Group Rules

These are the rules of the group. All members are responsible for reading the rules and following them. Serious offenses of breaking the rules will result in being banned. Repeated minor infractions will result in being banned. There are many sections of the rules, all members are responsible for reading the membership section. You only need to read the other sections as they apply to your activities (like affiliating, submitting art, participating in contests, etc.) The last section is mostly for the benefit of people curious about the different staff positions.

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Information About Membership
Potential Members
All deviants are able to join the group. All you need to do is to request to be a member from the front page and there you are. Please only send one request, we will get to you. Duplicate requests are frustrating and bothersome. You don’t have to say anything in your request, but a “thank you for your time” is appreciated.
Requests expire after 1 month. If it takes longer than a month to get to you, you may send in another request.

Watching/participating in the group
You do not have to watch the group and receive messages from us in order to be a member. You do not have to actively participate in the group to be a member. I’m not sure why you want to be a member if you do not want to do either, but you can be a member anyway.
YOU MUST KEEP UP WITH THE RULES. IF YOU BREAK THE RULES, YOU WILL BE KICKED OUT.

Leaving the group
You may leave the group at any time. No one will ask why.

Being banned from the group
You may be kicked out immediately if you steal art, send us spam notes, spam the group,  or commit serious infractions of the rules.
You will be put on a three strike system for breaking the rules in less serious ways.
Keep up with the rules to avoid being kicked out.

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Information about Affiliates
Potential Affiliates
Any group may affiliate with us. Affiliates are able to post messages on our spotlights features for contests and whatnot.

Members of Affiliates
Any member of an affiliate is able to participate in our group, except for contests.

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Information about Gallery Submissions
Click on a folder and then contribute to this folder in the folder and pick out your deviation
Go to your deviation, click on submit to a group, type in Anime-Manga-Artists, and then choose the appropriate folder.

Acceptable Art
Art must be in the anime/manga style, or clearly influenced by it. Art that falls in the fuzzy gray area may be subject to questions when submitted.
Art done by an visual medium.
Art of any character from an anime, manga, cartoon, television series, movie, comic book, video game, or books.
Art of any of your characters, a friend’s character, or a commission/request of someone’s character.
Cosplay of a character from an anime or manga series
Tutorials related to the group’s interests
The finished, finalized version of a piece of art

Unacceptable Art
Art that is not done in the anime/manga style.
Cosplay of any character not from an anime or manga series.
Tutorials that do not relate to the group in any form.
Art that is done on notebook paper. See this for removing notebook lines: anime-manga-artists.deviantart…
Art that is not finished
Sketches
Written work

Mature Content
Mature content is acceptable for submissions
It must follow dA guidelines for mature content
FAQ #220: What is Mature Content?
FAQ #565: You prohibit the submission of 'pornographic imagery'; what do you consider this to be?

Stolen Artwork
You must be involved in the creation of the submission. (If you color a line-art, or do a collab, it is acceptable to submit).
You may not submit art which you were not involved in.
If it is a commission of one of your characters, you must have the artists’ permission to submit it in the description of your deviation.
You will be kicked out for submitting stolen artwork.

Folders
If you realize that you submitted to the wrong folder, withdraw your submission and resubmit it (withdrawing a submission does not use up your submission for the month)
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT SUBMITTING TO THE WRONG FOLDER, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CHANCE TO SUBMIT FOR THE MONTH. NO EXCEPTIONS. Please withdraw if you realize that you got it wrong.
A Quick Guide about which folder you should submit to: anime-manga-artists.deviantart…
Art with only you or your friends' fan characters do not go in the original art folders.

Quality of Submissions
This is not an elitist group. Any caliber of artist is able to submit their work.
We only accept art with effort in it. Art that is not completed cannot be submitted. WIPs and line-arts which you intend to color must wait to be submitted to the group.
Because you are only able to submit at a low rate, we recommend showcasing your best work to the group to get the most exposure.

Rate of Submission
Members are able to submit once a month.
Members of affiliated groups, but not this group, are able to submit once a year.

Exclusive Submissions
You may submit art here that is featured in other groups.

Repeating Submissions
Art may be added to the group only one time. If you submit duplicate requests for a piece, you will make the staff your enemy. It is more frustrating than duplicate join requests.
If you do it often enough to be noticed by the staff, you will be kicked from the group.
Submission requests expire after one month, you must wait until the request has expired to resubmit a piece.

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Information About Biweekly Themes
Find out more about the themes here: anime-manga-artists.deviantart…

Biweekly themes are art responses to a challenge we change every two weeks. They are a part of the favorites. If you feel that a response is good enough, and if it fits into the gallery rules, you may submit it to the gallery as well as the favorites.

Acceptable Submissions
Any piece that could be submitted to the gallery
Unfinished work and sketches
It must fit the theme at the time of submission

Unacceptable Submissions
Work that does not fit the theme at the time of submission
Work that is not acceptable for the gallery
Art that you have not helped in creating

Rate of Submission
Once a week
Only members of the group can participate in the Biweekly Themes

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Information About Spotlights
Spotlights are a thing that we do to feature members or affiliates of the group. Spotlights must be submitted to the group by a group note. We will let you know when we have added your spotlight. Spotlight MUST be in the subject of the note.

About the Contest Page: anime-manga-artists.deviantart…
You may promote a contest that you or your affiliated group are hosting.
You must include the end-date, theme, prizes, and a 1 sentence description of the contest, and  link to more information about the contest in your note. Start date is only required if the contest starts after you sent us the note.

About the Commissions page: anime-manga-artists.deviantart…
You may promote commissions that you are doing.
You must include a link to information about your commissions in your note. If you are only taking commissions for a limited time, you must include that in your note as well.

About the Opportunites/Events page: anime-manga-artists.deviantart…
You may promote opportunities (employment, publishing, etc.), a request to have people donate prizes for your contests, special events which are not contests (e.g. Secret Santas, etc.), or anything else that you have to feature.
You must include a link to more information on dA in your note, as well as how long this opportunity or event will last/when it is, and at least a sentence description of what you are promoting.

About the Special Highlights page: anime-manga-artists.deviantart…
This is a featured spotlight that will be put up by the group. You cannot ask for your own spotlight to be put on this page.
Special Highlights will stay on the page for up to two months.

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Information About Contests
There are no contests running currently

Acceptable Submissions
It must fit within the requirements of being a gallery submission
It must also fit within the requirements of the contest.

Eligibility to Participate
Only members of the group can participate in contests
Staff may participate in contests. Assistant Leaders and the Fearless Leader may not. Contest Commissioners may not.

Pitching Ideas
If you have an idea for a contest, note DigiTails with it.

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Information About Staff
Applications
Are here: anime-manga-artists.deviantart…
Only apply if the position you are looking to fill is open

About Staff
Staff and Assistant Leaders handle submissions and join requests. They also answer questions.
Assistant Leaders help manage contest submissions. Members of staff do not.
Assistant Leaders help with the Spotlight.
Fearless Leader does everything.

About Contest Commissioners
Commissioners are only responsible for giving out prizes to the winners of contests.
Commissioners can be temporary or permanent.