Clarification of Submission Rules

Through photography and all traditional art media and styles, of all skill levels, member artists display art seen in a way most humans never naturally will - without color!

We accept anyone who requests to be in the group.  Member requests are moderated solely so we can make sure everyone sees these rules.  Failure to follow the submission rules will result in declined submissions, and no one likes to have a submission declined.


Submission Criteria

Submissions are moderated, so there may be delays of a day or two from time to time.

MUST be art in black, white and grayscale. No coloured, partially coloured, tinted, or sepia submissions will be accepted.  The only exception is for colored watermarks or signatures.
Must be a finished work. WIPs will not be accepted to the gallery.
Can be an old or new work, of any quality or skill level. And of any type!
The group is currently accepting only one submission per week per member, so choose your best work. You can always add thumbnails of related works to the comments part of any deviation, thereby helping to increase exposure to your other work.
MUST be your own work. Only members can submit!
Submissions must be to the appropriate folder of our gallery! Choose wisely!
Tutorials must pertain to black and white art in some way, and can be in any medium.

Traditional artists, please keep in mind we are not looking at your original artwork. We are looking at a digital copy, and it is that digital copy which we will be checking against our criteria. The most common reason for declining artwork is unintentional color tinting on images of traditional artwork, especially graphite drawings.


How to Make Sure Your Work is Without Color

If your intention is to post black and white art, this is something you should be doing anyway.  It doesn't require any special skills or software or equipment.

If you are creating your art digitally, just make sure it's in grayscale, not RGB, and you'll be all good.

If you are scanning your work, make sure your scanner software is set to "grayscale".  You probably won't want to use the "black and white" setting, as this is usually too harsh and will make the work look pixellated.  "Grayscale" will make sure it doesn't have color, and you'll retain your shading and soft edges.

If you are photographing your work, chances are you are using a digital camera.  The menu setup will vary from camera to camera, but somewhere in the menus you should have the option of setting your camera to black and white mode (usually sepia too).  Set to black and white before taking your picture and you're guaranteed of a color-free image.

If your art makes it to digital form and still retains a tint of color all is not lost.  Every computer sold today comes with free photo-editing software of some sort.  Within that free software, you should have a way to convert the image to black and white, or to "desaturate" it.  If you are using purchased software, you should have a way to convert to black and white, AND an option to "desaturate".  Either will work.



How To Submit

Once you are a member, there are three places where you should be able to add deviations to the group. On the group's main page, there is a header bar with different activity options (should be visible unless you have deliberately hidden it), where you should see the option of adding a deviation or submitting a blog entry.

The second location is on the group's main gallery page, where you should see a button near the top right that says "+ Submit to this Gallery".

The third location is on the deviation itself. To the right of the comments you should see a section titled "Found in these Groups", with a button for submitting to a group. That will bring up a pop-up window, where you type in the group's name. Once you have submitted via that tool, the group's name will always be visible for you to choose from without typing.

Be careful! Take a good look at the pop-up window that lets you submit to our group. In the right upper corner there should be a dropdown with the Gallery Folders Choose the appropriate folder, according to your deviation.

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