Rights
A short version of who owns what.
My work
Every piece generated by these tools is original work, produced by code I wrote, using palette curations I selected by hand. The work as a whole — the algorithm, the curation choices, the composition logic, the resulting images — is © 2026 INQ.LAB, all rights reserved.
Each piece carries my mark: the handle, the year, the palette identifier, and a unique code for that specific composition. The mark is drawn directly into the canvas, not added afterwards. It's also embedded as metadata in the PNG itself.
What you can do with a piece you've downloaded
If something here speaks to you and you save it, you're welcome to:
- Frame it and hang it on your wall
- Print it for personal use at any size you like
- Set it as your desktop wallpaper, your phone background, a screensaver
- Share it on social media — Instagram, Twitter, group chats, message threads
- Send it to a friend
- Use it in a presentation or a personal blog post
If you share publicly, I'd love it if you credited inq.lab and linked here. It's not a legal requirement; it's just kind.
What requires permission
If you want to use a downloaded piece in any of these ways, please get in touch first:
- Selling reproductions, prints, or merchandise carrying the work
- Including it in commercial products, packaging, or branded design
- Using it in advertising, books, or paid publications
- Training machine learning models on it
- Reproducing it as part of any commercial artistic practice
I'm reachable via the contact link in the footer. The answer is often yes; I just want to know.
What's already promised
The colors come from the public domain. The code that generates them is mine. The signatures and metadata exist so that work travels with its provenance attached even after it’s left this site. None of this is paranoia — it’s just the basic shape of how an artist holds onto her own work in a world that increasingly assumes everything online is for the taking.
If you have a question about any of this, ask. I prefer conversations to terms of service.
— M.