I know you're probably ready to just create but before you do we need to go over a few rules and guidelines.
First things first-Despite there being no testing, the board does require approval. It's not to keep you out but rather to discourage bot registrations. Also in effect to prevent lurking and bots is that you must fill in your profile and post a creation within 30 days of joining. Any account with "zero initial activity" after 30 days will get purged. Please make sure that your profile is devoid of anything offensive in the avatar,username or other content,including hyperlinks and social media profiles.
Please note that the approval e-mail may get filtered into spam so check there if you don't see it within 24-72 hours and think I forgot about it.
I've also thrown together a sort of quick Discord Server. If you want to check on your registration just post a quick message into the support channel. If you'd like to join the server there let me know that as well because I need to actually give you a role.
Copy & Paste this to access the Discord Server: https://discord.gg/uV9RKbT
This board is run by one person at the moment. My name is Melissa or Meina as I'll be here on the board. I am a digital artist,dabbling HTML5 developer and aspiring writer on the autism spectrum. I created Just Draw as something people can use to have fun and de-stress during the Covid-19 pandemic. I've always had a soft spot for oekaki since it was a popular thing years ago and I thought it would be a great thing to bring people together and allow them to create even if they're in lockdown right now.
If you've never used an oekaki board before, it's really fun and easy to pick up so don't get too nervous or frustrated about using one.
Now let's talk about content.
I want your mind to be free but I also want this to be a general audience board where EVERYONE gets to enjoy it. If you're the only one having fun, you're doing it wrong.
Because this is a general audience board, you must limit adult and NSFW content. If you do post it, please mark it as adult content. In addition, please keep your language clean and friendly. This means no cursing and no derogatory,offensive or controversial language. Any verbiage or art that targets a particular race,creed or specific faction in a way that is seen as potentially inflammatory will be handled with ZERO tolerance and may result in your account being limited or removed.
Also, no cursing means no cursing. Please don't try to be "clever" and post s*** like this. The message is still the same and it won't make me chuckle. Trust me on this one.
If you happen to miss marking adult content I will probably mod that in but if you have a dirty mouth I will just remove the whole d*** post. You feel me? Awesome!
Next,let's talk about fanart for a second. This board has a pretty strict zero tolerance rule on art theft so please post your own original art as much as possible. If you are drawing fanart please put a proper legal disclaimer on that bad boy for your sake and mine. By full I mean more than a vague sentence.
Something like this is what I mean...
" [insert character name] is licensed to [content owner]. This is a fan rendition and is in no way officially associated with the creator/franchise and I am posting it as non-commercial fanart."
Any fanart lacking a proper disclaimer will have a standard one modded in or will be removed from the board.
Before we get to the general rules, here are a few things you can't use this board for under any circumstances.
-Commissions or monetary exchanges
-Adoptables or auctions
-YCH or "your character here" events
There are tons of sites for this stuff and I want things here to be legal and casual. Also, please be mindful to not provide any PPI or post any questionable hyperlinks.
The following art types are not permitted on this board and will be deleted immediately when spotted.
-Loli/shota or any art depicting minors in illegal,disturbing or precarious situations
-Social justice agendas,religious propaganda or political propaganda
-Anything that can be deemed a "racist caricature" or racial propaganda
-Artistic nudity is acceptable but porn is not. If you can't tell the difference it's best to not post it.
-Graphic depictions of violence and gore
-Memes or meme characters that may be deemed inappropriate. I'm looking at you artists drawing Corona-chan and Ebola-chan. It's too soon guys.
I'm sure your beliefs are great and you're entitled to them, but due to the toxic slip & slide that is society right now I would prefer you leave your drama and any baggage that might brush someone the wrong way at the door and not on my website.
And while I shouldn't have to say this, I will. Don't draw dicks. Seriously,just don't. I know someone out there had to hear it because it's the first thing that comes to mind to doodle for a disturbing number of people. Doodles are one thing but vulgar doodles are a waste of my backend resources and could be used for people really trying to draw something.
I also sadly have to add, if you want to RP, just don't. I've been on that ride and it gets real weird real fast. I'm too old for that now and my nerves can't handle moderating it.
If we're still cool after that...talk, here are the general rules.
1.You're viewing and posting at your own risk,not mine. If you don't want to view adult content or aren't old enough too, make sure that your profile settings are appropriate. If you want to protect your art, please feel free to specify the license it's under and for the love of all that's sensible watermark or sign it somewhere.
2. Getting and receiving critique is a thing on an oekaki so please be constructive when giving it and mature when receiving it.
3. Uploading is not a function right now. I may add it later but that's not a promise. There are plenty of sites that are just for uploading pictures but I'm looking to encourage art here. If you really need to upload something like a reference picture to start with or something just let me know. I'll make exceptions for those who need to upload something for part of their creative process but not just for general uploading.
4.Life is short and the internet is jank so please save all your pieces as I can't promise the recovery function will always come through on the board. The board max is 5000 pictures and once it reaches that number it will automatically boot off older pictures. It won't get there for a while but just FYI. Please do not save anyone else's art unless they specify you are allowed to do so. Please do not alter or redistribute art from the board unless it is specified that you can do so on that particular piece.
5.If you don't have a tablet, don't fret. Mouse drawings are welcome too. If you have a tablet and need to work out pressure sensitivity you can google that or maybe buy some swampland in Arizona. Basically, modern browsers aren't friends with some of the oekaki apps so your browser may prevent you from utilizing pressure sensitivity.
6. Some browsers hate java so you can google ways to troubleshoot that or alternatively Chickenpaint is HTML5 and should work with most browsers.
7. Most important rule of all-Do not worry about being "good" at art to post to the board. That's not what this board is about. This is an oekaki on the internet,not an art gallery in New York.Please leave your snooty art critic tendencies at the door,chill out and just let people have fun and draw at whatever skill level they are.
That's actually all I have for you before registration.
I will try to approve registrations within 24 hours but it might be a few days if I get caught up in life stuff.
If enough people hop on I will think about putting up some creative exercises or challenges but the start of an oekaki is slower than paint drying. Just chill out and have fun for now. Not all relationships need to be complicated.
Let's all be kind,creative and just draw!
