Terms
Updated November 5, 2026
These terms cover making an account and a profile on the War of Art Network at warofart.org. War of Art is run by me, Caleb Shapiro, in New York. By making an account, you agree to them.
Your account
You need to be at least 18 to make an account, and you make it with a US mobile number. One account per person (and per number), under your own name or the name you work under. Sign-in codes and links go to your phone or email, so keep them secure; anyone who can open them can sign in as you. Texts are sent only when you ask for a code, and message and data rates may apply.
Your profile and your work
What you put on your profile stays yours. By adding it, you let War of Art show it on the site, and in posts that share the Network, for as long as it’s on your profile. Remove something, or delete your account, and that permission ends for anything new.
If you offer consulting on your profile, bookings happen on your own booking page, between you and the person booking. War of Art isn’t part of those arrangements and isn’t responsible for them.
Only add work you made or have the right to show, and photos of people only with their agreement. If you made something with others, credit them.
Reviewing profiles
The Network is for working creatives in the disciplines listed when you join. Your profile goes on the Network once it’s complete (a photo, your name, a username, your craft and discipline, a bio and at least three pieces of your own work), and comes off if it stops being complete. I may ask you to change something, or hide a profile at any time. Your profile is not a promise of work or representation; projects with War of Art are agreed separately.
What’s not allowed
- Pretending to be someone else, or passing off other people’s work as yours
- Harassing, threatening or demeaning anyone
- Spam, scams, or anything illegal
- Trying to get into accounts or parts of the site that aren’t yours, or to disrupt the site
Members can write to each other. Messages from someone you aren’t connected to wait in Requests until you accept them; until then they can send three. Don’t use messages for spam, harassment or selling to people who didn’t ask; the site limits how many messages and new conversations you can send, and anyone can report a conversation to me, which lets me read it. Messages are kept until a member’s account is removed.
Members can connect with each other: a request the other member accepts or declines. Don’t send requests in bulk or to people you don’t mean to work with; the site limits how many you can send a day. You can block any member, which ends a connection between you and stops them asking again.
Anyone can report a profile from the link at its foot; reports come to me. I may hide content or close an account that breaks these rules.
Brands and briefs
A brand can apply to join with its own email address. Before I approve it, it shows that it controls its website’s domain (an email at that domain, or a code placed on its homepage), so nobody can pose as a company; nothing about a brand is public until I approve it. A brand that sends a brief says what it needs, what it pays and by when. Only that brand and I read it; I find the artists who fit and put them in touch through Messages. Any work you agree with a brand is between you and that brand: War of Art isn’t a party to it, doesn’t hold payments for it and doesn’t promise it will happen, so agree the terms, ownership of the work and payment with the brand in writing before you start.
The forum
Anyone can read the forum; members on the Network and approved brands write in it. What you post there is public, under your name. Keep it about the work, be generous with what you know, and don’t post anything that isn’t yours to share. Answers in the forum are other members’ experience, not professional advice. I may hide posts that break these rules.
Cost
Accounts are free. If paid plans arrive later, I’ll say what they cost and what they include before anything is charged, and nothing will be charged without your say.
No guarantees
The site is offered as it is, and I can’t promise it will always be available or free of mistakes. To the extent the law allows, War of Art isn’t responsible for losses that come from using the site.
Leaving
You can delete your account whenever you like: email calebsmdesign212@gmail.com and I’ll remove it and everything on it. How your information is handled is in the privacy note.
Changes
If these terms change in a way that matters, I’ll update this page and email members before the change takes effect. These terms are governed by the laws of New York, USA.
Questions
Email calebsmdesign212@gmail.com.