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【 Welcome to OC-Tea! 】
↬ We're all about the art here ↫


Please ensure you read the rules and folder types before you submit your deviation. We currently have a two-per-week submission limit, so we don't want you to have to wait to get your art out there! Submissions can take between a few hours and a few days to be approved.   Here is a tutorial on how to submit.

Everyone is allowed to join without having to ask, regardless of whether you have an OC or not. You can find the join button on the left side of the homepage in the 'Group info' section.

ATTENTION: Joining requires a password hidden in our "Yays and Nays" sections! To make it easy, it's a question you have to answer in your join request. Be sure to read through our rules to find the password, otherwise we will not accept join requests! Here's a hint: It's tea related!

We hope you have fun here with us, keep on arting!



Requests | Members & Affiliations


► Join requests are open, you will be automatically accepted! Just click the Join button, which can be found on the left side of this page ♡
► By joining us, you are agreed that you have read all information regarding submissions and rules.
► Affiliation groups are open to all groups that have similar focuses

Rules


► Be respectful to your fellow deviants and members! Rudeness will not be tolerated
► There is a zero tolerance policy for art theft. The submission will be removed from the gallery and the member permanently banned from the group.
► Please do not advertise on the front page, or submit advertisements. They will be hidden/declined.
► Any deviation you submit MUST state somewhere, either in the tags or in the Artist Comments, that your art contains an OC, or it could be declined.


What is an OC?


► OC stands for Original Character. It is defined by a character that you made for your personal use or for a project you're making. OCs are different from random characters in that OCs have a backstory and personality you gave them and you intend on remembering who they are, potentially using them again in the future. We do accept OCs, but not random characters.

► A variation on OCs would be FCs, which characters you made for an already existing series. These are welcome here too!




⦅ Yays & Nays⦆



Note that in order for a submission to be accepted, it has to explicitly state that it depicts one or more OCs either in the title, the description, or the tags. Tagging it with #oc always suffices!



If you have any questions about your submission or why your submission was declined, please send the group a NOTE with a link to your art, and we'll get back to you as soon as possible!



       WE ACCEPT

► Artwork depicting one or more OCs or FCs
► Art 100% made by you [including collabs]
► Submission into the correct folders
► Your best work


       WE DO NOT ACCEPT

► Stolen art and reposts
► Art made using a base (the exception is reference sheets)
► Photography - UNLESS it's a high quality picture of a traditional illustration [Clarification]
► Things made with character makers/dress up games (ex. rinmaru games)
► Renders or traces of artwork you did not make
► WIPs (Works in Progress)
► Pornography or sexual nudity. We don't want to see anyone's Oolong!
► SFW fetishes (vore, hypnosis, BDSM, etc.)
► Literature, commission ads, etc.
► Variations of the same submission
► Adoptable sheets
► 3D models (unless it is 100% made by you. Again, NO BASES!!)
► Rushed work/5 minute pieces
► Most MYO characters, closed/semi closed species, species/breeds/races that were not created by you
▶︎ If you wish to join our group, answer the following question in your request: what is your favourite drink?


       THINGS THAT ARE NOT OCS

► Your pet
► Real life people
► Self insert characters
► Public domain characters
► Random characters you don't intend to use again
► Your friends and family, or alternate interpretations of them
► Alternate interpretations or AUs of already existing canon characters


       QUALITY CONTROL

► We are NOT a group focused on high quality submissions ◄

► That being said, we only ask that you submit your best work. No five minute submissions, please!
► That also being said, 90% of the time if your submission is put into the correct folder AND follows all of the rules, it will be accepted.
► Submissions that will be rejected include poorly scanned/photographed pieces, and pieces that are 60% blank space (we suggest cropping your image in that case).
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Is there a password, still?