Theme Reveal DateThe Art Fight Theme Reveal stream will start at 2:00pm UTC and run until 8:00pm UTC, at which point the team reveal animation will play! |
Art Fight Theme Reveal Stream
- Please join us on June 15th for the 2024 Art Fight Theme Reveal, which will stream live on our YouTube. The stream will start at 2:00pm UTC and run until 8:00pm UTC, at which point the team reveal animation will play!
- The Art Fight Theme Reveal is an animation made annually by the talented Axel that announces the theme for this year's Art Fight. We hope you can make it, but don't despair if you can't - after the stream, the themes will be announced onsite, and the animation will be posted to our YouTube.
- Leading up to the reveal, we'll also have a ton of in-stream activities hosted by mods like Quiplash, Gartic Phone, and some fun art games! We've also got word in that there'll be an exciting announcement after the reveal, so make sure to stick around. I mean what, who said that?
Graphic by scribedhearts | Illustration by Axel
Art Fight Start Date
- Like every year, Art Fight 2024 will start on July 1st at 6:00pm UTC.
- We recommend that you start preparing yourself now by updating your characters, bookmarking other people’s characters, and getting those refs into shape... there's no time like the present!
- Remember that drawing attacks before Art Fight starts (July 1st, 6:00pm UTC) is against the rules. Not only is it unfair to others, but it is a direct violation of the spirit of Art Fight. If you attempt to do this, your account may be banned. Please be considerate and show good team spirit!
Art Fight 2024Information about changes made to the site, planned updates, and more! |
Art Fight Keychain Updates
- Keychains are now in production, and users who pre-ordered one will receive an email once they've shipped. They'll start shipping out soon, so keep your eyes peeled!
- The onsite achievement for users who purchased a keychain will be processed before the event begins. Thanks for your patience!
- We've given our site rules a long-needed update. Before the event begins, please make yourself familiar with our updated Rules.
- Alongside editing them for clarity, our rules have been updated to reflect our updated Filters Guidelines, our disallowance of AI-generated content, and general information regarding allowed characters and content on the site.
- We have updated our Filter Guidelines. Please take the time to review them here, as we have made some changes to certain types of content allowed on Art Fight. Notably, we have renamed Sexual Themes to Suggestive Themes, which has been significantly updated as a category. We are also moving away from using the term "Maturity Filters" in favor of simply "Filters".
- We'd like to apologize for making these changes right before the fight, as we understand that these kinds of updates can be overwhelming. Internal systems and resources took priority this year; in the future, we will release major rule updates at least a few months before the fight to give users ample time to review them.
- To make up for this, we will be providing users with a grace period to change or remove any affected content. No penalties will be issued to users whose content may need to be re-filtered or removed from the site. During this time, moderators may hide offending characters and notify users that they need to be filtered or removed, and users will be able to migrate newly-disallowed content off-site. This grace period will last until July 14, 2024. After this point, content found that is in violation of the updated Filter Guidelines may be subject to stricter administrative action. Note that this grace period will not apply to content that is uploaded after the posted date of our new Filter Guidelines.
- If you have any questions concerning our new Rules or Filters Guidelines, please contact a moderator or ask in one of our Discord's help channels.
- In an effort to reduce site-mod strain and balance the creative expression of our users with respect for copyright laws, we have updated our DMCA procedure.
- Uncredited photo backgrounds are now handled through reports from the infringed parties via the DMCA system rather than through site reports. We encourage users to credit photo backgrounds if they are using them for attacks.
- Below are the key points regarding what is now permissible on-site and what will be subject to takedown:
- Original characters (OCs) in canon characters' clothes.
- Redrawing canon characters or logos on accessories; it is acceptable to depict canon characters on accessories such as T-shirts or as plushies, but they must be hand-drawn renditions.
- Alternate universe (AU) characters can now bear a closer resemblance to canon characters, as long as the AU has at least one noticeable difference from the canon design.
- Exact replicas and re-uploads of canon characters.
- Directly uploading company logos as characters.
- Posting images that are not explicitly free-to-use, such as collages or moodboards. You may however host these moodboards or collages off-site (such as on Pinterest) and link them in the character's bio.
Head over to our Changelog to find out more about what's changed!
- Like in April, we focused on improvements and additions to our moderation tools. In the past, moderators were not able to view certain report types due to permission roadblocks. This has been fixed, and believe that this will lead to better response times on reports. The Tag Search has also been optimized and load times should also improve. Both of these fixes are in testing and will be live on the site this week.
- We are also working on implementing a way for users to delete their account. We're hoping to release this before the fight begins, but may not be able to due to the internal work it requires. As always, we thank you for your patience regarding this.
- Have an idea for Art Fight? Let us know here! We'll periodically check up on this form and add submitted suggestions to our Trello board.
Edit (06/12/24): Regarding our new Suggestive Themes rules
- We plan to release a separate newspost clarifying and adjusting some of our recently changed rules
Comments (778)
sharpiepaws
hinatot
also if you're not actively trying to draw hyper/inflation/etc you're not going to accidentally stumble into it, i promise. exaggerated proportions are not under attack
atllas
If you can't be mature enough to remove yourself from the equation and act professionally and think critically when making changes to rules and regulations, then you shouldn't even be running a site like this or moderating anything at all. Again, as someone on the ace spectrum and having moderation experience in the past- the whole point is being able to take an objective stance without personal feelings having any sway in decision making, even if it's something that you don't personally vibe with.
The filter systems work as is already, and I'm pretty sure they already know this. They just don't want to continue moderating it themselves and get exposed to content they don't like, so they want to get rid of it entirely. It's immature and unprofessional as hell. ArtFight is not going to be your own "safe space" if you're in a moderator position, that much should be obvious. If you want to properly curate your own online experience, become a regular user and utilize the filter settings like everyone else.
To the owners/admin team, you need to reflect on if you really have the site's and user's best interests in mind, or if you're just pandering to your own sensibilities. Don't punish users who enjoy sfw "kink" themed content like fetish clothing and whatever else just because it personally gives you the ick. If there's no outright NSFW, then let it ride. You don't get to suddenly redefine what is and isn't considered fetish/kink content to fit your own interpretations. It's too broad a topic, and it would only take a few minutes of googling and research to know that. Educate yourselves if you don't understand it and stop punishing people who don't follow your same line of thinking. I'm glad you're doing your best to upkeep the page after everything that's happened and that's certainly not an easy thing to do, but AF isn't your personal echo chamber.
edit: To anyone claiming it's for legal or 'but think of the children' reasons, please realize these are weak and convenient excuses for them to further police people. You already cannot access AF without an account, there is no NSFW allowed, and there are filters in place for any other content anyone doesn't want to see. No one is asking for NSFW to be allowed, we're just asking for clarity of the rules and the freedom to draw characters in ways and clothing that isn't further limited with the rules already established. Add new filters for anything that may tread the line if people want to be completely sure- that is what's truly going to alleviate mod strain.
asdfmovie
yanqing
Vynxia
Closet-Furry
Yeah can we get some clarity. Or like even one single visual aid on what is presently the most confusing and vague filter category. Literally what do you mean by "overly-exaggerated proportions" because that's just. That's just toony characters. That's just how you design a toony character. I'm especially frightened that this will be used to absolutely eradicate obese characters as they'll all be falsely reported as "fat fetish" characters just for... existing. Poor show on this one, mods, really poor show.
And like, why is it disallowed entirely on what you consider to be a "fetish" character, but overly-exaggerated proportions are fine under a filter as long as mods consider it an "unsettling distortion" under body horror?
Akivaq
lunarhallow
Akivaq
is this their intention this entire time?
mathrock
Paulalee97
lunarhallow
sharpiepaws
lunarhallow