SCIFI-FANS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

All deviations submitted to the ~Scifi-Fans community must follow guidelines of the DA submissions policy. In particular please refer to FAQ #572: What does deviantART consider "Fan Art" to be?.

All submissions of artwork to the Scifi-Fans community must be Science Fiction Movie or TV Show Fanart ... unless we hold a competition which specifies otherwise. This means that we do not accept submissions of conceptual scifi art to our club gallery (for example ... creatures, gadgets, environments etc. which you have personally invented). As much as we love them, there are already DA clubs which cater to original conceptual artists.

We do not accept fanart from Sci-fi literature which has not already been made into a film or TV program. Art of this type begins to cross over into conceptual art, where you have to use your imagination to portray the creature/scene/gadget from a book. Also, If that book is eventually turned into a movie, then your imagined representation, may not be anything like what we see on the screen.

We will not accept Fanart of monsters/creatures from the Horror or Fantasy entertainment genres, unless the Movie or TV Show you wish to celebrate includes elements of scientific hypotheses in the creation of that creature. For example ... a fanart illustration of a Vampire being slain by Buffy is not acceptable, while a fanart drawing of Frankenstein with Van Helsing is. If your submission is along these lines, it will also help if those scientific elements are represented in your deviation.

We do not accept video screenshot captures into our gallery.

Currently, Scifi-Fans does not accept Fanart from Scifi computer games, unless those games are already Movies or TV shows. I may consider including Fanart from Scifi Computer Games in the future, if enough members are interested, and can provide me with some rational reasons for doing so.

Submissions of Fanart literature based on a specific Scifi Movie and TV Show are acceptable. This means, your scripts, short-stories, or poetry, must include characters and settings which embody the Movie or TV Show you wish to honour.

In the end, the final decision on what will be accepted into our community gallery as Scifi entertainment fanart, will be determined by the club administrator. In the event that your submission is not accepted, you will most likely be redirected to a club which is more appropriate for your deviation.

NOTE When submitting any Scifi Entertainment Fanart into your personal gallery, please use the 'Fanart' Category to avoid it being deleted by DA - therefore breaking any links we create to your deviations from our gallery.

If you wish to submit to scifi fans from your scraps gallery, that is perfectly acceptable. However, if you decide to move the deviation into your main gallery at a later date, please Send a Note to the club detailing the name of the deviation and the new link, so that the link to your original work from your scifi club submission can be changed. This is also true of deviations which you have decided to move from your main gallery to scraps.

How To Make a Submission:
To make a submission, please Send a Note to the club with the word 'Submission' in the subject line. In the message body include the title and a link to the artwork in your gallery, and the title of the Scfi Movie or TV Show which your fanart is celebrating. You can also include a description of your deviation. However, if you wish the description to be used which accompanies the original artwork in your gallery, then dont bother to include a description in your note.

To obtain the link to the deviation in your gallery that you wish to submit to the Scifi-Fans gallery, either right click on the deviation in your gallery and select 'Copy Shortcut', or view your deviation and copy the link from the address bar of your internet browser.

When the Scifi-Fans Community administrator has approved your deviation submission, you will receive a note from the club with a link to your newly submitted deviation in the Scifi-Fans gallery.

The Process - How We Submit Your Work to Our Gallery
Submissions are added to the Scifi-Fans gallery in the same way it is done at many other clubs. The image will be copied from the full-view in your gallery, along with the the description and link. It will then be uploaded to the community gallery using the appropriate fanart category. All deviations in the Scifi-Fans Gallery will include the avatar of the artist, and a link to the original artwork in their personal gallery. If you have not provided an alternative description for your submission to Scifi-Fans, the description included with the original artwork in your gallery will be utilised.
Viewers of your deviation will also be instructed to comment and fav at the original deviation in your gallery using the link provided. To assist in this, the level of critique will be automatically set to "Comments Disabled". Submissions to the ~Scifi-Fans gallery are NOT included in the deviantMOBILE service or the Basic Prints Program.

Removing Submissions from the Scifi-Fans Gallery:
Please Send a Note with the words 'Remove Submission' in the subject line. In the message body include the link to your submission in the scifi-fans gallery. You will receive a note when your submission has been removed. If removal of your deviation is an emergency, please email the adminstrator.