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:wave: Hi, and welcome to ArtAuthentic ! :)
In this group we accept art that's genuine, has feeling in it and is of some quality. [Please, don't get offended if your submission is declined- it doesn't mean that your art is bad. Don't forget that every person has a different taste.:aww:]
We also want to help unknown deviants with talent, get known, so if you think you deserve more attention , click the Join button right away! :la::la::la:

:bulletyellow: Only members can submit. Once a member, you can submit 1 deviation per folder, per week. VERY IMPORTANT: Our group is mostly photograph-oriented. So the sub-categories (e.g. "Animals", "Wonderful Nature" etc. are for photographs ONLY. If you want to submit Digital, Traditional or Written Art then submit to "Digital Art" , "Traditional Art" and "Literature" please! :)

:bulletpink:Artistic nudity is accepted, but it must be done in a way that it is just part of the piece, not the main thing that jumps out at you. Nothing pornographic or fetish.

:bulletblack:Please DO NOT submit in the "Featured" folder. Only the best of the best get there and these are chosen by our admins. :)


:bulletorange:Please keep in mind, that we won't accept photos that are roughly or over-edited, or they have too much noise. That also applies for traditional/digital art doodles and rough sketches or samples of work. We're focusing on quality and perspective not quantity. :aww:

:bulletred: We usually don't accept artworks that are already in 50 or more groups, because we aim for unknown artists more. But, there still can be exceptions to that rule if we see something extraordinary.

:bulletpurple::bulletblue:Please, submit only your best artworks! :la: :bulletblue::bulletpurple:

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Now, I am asking is anyone interested in helping me manage the group according to those rules?? :)
Because some of the past contributors are sadly no longer active or I guess they don't have time for this.
Being an admin means you get to vote on pending member submissions and helping by discovering new, inspiring artworks to share with our group. :)
If you are interested, please first check our galleries , especially the featured folder to see what this group is about, and comment under this journal! I'll be waiting! :la:
Hi everyone!

Probably a lot of you had to deal with expired submissions and spent weeks waiting for a proper reply.
I am really sorry about this.

As far as I can say I am the only active voter left, therefore it is impossible for me to cast 2 positive or negative votes on submissions. As a matter of fact, this issue leads to expired submissions.

In order to to accept at least some art, I directly add a number of submissions to our group. However here, there also is a folder limit on Digital Art, making it impossible to submit more than 2 works during 24 hours.



If you'd like to join our staff and fulfill the following requirements:

- you're a photographer
- who has been around on DA for 3 years and more
- with some experience on managing groups,

then please send a note to :icontheapplescientist: to join as a Contributor.


Thank you for your understanding!
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Hey everybody!
I hope you had a great start into the New Year and that it will turn out a successful one, filled with happiness and great moments.
Now to a sensitive topic for all of us, the admins and the members:  Declined submissions

First of all let me say, that we don’t like to decline art and would like to reduce the amount of declined submissions to a minimum.
Here’s the good news: about 30% of art get declined because they were submitted into the wrong folder.
Another 20% because of what I’d call the 50 groups rule. It’s been decided a long time ago that, we won’t accept art which has been featured in 50 or even more groups. We want to expose artwork that isn’t already overfeatured.

To prevent declining from happening is the goal of this journal, which will specify some general things briefly

Most important of all is:

Digital Art belongs only into the Digital Art folder – including Photomanipulation, Digital portraits of people or animals, manga artworks….
Traditional Art belongs only into the Traditional Art folder – meaning Animal drawings, portrait drawings….
Literature only contains texts.

All other folders (People and Portraits, Body Parts, Animals, Wonderful Nature, Artistic Nude, Conceptual, Abstract and Surreal, Square, Cityscapes, Buildings and Structures, Macro and Still Life) are photography exclusive folders, meaning that any kind of Digital/Traditional Art will get declined if submitted there, though in most cases we will ask you to resubmit to the correct folder.

If you have more precise questions about a specific folder, please don’t hesitate and comment on this journal. We will do our best, to answer them asap.
Hello dear members of ArtAuthentic !

I hope you're enjoying your summer. :)

First of all, we owe you a big apology for the expired submissions.
We have 900+ members and we receive a lot of submission requests everyday. Plus, it's summer and some of as went/are/will go on vacation, so it's hard for us admins to vote on time...
We're truly sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Hoping to make things easier and fairer, I have increased the expiration limit from one week to one month.  Also, from now on and at least till the end of Summer, our members will be able to submit 4 deviations per month. I am still in search of qualified Contributors, since some of the existing haven't been around in weeks.. :iconsighsignplz:

Enjoy your day/night,
the Founder,
Daphne
Dear Members,

our group has reached 840+ members and I realize that the current number of admins is not enough. :iconsighsignplz:
We're in desperate need of one Contributor and one  Co-Founder.

If you are interested please, send a note to TheAppleScientist (me) telling why you are interested and if you have enough time (like 10-15 minutes a day) in order to vote for the incoming deviations. You must also be willing to re-read the rules carefully and act according to them.

I'll be waiting for your notes. :aww:
Have a nice day,
Daphne

P.S. I will announce the new admins at the end of May. I will judge from the notes, but also from your favourites gallery (I want to see what kind of art you like...) .