Yosh! Alrighty, since Tobi's identity has now been out for a week and almost every group I'm a part of has been allowing submissions related to Tobi's identity, I will now be allowing related submissions. I don't know about you wonderful peoples, but I still want to know more details on the subject. He's shrouded in mystery indeed. xD

Anywho, I don't know how many of you know this, but there is a con coming up in Denver called "Nan Desu Kan", or "NDK". :iconryuu-kizu: and I won't be on from about September 13-16. That's the plan at least. =] This means that submissions won't be gotten to for at least three days or so. If anyone's attending, you should come say hi! =D I'll be in my Sasori (see icon for reference picture) and Ryuu-Kizu will be in his Deidara (see his icon for reference picture) for part of the time. ^^

In the mean time, I'd love to hear your feedback! I'm thinking of doing a contest of sorts soon, and I'd love to know what you guys want to see. I'd also love to know what you guys would like to see in terms of group management and, well, anything that comes to mind. ^^ I can't function as a good admin without feedback, so let me know what's on your mind! =D
Alright! This will have no spoilers in the main journal entry regarding Naruto 599. If you want to discuss it in the comments, feel free to. However, out of respect to the Naruto fans who don't want to know spoilers, nothing specific will be mentioned in the main body of this journal.

I know those of you who know the current spoiler are excited. xD Or at least I'm excited. However submissions related to the current chapter won't be submitted for several more weeks, once it becomes common knowledge. I haven't run into this submission issue yet, but I want to make sure that you loverly peoples had a heads up. All I have to say is that this is the best Naruto chapter I've read in ages and I can't wait to see how it develops. ^^

In other news... I want to say welcome to all of the new members! =D Please feel free to submit your eternal art! Unless it's yaoi, yuri, hentai, or submitted to the wrong folder it will be accepted. ^^ I'm generally pretty lax about submissions and the like, including OCs (provided they're Akatsuki-related somehow), crack pairings, and fanfics.

So yeah, that's really about it. =]
Hey! I wanted to alert you loverly peoples to a contest that our affiliate :iconsakura-rukia-fc: has going on for the next two months! =3 Here's the link to the contest announcement: sakura-rukia-fc.deviantart.com…

The prizes look ridiculously good and the contest looks like it's going to be a very intriguing and challenging one. ^^ I highly recommend going and participating! =3 I won't be participating - I'm going to be one of the judges and I can't draw. xD

So yes. =D That's about the only announcement that I have for the time being. I'll start coming up with more amusing and entertaining idears for the group once we get a bit bigger. =3 If anyone has any immediate ideas, feel free to contact me and let me know!
Wow! 38 members and 39 watchers within the first two weeks or so of this group's existence! =D I did not expect that to happen! ^^ I want to thank all of you who have joined/watched this group so far! I'd absolutely love to hear your input at this point.

Once we hit 50-100 members or so, I'll likely start doing contests and whatnot. =3 I have a few ideas already, but, again, I want to hear YOUR input! If there's a contest you want to see or be a part of, please let me know. =] I'll take your thoughts into consideration and most likely put them into action as well. If you're interested in doing any contests, please let me know!

In the mean time, I'm thinking that for now, as this is still a baby group, I'll remove the 3 deviations per day limit. If this group starts getting even bigger, I'll probably put the cap back on. =3 For now, the submission limit will be taken off.

I was also wondering if anyone had any ideas for further promoting this group? I've already affiliated with multiple groups and my current tactic is to request submission of artwork from various artists. Does anyone have any more suggestions?

Thanks you guys! =D You're all awesome!

Edit: The existing 3-pictures limit has been relaxed and a new rule has been added. =] I've also added OC-friendly and cosplay-specific folders to the gallery.
To be honest, I didn't expect to be posting a new group journal entry so soon. Before I get much farther, I want to say welcome to all of the new members! =D I didn't expect to get so many people within the first five days of this group's existence. Thank you all so much for your support! ^^

Now, onto business... I want to go over one specific part of the rules that people seem to be skipping clean over. This doesn't apply to everyone, but I am seeing a trend.

RULES
1. Submit to the right folder or your submission will be declined.

THIS IS IMPORTANT!! PLEASE, please, PLEASE for the love of all things good and holy send your submissions to the correct folder! I've seen numerous people attempt to submit to the first folder they see that they can submit to (in this case, "Pein") and I have to deny the request because it's the wrong folder for that particular image. x_x

I hate denying you guys' wonderful submissions. It makes me feel bad because the artwork is well done. However I don't want to have to put in the time and effort to re-arrange the submitted pictures. It's not much of a hassle now, as the group is still so small, but if the group gets bigger this will start becoming an issue. I'd much prefer this be settled here and now than later down the line. Edit: I even went into the "Group Info" section of the page and put that particular rule up at the very top, set it in bold, italicized it, and underlined it for all the world to see.

Now, 9 out of 10 times if you submit to the correct folder, your submission won't be denied and therefore, you'll get more exposure. In fact, I don't think I've denied a piece of art that's following the submission guidelines up so far. So please, again, submit your artwork to the right folder. It may take a bit of scrolling to find the correct folder, but it's much easier on everyone in the long run.

Thanks a bunch for your time! =] If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or concerns, please feel free to comment or send me a note.

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