The Mistress's Guidelines

Journal Entry: Wed Jan 20, 2010, 3:07 PM


The hierarchy of the Harem is as follows

The Mistress
, who rules over all with a velvet gloves hand.

Under her are the Consorts, the trusted few who act as her heralds and enforcers.

Then we have the Creators, people whose skills and talents have been ackowledged by the Mistress and will be allowed to submit deviations to certain folders.

Then there are the Fanatics, members who've shown willingness to serve the Mistess but have yet to be raised above the masses. They can only post submissions into the new Minions' Offerings folder, which will be used as a clearance house for any new items entering the collection.

Finally there are Members, whose life is to serve us all and to strive for recognition from She Who Must Be Loved. They can post to both the Memes and Contest/Jam Entries folders, but require votes in order to submit to the Minions' Offerings gallery.

Of course, there's also the non-Members, but they rank so low the Misterss doesn't even acknowledge their existance. :mwahaha:

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The Mistress's basic guidelines for the Harem are:

1. Females only!

The Harem is all about collecting images of sexy, powerful, strong and inspiring women. This does include furries, and aliens, demons, witches, hell anything the Mistress likes.

The important word here is woman, as in mature and able to perform sexual acts legally. No children, no creatures which can't be easily recognised as female and no men, unless in support of a woman.

Characters who've been artificially aged will be accepted, as long as they don't break the dAdmins rules on such submissions.

Characters who've undergone sex change in order to join the Harem will also be accepted, as long as their female versions are hot enough.

Aliens and artificial lifeforms (robots, holograms, et al) are accepted, as long as they have clear feminine attributes (breasts, wide hips, etc.) and conform to the attractive rule as mentioned above. As an example I probably wouldn't accept fanart of Shale from Dragon Age, since the walking boulder just doesn't do anything for me. :)

Fanarts of real people, such as film stars and models, are accepted but the submission must be original artwork of the woman in question and not simply scanned photographs or simple photo manipulations.

2. Quality artwork only.
Ask yourself if the piece you want to submit shows your skills at their best, and whether it's something you really want other people judging you by.

3. Featuring galleries, not scrapboxes!
The Harem is supposed to be a place to entice people into your own gallery pages, not somewhere to post up every single thing you have.

Anyone submitting large quantities will have a small selection accepted and the rest declined. Which images are accepted lies purely at the Courtesans' discretion.

The only relaxation on this rule is when submitting images of the same characters by a number of different artists. Generally artists accept your invitation to allow their works to be added at different rates and so they filter in more slowly than bulk uploads of your own pieces.

4. OCs are welcome. Commissioned work of your OCs are welcome.
If you'd like to have your own subgallery especially for your characters then petition me directly. Give a title for the gallery, a piece of text describing your characters and providing links to any external sites you want to share.

Thess petitions will not be automatically accepted. A private gallery needs to have at least five good examples of your characters, preferably created by different artists, and must be something which attracts the Mistress's attention.

A shortcut to having your petition included in the collection will be to have your character depicted alongside one or more of the current Harem members.

Submissions can be in any format, including 3D art and literature, as long as they follow rule 2. Having a well designed adn original character is all well and good, but if you're posting art which doesn't meet the Mistress's expectations don't expect the gallery to last long.

OCs to expect immediate entry to the Harem include:
:bulletred: Any of the Sliceverse characters (Slice, Divebomb, Nightshade, Flux, Whipcord, Wildcat, et al)
:bulletred: Tara 'Nekro' deLioncourt
:bulletred: Kei the Cowgirl
:bulletred: Aurlena
:bulletred: Lin

5. Established characters may be welcome, subject to the Mistress approval.
If you have a favourite character from comics, games, anime, cartoons, etc. and want to share them with the group then petition the Mistress to include them in her collection.

This works the same way as OC private galleries. Give information on where the character is from, who they are and links to pertinant external sites where appropriate.

Characters to expect immediate entry to the Harem include:
:bulletred: The Gotham Girls (Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, Batgirl, Batwoman and Robin, et al)
:bulletred: Jim Balent's Tarot Girls (If you don't know who I mean, visit his site quick!)
:bulletred: Marvel Honeys (Black Cat, She-Hulk, Stunner, et al)
:bulletred: X-Babes (Rogue, Psylocke, Storm, Pheonix, et al)

6. Futanari are acceptable.
The Mistress likes futa and if you have a problem with that, then don't look at the section of the gallery where it's going to be stored.

7. No double posting!
If you've commisssioned a deviation featuring your OCs and both you and the artists who made the piece try to submit them to the Harem then the artist's version will be accepted over yours.

Do not submit both versions. No one wants to see the same thing over and over again.

One of the guiding principles of the Harem is to introduce the viewers to new artists they may not have seen before through the medium of well loved characters. By accepting their piece over yours people will be guided to the artist's gallery where they can see other great art. Meanwhile your character will be getting the exposure here in the Harem, as well as in your own gallery.

8. Use the correct folder
Just to clarify any deviation which features a named female character created by either yourself or another deviant will be counted as permissable as an OC and should be submitted to the Offered OCs gallery.

Deviations featuring a recognisable female character who has appeared in a publically published media will be counted as permissable as fanart, not matter what that media may be. These should be submitted to the Offered Fanarts gallery. Characters who aren't well known may be queried and their source may be requested before the deviation is accepted into the collection.

If unsure about the status of a character, such as an OC of a fellow deviant which also features in an  online comic or something similar then submit the piece to the Minion's Offerings gallery, but expect to be asked to provide clatification on who they are when you do.

General deviations featuring unknown and unnamed females in pin-up poses, conceptual artwork and general images will only be accepted into the Harem with the Mistress's own invitation. If you feel an image deserves to be featured even though it does not feature an OC or known character please send the Mistress a note with the link and she'll make the decision whether to include it herself.

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Mistress's Veto
At any time the Misterss may decide to allow a submission which the other members have decided against into the Harem. In these cases she wlll usually give a reason for this in the discussion thread, altough sometimes she may not.

Likewise sometimes the Mistress may decide to exclude an image which has been approved, removing it from the Harem without warning.

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Any questions?

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Are you an artist currently taking commissions? If so please send a deviation featuring your current price lists and details of how to contact you and we'll feature it for you here.

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