Group Guide

The official RWBY Group Guide to Submissions and Rules!

First and foremost: Have fun! Enjoy the exotic and diverse art that the talented artists, writers, cosplayers, and 3D modelers have to offer! Engage with others and learn more about them and yourself! Monty's vision is a colorful and memorable one, so it's only fair that you have an experience of the same kind!

Feelings do not equate to facts, however. If you are offended by someone else’s art, that is (usually going to be) your burden to bear, not theirs or ours.

Section Outline:

A0)   The Rights of A Member
A1)   What we will deny: Concerning all art
A2)   What we will deny: Concerning original creations/characters
B)     What we will accept for all art
C)     Folders
D)     Contests and Promotions
E)     Administrator’s Privileges
F)     Unbecoming Conduct

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A0)   The Rights of A Member:

The following is a google document that cannot be edited by anyone. Your rights as a member of this group are set in stone, and any future admin will have no choice but to adhere to these fundamental rights.

docs.google.com/document/d/1_G…

These are rights, not privileges. They cannot be taken away or modified.

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A1)   What We Will Deny: Concerning All art

-Any RWBY art that promotes homophobia, sexism, racism, etc. In other words, any content that promotes hate.

-GORE WILL NOT BE WELCOMED HERE.

-Stolen art. Thieves will be given 24 hours to remove all stolen art or provide proof that they are the rightful artist. Failure to provide proof will result in banishment, but should they decide to provide proof after banishment the ban will be lifted.

-WIPs of any images, stories, cosplay, weapons, etc. We want to promote your finished works.EXCEPTION: SUPERB QUALITY.

-Fetish art. There are plenty of other groups and subreddits out there that can attend to your personalized interests. We do not wish to be involved.

-Art/Writing that contain drug use (i.e.: smoking, drinking, etc) will NOT be accepted.

-Poorly drawn/written art. This can pertain to the type of paper used, the quality of the picture used to capture and upload the drawing, etc. To summarize: Quality Control. It is a standard that has been set to benefit the group as a whole, not to hurt anyone’s feelings.

-Images created using bases, vectors, etc. EXCEPTION: The base provided by Monty Oum himself.

-Gifs from the show. EXCEPTION: Your own animations are accepted and welcomed!

-Memes, motivational posters, screenshots, etc. EXCEPTION: "Draw This Again" comparisons, screenshot redraws, etc. EXCEPTION: SUPERB QUALITY.

-Pics of RWBY merchandise. EXCEPTION: RWBY merch that YOU made and wish to sell. In this case, please remove any indication that the item is for sale and preferably let those viewing the piece know that it has been sold.

-Self-insertion fiction. EXCEPTION: SUPERB QUALITY.

-Movie script, "She does this, then that", skeletal drafts of fiction. We want to promote actual prose fiction. EXCEPTION: SUPERB QUALITY.

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A2)   What We Will Deny: Concerning Original Creations/Characters

All entries from A1 apply, but we want to address the recurring issues that happen with the OC art we receive.

-Poorly drawn/written art. Quality Control.

-Silhouettes, emblems, symbols, weapons, etc. by themselves. EXCEPTION: If the OC accompanies the accessories then we will accept that as well as SUPERB QUALITY.

-Character profiles, biographies, backgrounds, etc, both drawn or written. EXCEPTION: If you attach the information dump to an image of your OC that passes visual inspection, then we will accept it.

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B) What We will Accept for All Art

-Any and all RWBY art --drawn, modeled, and written-- that passes the Quality Control standard. Your creativity is the backbone of any fandom. Yes, there are a lot of stipulations written above; but after operating for over two years, this group has seen enough to understand that guidelines need to be set and enforced. As long as your art is RWBY related and not a five minute scribble, you should be fine!

-Sketches and lineart. However, only submit those if you don’t plan on completing the piece to a full-colored picture. This is to prevent the gallery from being cluttered. Try to submit your best quality work. We get a lot of pictures with bad lighting, so it’s best to find yourself a scanner. If your picture/scan is of low quality, we will not accept it.

-We accept Mature Art, but we ask that it is properly marked with a filter.

In rare instances, we make exceptions based on talent / SUPERB QUALITY.

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C) Folders: Non-Admins may submit to the following folders:

Submission Folder (90% of deviations will go here)
RWBY Artists for Hire (Commission/Patreon advertisements from artists looking for work)
Romantic Pairings (Romantically involved, canon RWBY characters)
Canon Crossover (Canon RWBY characters romantically/platonically involved with other, non-RWBY canon Characters)
Canon Fanfiction (Prose fanfiction of canon RWBY characters)
OC Visual Art (Visual art of RWBY OCs)
OC Fanfiction (Fanfiction involving RWBY OCs)

-Featured: This is for official RWBY content and admin-picked content. That means work made by people on Team RWBY (ie: montyoum, hakuku, and einlee) as well hand-picked art from the galleries.

-Remembering Monty Oum: Content dedicated to our beloved Monty, the creator of this show which has brought you to this page. Be respectful and mindful of what you submit.

-Submission Folder: A temporary folder that most content will go into. The content, once there, will either be removed or redistributed to a more appropriate folder.

-Ruby: Any content featuring Ruby Rose and ONLY her and her genderbend.

-Weiss: Any content featuring Weiss Schnee and ONLY her and her genderbend.

-Blake: Any content featuring Blake Belladonna and ONLY her and her genderbend.

-Yang: Any content featuring Yang Xiao Long and ONLY her and her genderbend.

-RWBY Combinations: Any content that depicts a combination of the members of Team RWBY.

-Team JNPR: Any content that features the members of Team JNPR, as a group, pairs, or individuals.

-RNJR Combinations: Any content that features the members of Team RWBY and JNPR as a group or in pairs.

-Other Canon Characters: Any character who is not in Team RWBY and/or Team JNPR. This includes professors, other teams, and other minor characters.

-Romantic Pairings: Any romantic content involving canon characters.

-Non-romantic Groups: This folder is for when you have multiple characters belonging to any of the RWBY, JNPR, and/or Other Canon Characters folders in a group. For example, fights would go here.

-Comics: All RWBY comics with or without any OCs. If there are elements of another fandom, the comic still goes here; however, if it features characters from another fandom please submit it to the Canon Crossover folder, thanks!

-Cosplay: All RWBY cosplay goes here, including cosplay weapons.

-Canon Crossovers: Content with at least 1 canon character crossed with at least 1 RWBY character. There must be at least 33% RWBY in any crossover deviation.

-Villains: Only antagonistic canon characters. This includes (but is NOT limited to) Cinder, Roman, Emerald (BEFORE Volume 8), Mercury, Adam, Junior, his club staff, and Salem. For examples of others, Ironwood is also an antagonist.

-Team STRQ: Any and all members of STRQ.

-Team CFVY: Any and all members of CFVY.

-Team SSSN: Any and all members of SSSN.

-Volume 3 Teams: Any and all members of the Volume 3 teams who fought in the Vytal Festival go here.

-Canon Fanfiction: Fiction of canon characters from RWBY. Crossovers go in the Canon Crossovers folder

-Team CRDL: Any and all members of CRDL go here.

-Mature Art: Mark your submissions with a filter. Nudity and suggestive content go here.

-Misc. and Other: Grimm, canon character accessories, and any random odds and ends.

-RWBY Artists for Hire: If you're an artist who wants to promote your work and ask for commissions/Patreon supporters, submit an advertisement to this folder. An example advertisement format can be found at the end of the folder.

-OC Visual art: Any visual representation of an Original Character for RWBY.

-OC fanfiction: Any fiction involving an Original Character for RWBY.


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D) Contests and Promotions

Contests: Whenever we or Rooster Teeth hold a contest a new folder will be opened. Currently, all past contest submission reside in their respective CLOSED folder. It isn’t available for submission but is free for viewing.

Promotions: If you and your creative team are creating a show like RWBY or are making a series that was inspired by RWBY, this group will help to promote your project for free! However, you must have a somewhat finished product, not just concept art and tech demos. When we run an ad for your project, we want to have elements like the ones found in this:
rwby.deviantart.com/journal/Pa…

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E) Administrator's Privileges

Admins will perform any and all of the following:

-Enforce all of the stipulations, even on their own art. It’s mandatory; it’s the job.

-Remove any art in a folder or move any art to a different folder if it violates at least one stipulation for the group or the specific folder it is in.

-Ban any member of the group if that member has been confirmed to be guilty in unbecoming conduct. [See part F]

-Remove all traces of a banned member, so long as they are confirmed guilty for unbecoming conduct.

If any of these actions are performed unjustly, the situation will be reviewed, and the admin may receive action as minor as a warning or as major as demotion.

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F) Unbecoming Conduct

We want everyone to get along and -ultimately- act like adults and professionals. A member can and will be banned -unless pardoned by the boss- and have all of their submissions removed for any of the following:

-Refusing to remove stolen art.

-Threatening/harassing/coercing anyone in the group.

-Refusing to resolve any issue with us in an adult fashion. People get angry, yes. People swear their heads off, yes; however, we expect someone capable of using Deviantart to be capable of resolving whatever grievance they have with us in a professional manner. You, as a member of this group, will have rights to free speech to a limit. Once you've devolved into cussing your head off, you are subject to banning.