handled by Sacha. You can therefore be sure that you are buying direct from the artist and that provenance is guaranteed.
Ian will do a limited number of paid sketches per convention, depending on how busy he is with signings, panels etc, and may take advance orders. Requests will be taken strictly on a first come, first served basis. It helps if you can bring reference material for the character you’d like him to draw.
Ian doesn’t charge for signatures (except in certain circumstances eg for CGC purposes or if required by the convention organiser) but please be considerate.
Ian will be happy to pose for a photo for or with you without charge, time permitting!
Ian doesn’t charge for signatures but please be considerate in how many you ask for. If signing all your comics means that other people might miss out, Ian will respectfully decline to sign all of them.
Unfortunately not. Not only does Ian’s workload prohibit any extras, there is also the risk of something getting lost or damaged, a risk we don’t wish to take.
I’m sorry but due to the large number of requests we are unable to send signatures.
Way back when, Ian used to use a 4H pencil because he’d read somewhere that John Byrne used one! He quickly moved to a mechanical pencil because he didn’t have the patience to keep sharpening a regular one, and also hated to have to break the flow when he was on a roll!
For a long time he used a 0.3 4H mechanical pencil but he switched over to 0.3 HB because it produces a darker line which helps when scanning and printing artwork directly from the pencils. He also uses a 0.5 blue mechanical pencil for layouts and foundation work.
To correct mistakes he uses a propelling eraser that you hold like a pencil as well as a regular eraser for larger areas. He inks with pens, using a range of thicknesses from 0.05 to 0.8, and sometimes uses Sharpies for heavy black areas.
He works on a fully-positionable angled drawing board and uses an Anglepoise lamp when there’s no daylight available.
Ian was first in line when Apple introduced the iPad Pro with Apple Pencil and it quickly became his tool of choice. He still sketches at shows in pencil and uses traditional media for studio commissions, but the majority of his comics work is now produced on the iPad Pro. The enemy of every professional comic creator is the deadline, and more and more comic book artists are switching to digital methods to speed up their work flow. Ian is no exception. He finds it allows him to pencil AND ink a page in the time it used to take him to just pencil a page by traditional means.
The app Ian uses the most regularly is Procreate and he uses it for 99% of his comic page production. The majority of publishers still prefer their final files to be in Photoshop so Ian transfers the completed Procreate page to a Photoshop comic page template for submission to the publisher.
As a kid Ian read a lot of books with illustrations by Arthur Rackham, who he thinks is the “best comic book artist that never was” – Rackham died just as comics started to come into their own. As far as comics go, his first big influence was John Romita Snr, specifically on his Captain America run in the late 60s and early 70s. His work is what got Ian into comics. John Byrne was another major influence – Ian bought pretty much everything he drew, even after going pro. Other influences have been Arthur Adams, Alan Davis, Bob Layton…