Updates

Folder cleanup underway, re-organizing. Things submitted to the wrong category are subject to be removed from the group at any time w/out warning. Things are being moved out of Featured into proper folders. If they look good enough to stay in the Featured folder they may or may not be copied out into appropriate folders, as well. So if you see something of yours in two folders, don't be confused there. Only the -first- chapter of fanfiction can go in the Featured Folder, all others have been moved. Nearly the same goes with comics: the first/title page can stay there, otherwise, it stays only if it's a colored/two page/special submission. I know you put a lot of time and effort into your comics, just don't submit all your pages at the same time. From now on you can submit any page you like when you feel it's a key page, otherwise, there is now a folder dedicated to comics... and Ask Blog submissions. If your submission is a mini masterpiece but still part of an Ask Blog-related submission, it's welcome in the featured folder. Otherwise, you have a folder now.

New Folders: As mentioned above, there is now a Comic/Meme/Ask Blog folder. There is also now a folder for MMD/Renders, too. If more folders are needed, suggest them?

Reminder of the last update: Two submissions allowed daily, all folders but Featured automatically approve your deviations. Be sure not to break any deviantART rules.

Once more... there are limitations on the Featured Folder!
You can submit -anywhere- but the Featured folder and it will be automatically approved without needing a vote. Only submit your best work to the Featured folder. Traces, renders, MMD shots, actual screenshots, poor cosplay photography, and anything eyeballed or based off of official art, including the manga, won't be approved.

Just because you added a speech bubble to a screenshot, it doesn't make it Feature-worthy. So you can redraw a panel from the manga, good for you, but why don't you try doing that without looking at the page at all instead of eyeballing it? It doesn't take skill or talent to trace or eyeball a near exact copy of something, so no, these things won't be getting into the Featured folder. They can go anywhere else. If you want that stuff in the group, you're welcome to submit it anywhere but the Featured folder.

To be totally clear, the Featured Folder is for something that hits at least two of three of the following: Creativity, Originality, Technical Skill. You can creatively do something that's been done before (making your piece unoriginal in concept only ie- recreating a scene from the game from memory, or, just drawing a character in general), but it must have technical skill. You can make something original that isn't very creative, like a Mary Sue (no, we're not judging, we hope you hit all three of the above and make a really awesome fandom OC), but have plenty of technical skill. Or you can make something original and creativity but suck at drawing (no real technical skill). Putting forth an artistic effort is what's important.

Things submitted to the Featured Folder that don't belong there will be redirected to an appropriate folder from now on.