:camera: Apology to Members. :camera:
Hi folks. First of all I'd like to give you guys a massive apology for the inactivity and the lack of votes on your uploads. It's been three months since I've been able to get online due to being out of the country and then falling ill after returning to the UK. If any of your artworks expired during the voting process, I fully encourage you to resubmit your portraits for a re-vote.

:bulletblue: Contrubitors Wanted :bulletblue:
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This group is in need of new staff all the time as it is always growing and we get tons of submissions.

We are in serious need of some new reliable staff. If you would like to be a contributor in our group, please send a group note explaining why you think you would be helpful to our staff team.

We are looking for people who have a good sense of judgement, and that can spare some time every now and again to vote on incoming submissions. So if you think you are a good judge of quality and subject matter when it comes to portraits, please feel free to apply.


The more help the group gets, the more quickly submissions go through which means we'll have more time to spend looking after the members of our group and not just the content. So please, if you feel you could be an asset to this group send us a note!


:bulletblue: Contest Ideas :bulletblue:
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Once we have the required amount of staff to handle our submissions we may even open a new contents with features and points to be given away. If you have an idea for a new contest feel free to let us know in the comments, it could be an emotion or a theme or something completely random.. we will consider them all :D



Thankyou for taking the time to read  - Kel.


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:bulletblue: Contrubitors Wanted :bulletblue:
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This group has got so large and we have so many submissions that we simply cannot keep up. Unfortunately this means we have had to now limit the amount of submissions to only 2 per month in each category (aside from the critique gallery which is still 1 per week).  It also means that because we have had so many submissions and have very little active staff that many submissions may have expired, you are free however to resubmit these portraits once again.

We are in serious need of some new reliable staff. If you would like to be a contributor in our group, please send a group note explaining why you think you would be helpful to our staff team.

We are looking for people who have a good sense of judgement, and that can spare some time every now and again to vote on incoming submissions. So if you think you are a good judge of quality and subject matter when it comes to portraits, please feel free to apply.


The more help the group gets, the more quickly submissions go through which means we'll have more time to spend looking after the members of our group and not just the content. I also want to make sure that it's not too long before our next contest begins. So please, if you feel you could be an asset to this group send us a note!

:camera: Group Donations. :camera:
If you would like to donate prizes or points for the group that will be used in future contests, please send a note, or go to the donate app on my page PlaceInTheDirt
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Thankyou for taking the time to read  - Kel.


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:bulletblue: Contrubitors Wanted :bulletblue:
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We are in serious need of some new staff, as the amount of members have grown a considerable amount and that means a lot more submissions are coming in. If you would like to be a contributor in our group, please send a group note explaining why you think you would be helpful to our staff team.

We are looking for people who have a good sense of judgement, and that can spare some time every now and again to vote on incoming submissions. So if you think you are a good judge of quality and subject matter when it comes to portraits, please feel free to apply.


YOUR FEEDBACK IS WANTED;


:bulletpurple: Submissions :bulletpurple:
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We're sorry for the amount of expired submissions, but our Photography folder has reached it's target size, and as most of you know we have made a new folder 'Photography II'
Submissions have therefore backed up and have become quite overwhelming, so if your submission has expired feel free to re-submit. Please do not submit any photography to the Digital Art section as it will more than likely be declined.


:bulletpurple: How can we improve? :bulletpurple:
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We often have over 300+ submissions a week, and 1,700+ members with only limited sized folders. It is very difficult to judge what is accepted and what isn't, but with a target size we have to be at least a little picky.
It also becomes impossible for staff to critique every declined images, which is why we send you a message to let you know about the critique folder (for members and staff to critique on each other) instead of being able to give you feedback.
The only way we could critique individuals when they are declined, is if we limit submissions a hell of a lot more, or if we vote on members joining based on the quality of their galleries.

What we would like to know is, how would you prefer the group to be run? Do you want it to stay the way it is, in order to keep your 2 submissions per category per week? Or would you like to see some changes with the expense of less submissions?

Your feedback is appreciated. Leave your comments here or send the group a note :)

I would like to start a new contest soon, but feel this is a priority. If I know the group is happy with the way things are run, or if we make the changes that are needed to keep everyone happy then I will discuss our next contest with the rest of the staff.


:camera: Group Donations. :camera:
If you would like to donate prizes or points for the group that will be used in future contests, please send a note, or go to the donate app on my page PlaceInTheDirt
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Thankyou for taking the time to read  - Kel.


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:bulletblue: Contrubitors Wanted :bulletblue:
:groups:

We are in serious need of some new staff, as the amount of members have grown a considerable amount and that means a lot more submissions are coming in. If you would like to be a contributor in our group, please send a group note explaining why you think you would be helpful to our staff team.

We are looking for people who have a good sense of judgement, and that can spare some time every now and again to vote on incoming submissions. So if you think you are a good judge of quality and subject matter when it comes to portraits, please feel free to apply.


MORE UPDATES

:bulletpurple: News Feature :bulletpurple:
You can see the latest feature here; Lust For Portraits - Article #2 where you can also see the winners of our first contest and a collection of portraits from our gallery.


:bulletpurple: Just a little notice :bulletpurple:
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It's becoming quite clear to me lately, since we've started a voting process and since we've limited the submissions to 2 a week per folder that it is a lot more difficult to please members. Some people keep re-submitting images everytime they are denied, some people submit their images to the wrong folders once they've reached their max. 2 images in the right folder, and some people are just plain rude to the staff! This is not acceptable. For a start, the max. 2 image rule is there for a reason, because we have become a large group with a lot of submissions and it will be impossible to get round to voting on everyone if you were allowed to submit more. Secondly, we will NOT be bullied into accepting your images, and members CAN be blocked from this group, so please keep that in mind before you make rude comments to staff members. They are taking their own time out of their own lives just to make sure this group runs smoothly, so please show a little more respect.

Sorry if that was a bit long, but some things just need to be pointed out. We have a Critique Folder, for anyone who needs it, so there really is not an excuse for rudeness when denied.


:camera: Group Donations. :camera:
If you would like to donate prizes or points for the group that will be used in future contests, please send a note, or go to the donate app on my page PlaceInTheDirt
:points:


Thankyou for taking the time to read  - Kel.


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WINNERS

:bulletblue: 'Anger' Themed Contest :bulletblue:
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Winner; Pink Inspired Rage by justtoocute

Runner Up; Pauiiiiiiiii... by omdot

A big congratulations to the Winners, who will be featured in the next news article among some of the best portraits from the group. Keep an eye open for our next blog which will contain the information regarding our next article.


MORE UPDATES

:bulletpurple: Staff Needed :bulletpurple:
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We are in serious need of some new staff, as the amount of members have grown a considerable amount and that means a lot more submissions are coming in. If you would like to be a contributor in our group, please send a group note explaining why you think you would be helpful to our staff team.

We are looking for people who have a good sense of judgement, and that can spare some time every now and again to vote on incoming submissions. So if you think you are a good judge of quality and subject when it comes to portraits, please feel free to apply.


:camera: Group Donations. :camera:
If you would like to donate prizes or points for the group that will be used in future contests, please send a note, or go to the donate app on my page PlaceInTheDirt
:points:


Thankyou for taking the time to read  - Kel.


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