All rules must be followed by everyone, regardless of your role and status in or out of this community.
Be nice to everyone, regardless of their role. If you have a problem with someone, at least be civil in this community if you do not have them blocked.
Do not harass anyone -- harassment includes but is not limited to stuff such as; bullying, doxing, purposely and repeatedly excluding users in conversations open to anyone, blackmailing, and calling out other users for trivial matters.
Hate/Discrimination is not allowed towards others, regardless of the reason.
Do not advertise other species/ArtRPG groups in any of Blue’s Species Hub’s communities unless you have been given permission from a Staff Member.
Do not mini-mod, let the Staff do their jobs.
Do not try to control others.
Do not make false reports on anyone.
Do not spam. Some spam is okay in channels and threads made for games, and it is understandable that some conversations may go pretty quickly and possibly get near spam-like, but do not spam on purpose or in places where it is not appropriate.
Raiding will have you removed immediately and permanently.
All posts/threads can have their own rules, but they must follow all of the community's rules too.
Always give proper credits for anything you use. Things like "credit to the artist" or "credit to the original creator" do not count.
Stealing any of people's work (art, writing, characters, etc.) is strictly prohibited.
Tracing/copying or heavily referencing other people's work is also counted as theft (unless the original creator is credited and has given permission for their art to be traced/copied or heavily referenced).
NFTs and AI generated work of any kind (images, writing, etc.) are not allowed.
Any kind of sexual content is not allowed here. This community does allow minors who are 13-17 years old, and there are also adults here who may be uncomfortable viewing such content.
Most sensitive/potentially triggering content is allowed as long as proper warnings are given.
Threatening people in any form is not allowed.
IRL photos of dead people/animals, blood, gore, and violent acts are not allowed.
Supporting or glorifying IRL serial killers, murderers, rapists, abusers, pedophiles, zoophiles, or similar criminals is not allowed at all.
Accounts owned/used by multiple people will be penalized the same as an account owned by one person. While we would love to have all involved parties in our community, if one person using the account is violating our rules we have to take the proper actions to make sure the person violating rules is properly penalized and protect our other users if they are causing harm to our community, even if it means the other people using the account end up caught in the crossfire.
The following species require people to be in one of their communities (Blue’s Species Hub, The Celestial Council, The World of Delvorina) in order to participate:Â
Austrat Sveargiths
Codruisks
Cryscentials
Delvorinan Dolls
Drothavesies
Esserfaere
Indrurs
Kavhmas
Porvalins
Saixneshes
Tecani Leonis
Veroavirs
The following species do not have this requirement:
Bixlues
Calrins
Emotsiis
Kaixinaes
Do not claim any of these species as your own.
It is up to you to track what items you have and keep a log of them.
Certain punishments for rule breaking may limit the rarity and amount of characters someone can own.
If you are not interested in any of the species anymore and you are leaving, or you were Banned, you can: void the character (remove any info and symbols/logos associated with the species), transfer them out of the species and delete the orig. species version, trade/sell/gift them, or hand them over to the Staff so they can decide what to do with them.
You must follow this guide if you want to resell, trade, and gift items for any of the species.
Upselling (purchasing a product to resell for a higher value) anything is prohibited.
Anything made by a character creator app/website can not be sold, this includes anything that was redrawn with no changes to the design to make it unique. If it is redrawn to where it cannot be replicated within the app/website, then it can be sold.
False bidding/false offers are not allowed. False bidding/offers are things like: offering for/bidding on an adopt and failing to uphold your end of the transaction, not doing your part of an art/character trade, and backing out of something without a proper reason. Some exceptions may be made based on circumstances.
Any kind of sexual content is not allowed here. Staff does not have control over anything outside the community, but anything within the community is not allowed. This community does allow minors who are 13-17 years old, and there are also adults here who may be uncomfortable with viewing such content.
If you want to share a link to something that has NSFW, but NSFW content is not the main focus and there are warnings on the NSFW content (ex. a character on TH that happens to have a few NSFW images that have content warnings), this would be okay to share. If you want to share a link to something that is centered around NSFW content (ex. a social media account specifically for NSFW content), that directly goes to NSFW content, or the NSFW content does not have any warnings, this is not okay to share.
When it comes to the species themselves, I do not care about what you do with the sentient/sapient humanoid ones, do whatever you want with the humanoids. Any sexual content of feral or anthro characters (outside closed door/fade to black scenes in writing) is not allowed.
All characters must be approved by a Staff Member.
You are allowed to transfer designs in and out of the species if the character is owned by you and the original designer of the character is okay with it.
You are allowed to do transfers for other people, as long as you have their permission and you are not keeping the character.
You are not allowed to make any changes to the species information or lore.
You can not add new traits/mutations/adaptations or make changes to the existing lists.
You can not create subspecies or variants of any of these species.
You can not create subspecies, variants, or hybrids of any of these species and claim them as a different species/your own species.
Redesigns are allowed as long as you get the character reapproved.
For redesigns, you are not allowed to change things like traits, mutations, etc. without the necessary items or permissions. For example:
Redesigning an Emotsii: go wild, they are an Open Species, do whatever you want within the species’ limits.
Redesigning a Codruisk: if you are not changing any traits, or you are changing any Class A/B/C or Aquatic Class traits to another A/B/C/Aquatic Class trait, you are good to go. If you are adding a Class D/E or Avian Class trait or swapping out an A/B/C/Aquatic Class trait for a D/E/Avian Class trait, you will need a Trait Upgrade Ticket or Rights. D/E/Avian Class traits can be swapped within the same Class or removed without an item.
Rights can only be obtained from buying them or as prizes from things like events, contests, and raffles.
Rights Holders can make anything within the permissions given to them by their Rights.
Rights Holders can make unlimited characters from the species they have Rights too.
Rights can be stripped from people for violating the rules.
People will only be promoted from Guest Artist to Artist if the terms of their time as a Guest Artist has been completed, Staff deems them fit for the position, and they want to be an Artist.
Artists can not enforce rules and make changes to the species/community.
Artists must complete at least one task a month. The task could be designing an adopt, helping with art for an event (assets, resources, prizes), or working on assets/resources for the species/community.
This can change based on the agreed upon individual terms and responsibilities of their position. For example, if an Artist will only do assets/resources and there are no available tasks in the task list for the species they are helping with, they can skip that month without penalty.
Artists are allowed to skip months as long as they notify Staff.
Multiple skips in a row can still result in penalties, and Artists who do not notify Staff of them skipping that month will get a penalty.
While someone is an Artist, they can:
Make an unlimited amount of adopts.
Take on event work tasks, if any pop up.
Take on asset and resource tasks.
Take on character design tasks not related to adopts.
Claim up to three tasks at a time.
Artists must ask for a task in order to be assigned it.
Artists cannot ask for tasks that have already been claimed.
Asking does not guarantee the Artist will get the task. There are some tasks I would prefer to be done by people with specific experience (ex. I would prefer that emblems and logos are done by people who have graphic design experience).
Artists can only take on tasks for the species they are assigned to.
Artists can only use rarities/classes/ranks/etc. within what is allowed by their position.
Artists can get permission from Staff to use higher rarities/classes/ranks/etc. temporarily, depending on the reason.
Artists can not make customs.
When an Artist makes an adopt, it is up to them to handle selling/trading/giving away the character and anything that comes with that (ToS/rules for the adopt, advertising, etc.).
There may be exceptions for collaboration batches and events. In those cases, it may be handled by whoever is running the collab, or overseeing that part of the event.
In most cases, Artists keep 100% of any profit made off of any adopts they sell/trade.
There are sometimes exceptions, like adopts made for fundraisers/crowdfunding and adopts where the profits will be donated to nonprofits and/or charities. Artists are not required to do this and will not be pressured/shamed into doing this, it is their decision if they want to make adopts for these purposes or not. Typically, if an Artist makes an adopt for one of these situations, the Staff will find other ways to compensate them for their time and effort.
If an Artist wants to make any changes to their agreed upon individual terms and responsibilities, they will need to talk to Staff about it.
This includes things like pay changes, altering the list of species they are doing tasks for, and more.
Artists will receive payment. How an Artist is paid and how often they are paid will vary based on what is agreed upon in their individual terms and responsibilities.
Payment can be any of the following: currency for The Celestial Council or The World of Delvorina, MYOs and other items for any of the species, and, occasionally, Rights for any of the species.
These penalties are different from and separate from the ones received for breaking the general community rules, general and specific species rules, NSFW content rules, design rules, and rights holder rules. These just impact if an Artist can continue being an Artist, not what they will be able to do in the species and community.
Artists can receive a penalty for:
Skipping a month without notifying Staff.
Skipping three months in a row.
Skipping over half of the year (seven or more months).
Taking on time sensitive tasks, and failing to deliver the art within the given time frame.
Artists with two penalties will not be able to take on time sensitive tasks.
Artists with three penalties will not be able to take on time sensitive tasks, and cannot take on more than one task at a time.
Artists with four penalties will no longer be Artists. They will be stripped of their status and cannot retry for any Community Helper positions for a year (365 days).
People will only be promoted from Guest Artist to Artist if the terms of their time as a Guest Artist has been completed, Staff deems them fit for the position, and they want to be an Artist.
Guest Artists can not enforce rules and make changes to the species/community.
Guest Artists typically work for two or three months, but this may be shorter depending on what is agreed upon.
Once their time is up, they can either try to move on to being an Artist, or reapply for a Guest Artist position.
While someone is a Guest Artist, they can:
Make up to five adopts as a Guest Artist.
Take on event work tasks, if any pop up.
Take on asset and resource tasks.
Claim up to two tasks at a time.
Guest Artists must ask for a task in order to be assigned it.
Guest Artists cannot ask for tasks that have already been claimed.
Asking does not guarantee the Guest Artist will get the task. There are some tasks I would prefer to be done by people with specific experience (ex. I would prefer that emblems and logos are done by people who have graphic design experience).
Guest Artists can only take on tasks for the species they are assigned to.
Guest Artists can only use rarities/classes/ranks/etc. within what is allowed by their position.
Guest Artists can get permission from Staff to use higher rarities/classes/ranks/etc. temporarily, depending on the reason.
Guest Artists can not make customs.
When a Guest Artist makes an adopt, it is up to them to handle selling/trading/giving away the character and anything that comes with that (ToS/rules for the adopt, advertising, etc.).
There may be exceptions for collaboration batches and events. In those cases, it may be handled by whoever is running the collab, or overseeing that part of the event.
In most cases, Guest Artists keep 100% of any profit made off of any adopts they sell/trade.
There are sometimes exceptions, like adopts made for fundraisers/crowdfunding and adopts where the profits will be donated to nonprofits and/or charities. Guest Artists are not required to do this and will not be pressured/shamed into doing this, it is their decision if they want to make adopts for these purposes or not. Typically, if an Guest Artist makes an adopt for one of these situations, the Staff will find other ways to compensate them for their time and effort.
Guest Artists will receive payment at the end of their two/three months. How a Guest Artist is paid will vary based on what is agreed upon in their individual terms and responsibilities.
Payment can be any of the following: currency for The Celestial Council or The World of Delvorina, MYOs and other items for any of the species, and, occasionally, Rights for any of the species.
Payment will be withheld/refused if a Guest Artist does not finish any tasks or adopts during their time.
Guest Artists will not receive penalties in the same way Artists do, but their actions during their time will have an effect on if they can be an Artist or be a Guest Artist again in the future.
Species Helpers can not enforce rules and make changes to the community.
Species Helpers can not make changes to the species on their own, all changes must go through an approval process.
Species Helpers must complete at least one task a month, engage in at least one discussion about species info/lore changes a month, or make at least one suggestion a month.
This can change based on the agreed upon individual terms and responsibilities of their position.
Species Helpers are allowed to skip months as long as they notify Staff.
Multiple skips in a row can still result in penalties, and Species Helpers who do not notify Staff of them skipping that month will get a penalty.
While someone is a Species Helper, they can:
Take on event work tasks, if any pop up.
Take on asset and resource tasks.
Claim up to three tasks at a time.
Make suggestions for possible additions, changes, and updates to the species info/lore.
Species Helpers must ask for a task in order to be assigned it.
Species Helpers cannot ask for tasks that have already been claimed.
Asking does not guarantee the Species Helper will get the task.
Species Helpers can only take on tasks for the species they are assigned to.
If a Species Helper wants to make any changes to their agreed upon individual terms and responsibilities, they will need to talk to Staff about it.
This includes things like pay changes, altering the list of species they are doing tasks for, and more.
Species Helpers will receive payment. How a Species Helper is paid and how often they are paid will vary based on what is agreed upon in their individual terms and responsibilities.
Payment can be any of the following: currency for The Celestial Council or The World of Delvorina, MYOs and other items for any of the species, and, occasionally, Rights for any of the species.
Species Helpers go through a trial period, to gauge if the applicant is a good fit for the position.
The trial period is typically two or three months, but it may be shorter depending on what is agreed upon.
While someone is in the trial period, they can:
Take on asset and resource tasks.
Claim up to two tasks at a time.
Make suggestions for possible additions, changes, and updates to the species info/lore.
These penalties are different from and separate from the ones received for breaking the general community rules, general and specific species rules, NSFW content rules, design rules, and rights holder rules. These just impact if a Species Helper can continue being a Species Helper, not what they will be able to do in the species and community.
Species Helpers can receive a penalty for:
Skipping a month without notifying Staff.
Skipping three months in a row.
Skipping over half of the year (seven or more months).
Taking on time sensitive tasks, and failing to deliver the art within the given time frame.
Species Helpers with two penalties will not be able to take on time sensitive tasks.
Species Helpers with three penalties will not be able to take on time sensitive tasks, and cannot take on more than one task at a time.
Species Helpers with four penalties will no longer be Species Helpers. They will be stripped of their status and cannot retry for any Community Helper positions for a year (365 days).
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