Hello!

Goodness it's been a long time. Because much has happened, I will do my best to keep this notice as brief and concise as possible (although it is a little lengthy, please and thank you to those that bare with me).

First, an apology for being so absent. My physical and mental health has been deteriorating significantly over the past several months, capping a few months ago and was severe enough to where I had to take a rather sudden and lengthy hiatus to heal myself after I got very physically ill from built-up stress, and stayed ill on and off for over a month before I left. (Please don't worry though, I'm feeling a bit better now!!)

I'm sorry that I left everyone in the dark without much notice, especially with the general lack of response I had the few months prior as well, but such is the way of depression and declining mental health and fatigue. I just didn't have the energy being the only person maintaining this group to handle the group, personal issues on here, and several important irl issues. I haven't been able to add another admin to the group to help me run it, as I simply don't have those permissions in the group's administration settings, otherwise I would've by now.

Secondly, thank you to the people who sent me NOTES DIRECTLY about the full folders. Granted, I wasn't able to see them since I was absent on a health hiatus, but you all have done contacting me correctly so I thank you. Noting me is the BEST way to get a hold of me.
PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT ANYTHING GROUP-RELATED ON MY PERSONAL PAGE. With the nature of how large this group is, there have been many cases where people just comment whatever on my own personal page directly and not note me like it says on the group's front page, and many times my page was overrun with group-related things. Enough to where customers and even friends felt intimidated and didn't want to talk to me.
I hide the comments on my page that are group-related after responding to them to have them note me, not because they're rude - in fact it's usually quite the opposite most people are polite, but again, it's because of the reasons I already listed. I will not have my personal space overrun by thousands of people and friends feeling like they cannot speak to me XD

Continuing off of that- please DO NOT spam the group's front page with "This folder is full" - if one person has already commented it, I can guarantee that I haven't seen it yet, and someone has most likely already properly NOTED me that the folder is full and needs to be replaced. Otherwise, it's just MORE work having to go through and respond to all of them, then hide those comments, etc.

Worse, it got to where people started advertising their work in the group's comments. PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS. THIS IS CONSIDERED SPAM. BE PATIENT. It USUALLY is fixed within the day.
I can understand that this was primarily because of nearly all of the folders being filled, so I did not give a strike to anyone because of this. I did however hide all of those comments as well as the "[x] folder is full" ones because they were so numerous that it truly was spam. In the future though, you WILL be individually reminded that inappropriate advertising is against group rules.

Lastly, new folders have been added!! I've replaced many of the more popular ones (ie- Digital, Traditional) and ones that were likely to be almost full. Again, THANK YOU to those that properly notified me of this!! Typically I would be getting back to you and replacing the folder within the day, most times within a few hours unless I was at work when the message was sent.


TLDR:
1) Sorry for being so absent, I was getting so mentally and emotionally ill that it bled into my physical health badly enough over several months to where I HAD to take a personal leave very suddenly. I wish I could've posted a proper notice for hiatus but I just couldn't at the time. I really am sorry about this and do not plan on leaving so abruptly again anytime soon. (Please don't worry about me though, I'm feeling a bit better now!)
2) Thank you in advance, but I CANNOT add another admin, as I've stated many times before. I don't have that permission in the administration settings and cannot give it to myself. Otherwise I would've by now. But thank you to those who have offered before and surely will offer again anyway.
3) THANK YOU to those of you who NOTED me DIRECTLY about folders!!!! DO NOT spam-comment "this folder is full" and DO NOT advertise your artwork in the comments because the folder is full!! Please be patient. I will typically get it replaced very shortly and this was a fluke experience
4) Many folders have been replaced and are fresh! Feel free to submit away <3


Again, thank you to those of you who have been patient and kind while I was gone, and especially those who took the time to properly notify me. I don't plan on leaving again anytime soon.

Thank you for being such a wonderful community, you all make it worth my time and energy managing this massive group for you all <3



Glad to be back,
Vulpy
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Hello lovelies!

I was going through submissions today and noticed a lot of mature content ones. Which is fine! That's what the folder is there for <3

However, I had to decline and even ban a large portion of them, because they do not follow our mature content rules.

Most of you do a wonderful job of following them! So thank you very very much for paying attention <33


So here's a quick reminder on what those rules are as well as an example or two! (I had a bit of fun to keep things fun and splashy so I hope you guys enjoy reading XD) :

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Edit: A quick few additional notes, please do NOT submit political, religious, other controversial pieces to the group. You will not be banned (unless it's very offensive, sacrilegious, hurtful, etc to a group, etc) but it WILL be removed
Also DO NOT EVER submit any journal entries to the group advertising exchanging points for cash or vice versa. IT IS AGAINST SITE RULES. If you are found to be doing this, you will be BANNED from the group and REPORTED. (You will ALSO be blocked by myself so you cannot come after me and harass me. Too tired of that nonsense.)
Same for art thieves. This group has a ZERO TOLERANCE for fraudulence, scamming, or thievery of ANY kind.
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MATURE CONTENT RULES:

We do NOT allow:
>We do not allow sexual or suggestive content of ANY type! This includes anything including but not limited to: groping, fondling, suggestive or implicative posing or expressions, foreplay of any kind, intercourse of any kind, nothing breaking deviantART's mature content rules, etc
>Characters from 'childrens' shows/cartoons, or even "barely legal" or "questionable" characters. If they look like they just came out of highschool or are from a show where the demographic is set to grade/highschool, then DO NOT SUBMIT IT HERE. I will immediately ban and NOT respond to your notes, that should be OBVIOUS. If it is a child character (ie-Mabel or Wendy from Gravity Falls) I will probably even report you.
>"Headlights" still counts as nudity (when le nips are still showing through a shirt. Counted because you can still see what's under there!)
>Panties and bra shots are NOT allowed, even if not lewdly done (suggestive content)
>Fetish art of any kind (tying, obvious over-proportionalizing of the body, vore, etc)
>Barely contained/covered private parts and skimpy clothing (ie- about to be spilling out of a shirt, neckline down a considerable amount and showing just about all of the goods, a low waistline that barely hides the privates or shows off a good amount of "V" lines or hips/thighs, extremely short shorts that look more like underwear or a large belt than anything, lingerie/"sexy stockings", ULTRA skin-tight clothing that hides nothing and looks painted on, etc.)
>TAGS ARE NOT EXEMPT!! If you have fetish-related tags on your pieces, they will be applied and held under the same scrutiny as the piece (mentioned because I've gotten lots of questions about tags)
>ADDITIONAL PIECES IN THE DESCRIPTION ARE NOT EXEMPT. OTHER SITES FEATURING MATURE CONTENT THAT IS EASY TO VIEW IS NOT EXEMPT.
>FAN ART IS NOT EXEMPT!! Even if a "canon" character has a skimpy outfit (ie- CatWoman's full-body suit, etc (of course I don't recall any others right now but there is a LOT of this lol))
>NO mature content Literature, animations, 3-D models, etc! (I see mostly literature of this listing; this is because I CANNOT possibly read all of it to make sure it checks out, because as you guys know, I'm a very very busy lady and unfortunately can't take the time to read entire documents, and this is NOT a new rule. Sorry but nope)

We DO allow:
>Artistic nudes (mostly done by professionals in an actual studio - a small group in here but y'all do a lovely job!)
>Referencing/practicing drawing a different nude piece/stock image (example: Drawing one of the professionally done artistic nude pieces WITH the original photographer's consent, and model's if you can)
>"Anatomy" or "Figure Drawing" course classes (typically done at a university/college)
>Pretty much any non-sexual/suggestive nudity (ie- cuddling in bed WITHOUT any implications, non-sexual/suggestive pin-ups done for anatomy practice and the like, etc)
>Most violence/gore/horror pieces are fine UNLESS they're absolutely horrifying (ie- most pieces with blood/bruising is fine, unless you actually have a piece of someone beating the crap out of someone else/domestic abuse, etc)


HOW TO ENSURE YOU WON'T HAVE TROUBLES RUNNING INTO ME WHEN SUBMITTING MATURE CONTENT:
>Make sure you're following the mature content rules (duh :P )
>Make sure you have the mature content Nudity (or gore/violence/horror) filter on your piece (if there is Sexual Content even slightly listed, I will NOT even check the piece and will immediately ban. Just a heads' up)
>ALWAYS submit mature content pieces to the Mature Content Folder!! I will NOT even look at your piece if it's in another folder and will immediately ban you from submission even if the piece is otherwise acceptable and following the rules. We have a Mature Content Folder for a reason guys, cmon. :P

WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE BEEN HIT BY THE EVIL VULPY WITH THE BANHAMMER:
>NOTE me!!! I do NOT like having group matters on my front page, people randomly comment/gripe to me about resolved issues and it's very very annoying! NOTE me for ANY group stuff!! (and THank you to those of you who DO read that little blurb at the top right of the group info box and note me for stuff!)
>The "ban" is usually just more of a "See Me" that teachers' write at the top of tests or a "go to the principal's office" type of thing than anything. Usually it's to just talk to you guys and remind about reading the MC rules.
>Please be nice! I can 100% guarantee that the exchange will be very pleasant and not anxiety-filled for anybody as long as you are kind and respectful. "You can catch more flies with sugar than vinegar" as they say.
>Do NOT spam my notes if I do not immediately respond!!!! I am probably either sleeping or at work. Seeing like 4 notes freaks me out, do NOT do this!!


AND NOW FOR A QUICK REVIEW:
>We are NOT a smut-accepting group! Take your suggestive/smut pieces elsewhere please! (We have sophistication and class here. Such as shown by my "headlights" comment, obviously :P )
>We LOVE getting artistic nude pieces done by professionals and students!! We super welcome it and that's what that folder is FOR! <3
>NOTE me for group things!!!
>Be nice, I don't bite unless I'm bitten first <3 I'm a friendly relaxed person that loves good encounters with people <3



And of course, if you have questions about if a piece needs a mature content filter or anything group-related, please do ask! (or say hi if you want!) It's helpful for both of us <3


This was MUCH longer than expected, but I hope that the little bits of humor and what-not made it a bit more bearable and less tedious lol

And of course, a big big thank you for those of you who bothered to read this! <3

-Caitlin/Vulpy
...primarily for the people who submit pieces to the group that say "Fan Art" or "OC" or something in the title and people who are polite and understanding -

Most people don't realize: I am running this group alone without ability to have another admin, have typically over 1500 submissions a week to sift through, and often have to hours of my time to sifting through them all.

When I go through pieces, I literally go by thumbnails and titles. That's it. This cuts my time of sitting and helping from 7 hours every few days to only 3 hours.
If I don't recognize a character that's "well-known" (ie- Spiderman, Wonder Woman, etc) but see that it's digitally drawn, I'll send a "Please submit this to the Digital Folder message", but it's actually fan art, PLEASE don't be that jerk that's like "Um, but it's fan art????"

This is a very very tired and exhausted admin talking very real with you guys when I say this: That type of shit literally is what makes my motivation to do this plummet

There is NO REASON to be rude to somebody just doing their job trying to help out several thousand people by saying "oh hey, this actually goes here!"

If I make a mistake like that and direct you to the wrong folder, please just be like "oh actually this is fan art - I'll submit it there instead"


Believe me, that stuff is MUCH APPRECIATED and makes my job a LOT less strenuous and helps keep me motivated, which in turn helps keep things in the group running smoothly, folders being kept up, submissions accepted/redirected at a significantly faster more efficient pace. I'm tired of constantly getting this every time I come back after a while (having gone away due to this behavior) to basically the same stuff that keeps me away because it's so toxic.

Please, be kind to each other. Try to think about another person's position before sassing to them. If someone is just trying to do their job, offline as well, please, just be courteous to them.


As for the vast majority of you who DO take the redirection notices in stride and aren't jerks, THANK YOU, and I'm sorry that you guys are constantly and unfairly delayed due to a small but vocal amount of self-entitled jerks. I'm trying to get back into the swing of things on here with the group after a very long absence due to stress (on here and off-line), so it may take a while


As for everybody, thank you, of course, for your patience, and for reading this far and listening!

I'm sure that we can work together as a fluid efficient team in the future, we just have to keep things in perspective with each other and be courteous :)

-Caitlin/Vulpy
There is a FOLDER specifically FOR advertising - be it commissions, whatever. For your artwork, post it in the appropriate folder. For adopts and designs you want to sell, they go into the Adopts folder.


I've had to warn about 12 people about advertising on the group's page - it is SPAM.
YOU ARE SETTING BAD EXAMPLES FOR OTHERS WHEN YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE RULES.


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Thank you to the rest of you who DO follow the rules. It makes my life easier.

Speaking of life, thank you ALL for being patient with me- it's been hectic over here and I've been far too stressed to come and sift through the now 1,550 pieces of artwork to accept/deny/reply to/etc.

ALSO, thank you to the several people that commented on the page saying that there were folders full! But please if I do not respond to any of the "folder full" comments within a day, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE NOTE ME DIRECTLY!!! I probably am in a massive stress-binge and not even checking stuff over here, so contacting me directly about stuff like that is the fastest way to get it done.


TLDR:
>FOLLOW THE GROUP RULES
>DO NOT ADVERTISE ON THE GROUP'S PAGE, THERE ARE FOLDERS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT
>IF YOU SEE THAT IVE NOT REPLIED TO A "FOLDER FULL" MESSAGE WITHIN 24 HOURS, NOTE ME DIRECTLY!! I MOST LIKELY DIDN"T SEE IT!


Thank you!

-Vulpy/Caitlin
To put it plainly:

I've had to remove literally over 300 members from the group in the past TWO HOURS. I am not joking.

SO here may be reasons why because I'm SURE that some of you are going to come back to me asking!


WHY YOU MAY BE BANNED FROM THE GROUP!:

>You broke one of the Mature Content Rules.
>You posted mature content in a folder other than the Mature Content Folder. (FILTERED OR NOT)
>You posted mature content adoptables or YCHs. (FILTERED OR NOT)
>You didn't remove your closed adopts or YCHs from the group.
>You sassed/disrespected other members of the group or admins.
>You're an art thief.

I've already removed the closed adopts from the group, as well as the unfiltered/wrongly placed mature content pieces from the group, so do NOT come to me asking why you aren't allowed to submit pieces and tell me that you didn't have them in the group. I'm not an idiot, do not take me for one please >_>

On that note, do NOT come to me with hostility or sassing me off. It is NOT my fault that you broke the rules that you agreed to when uploading your pieces to the group. This includes UPDATED rules and notices posted to the group. This includes ALL of the Rules/Notifications that you should be reading when joining the group.

You may be new here, you may be a "popular" artist, you may have forgotten or misclicked, hell you may even be my friend.
That makes NO difference.
I honestly don't care. If you're dissatisfied with the rules, then don't submit pieces to the group that have anything to do with them, or at all. If you're dissatisfied with me, then don't do anything to break the rules, and you pretty much won't have to ever talk to me :P

If you've been removed from the group, you ARE welcome to come talk to me about it!!!
But you may NOT come and be hostile or sass me! Dealt with that enough, not putting up with it anymore. If you want to know, just ask. No need to include any attitude.
HOWEVER, if you continue to ask me about it or start to become aggressive with me after I've already given you the reason why your piece or you've been removed from the group, I WILL consider that harassment as it's extremely stressful and causes me severe anxiety, and you WILL be blocked from ME as well as the group.



For the most-part, people submitting pieces to the Mature Content Folder and Adopts Folder are doing very well following the rules, and I thank you immensely for paying attention and following the group rules. Seriously, it's much appreciated guys.

You all are wonderful, keep being your creative selves lovelies <3

-Caitlin/Vulpy
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