Fan Art

[Guest FlamingPegasus]

I think that instead of having to keep adding more categories you should add an "other" categorie, that way everyone will be happy. For example I like Saint Seiya, but no one else has probabaly even heard of it but they still would enjoy my pictures, till then I cannot submit any more of my art unless I put it in original anime(however it isn't original)

[FartMaster745]

[size=1][color=#0099c]I think that we should be able to edit our fan arts caption, category, ect..(anything pertaining to text) This way when we submit fanart thats not on the list that happens to apear a week later we can change it.[/color][/size]

[jblessing]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by FartMaster745 [/i]
[B][size=1][color=#0099c]I think that we should be able to edit our fan arts caption, category, ect..(anything pertaining to text) This way when we submit fanart thats not on the list that happens to apear a week later we can change it.[/color][/size] [/B][/QUOTE]

Actually, we have it set so you can not edit your previous works for a very good reason. Before each fan art actually appears on the site, it has to be approved by someone with the right powers @ theOtaku. This helps to keep anything offensive from appearing on the site.

If you feel the desire to change your caption, title, category, etc... you can always delete your picture and re-add it.

And to the original question, I think that we should have as many categories as long as their is at least a couple pictures in it. It would encourage people to draw/upload more art.

[James]

[color=#707875]There's one main reason why we don't have an "other" category.

Let's say you send us 20 pictures of Spirited Away or something...and we have no SA category. Then, when we add one, we would theoretically need to move all of your Spirited Away pictures from "Other" to "Spirited Away". See where I'm going with that?

It makes any kind of expansion extremely difficult, because ultimately it would confuse viewers.

So, at the moment, I would ask people to please just send in art for the categories that exist. I assure you that once Adam returns, I'll begin adding new categories. I already tried to add a couple and had problems...but Adam will be able to assist me with that.

Basically, as soon as people send in one or two pics for a category that we don't have...we'll add that category for you. So if you send in five Spirited Away pics in a row, we'll probably add that as a category. See what I mean? That's the best way to expand the site without being too confusing.[/color]

[Sara]

[size=1]I'm a little confused. You can't send in pictures without designating a category, can you? So how would you send in pictures in order to say that a category should be made?

Or did I just completely miss something?[/size]

[James]

[color=#707875]People are sending in pictures to the Original Anime category and they aren't actually sending in "original anime".

They're taking anime that has no category...and putting it in Original Anime, as though that category were a Misc. category.

So, if people are going to do that...I will hopefully be at a point soon where I can easily add new categories to the front page. I can add categories for myOtaku users, but at the moment I have no way of putting them up for everyone to browse. This is one of the little things that Adam will need to attend to when he returns.

So yeah, for the time being...I'm asking people not to send in pictures of any anime that we don't currently support with a category of its own.[/color]

[Sara]

[size=1]Right, right. I've got that. It's just that you said [i]So if you send in five Spirited Away pics in a row, we'll probably add that as a category.[/i]

And...I don't know, I just got confused or something.[/size]

[jblessing]

One thing that I am hoping we can do is on the actual form to submit fan art, put in the drop down box 'New Category' and then right under the drop down box let the user specify the name of the category so we can add it. That would also make things a lot easier, we'll see if we can do that though. Up to Adam :)

[James]

[color=#707875]We won't be letting users specify category in that way. At the moment, I am already finding myself correcting the headings of certain images (either I'm fixing misspelling or adding capital letters, as per Adam's request). It's useful for browsing purposes.

What I would like however...is if I can automatically slot a picture into a new category of my own, when I approve pictures. That'd be very handy.[/color]