1. All new artists must draw 2 tryout pictures to the best of their abilities. [Why?]
2. All images must be over 10 minutes. [Why?]
3. All vents/rants must be over 30 minutes. [Why?]
4. Adult images are not allowed. (Artistic nudity is fine.) [More/Why?]
5. Swearing is not allowed. The only vulgar words you may use are "hell", "damn", "crap", "shit", and "ass". [More/Why?]



When commenting, keep it on topic of the image/artist.
If you have issues with a person, settle it through O-mail. Big arguments on the board will be deleted on the spot.
If you're ranting about a person, censor their name. Call them "someone" or "a person," and don't make it obvious who it is or an admin will delete it. Either follow this guideline or don't rant about anyone at all.
If a member is bothering you and they won't listen to calm reason, o-mail an admin about it and they'll contact each of you to try and help. If all else fails, ~*Eevee1*~ has the final word. Only o-mail ~*Eevee1*~ in an extreme emergency with another member.
If you've tried out and were rejected, please don't argue or insult anyone. Act mature.

How to be a perfect member:
Follow all the rules and read through the expanded ones.
Comment a LOT. Artists *love* comments.
If you're not an accepted member, comment anyway. =D
Be polite and respectful to all members.
Don't excessively use chatspeak/l33t.



Before trying out, compare between recent and archived works of SRON to get an idea of the skill level.
Please safety save your picture if it's not finished. (There's an option on the submit page to set it as a safety save.)
Set the image as "public" when submitting, that way other members can redline it.
Tryouts should always be full-body images when drawing a character.
Put "Tryout #" (# depending on which it is) in the title area of your image when submitting (unless safety sending).
You must finish one tryout at a time. You can't start a new one before the previous is finished.
Tryouts are not allowed to be critiqued until they are completed. [Why?]
Unaccepted members are not allowed to critique/judge any tryouts. [Why?]
Tryouts can't be uploaded. You must sketch, outline, and color your image in this oekaki. [Why?]
After you finish your tryouts, count the number of rejections and compare it against the amount of acceptions. If there are more people rejecting that accepting, you should practice in another oekaki for 2 months before trying out again. If everyone rejects your first image, we suggest you hault your tryouts and practice for 2 months elsewhere.
If you've been accepted but are inactive for over 6 months, you have to re-tryout. [Why?]



How to bump a picture: O-mail an admin who's online and give them the link to the picture. They'll bump it for you.
If you've been accepted but are inactive for over 6 months, you have to re-tryout. [Why?]



If an admin is having problems with a member or another admin, settle it through o-mail. Never publicly announce problems.
If a person refuses to follow the rules, warn them in an o-mail. If it continues, warn them once more, and if that doesn't work then take away their drawing or general tags.
Only safety archive a picture if the artist is leaving for more than a month and a half.
Check the archive guidelines below before archiving:
1. Is the anatomy proper/okay/acceptable with few flaws for the subject of the image?
2. Does the background compliment and incorporate the main focus of the image/not distract?
3. Are the lines clean with few colors bleeding over that distract too much from the picture?
4. Does it have good composition / not that cluttered ?
5. Do you want to intimately make-out with this piece of beauty?