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)
IrishBeckyCartoons
Thanks, I’m glad to hear that. I was very worried about it.
I didn’t realize that the rule was always there.Guess I must have missed it or had forgotten it.
Schattenfell
mathrock
HieroGreen
like calling strangers offenders-to-be and groomerscough) can't abuse the report system when they see something they don't like.Sexual/fetish content exists whether you like it or not. If ArtFight doesn't want to host it, then it doesn't have to -- but it should be a clear cut blanket ban in that case, not dancing around what is and isn't acceptable, trying to please people who are never going to be happy with suggestive material in the first place and leaving everyone else to linger in limbo not knowing if their SFW pieces are going to be deemed "too kinky" for the mods, not to mention the double standard that exists with regards to the levels of gore that are permitted with proper filtering.
trainmeat
ruamagica
HieroGreen
"hey we think the guidelines are too vague regarding what constitutes as sexual/fetish content"
"oh so you want to legalise bestiality????"
NebulonRanger
You do realise that language like that can and has been used on other art platforms to label anthro art as problematic and engage in witch-hunting, yeah? Regardless of your personal opinions on suggestive content (and your extremely prototypical anti view on fiction versus reality), there's a good reason why rules should be scoped to be as specific as reasonably possible. People aren't asking to legalise zoophilia, we're concerned that these rules are going to be abused by extreme elements to get people banned for otherwise totally harmless attacks.
Caize
carolmationscarolmationssaid:Keileon
Fetish stuff should be allowed as long as it falls into the same rules as other suggestive art. If you're so worried give it its own filter and require a field be filled mentioning what fetish it is.
Also I understand why feral NSFW is squick for some people but literally what is wrong with petplay? MKINYKATO, if anyone knows what that acronym means.
Elzebub
do yall know what that acronym means lmao
celestia
To those who see the new rules on suggestive content as "too harsh", I encourage you to self reflect and re-evaluate why you are tolerant of sexualizing things like pet play and "sentient ferals", and ask yourself why you expected them to be acceptable in the first place!
lunarhallow
P0intBlank
Anyways, I wouldn't mind what team I get if it's stardust vs seafoam. I feel like Knights vs Dragons would be very unbalanced though.