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Oekaki Rules and Information
by Simon @ Mon Oct 01, 2012 12:13 am [Reply]

All rules regarding forum conduct, child-friendly content, and art use/creation also apply to the Oekaki, but there are also some specific rules that apply only to the Oekaki forums.

Oekaki Rules

Keep comments polite, helpful, and relevant to the artwork. Do not start discussions or debates. Critique is allowed if requested by the artist but insults are not welcome.
Make an effort to post your drawing in the correct board. Continued intentional misuse of the forum categories may result in disciplinary action. You can view descriptions of what each board is for in the forum index.
Don't spam the Oekaki. Your drawing should show intention and a modest amount of effort. We do not allow random scribbles, simple shapes, or empty/solid color canvases, nor should you post advertisements for trades, streams, or other threads. Covered drawings must still follow the oekaki rules and have art visible, even if they are WIPs.
Don't create Oekaki topics just to share art you've created elsewhere. Art drawn in another program should be posted in the appropriate board (example: non-Oekaki adoptable characters go in User-made Adoptables).
Don't make Oekaki drawings with just words or puzzles written on them. The Oekaki is for sharing artwork, not for displaying a written message or playing a forum game.
If using an editable you must follow the artist's rules. This may include leaving a signature/watermark layer on the final image, or may prevent you from selling colored-in versions as adoptables.
Don't post blank canvases in the contests board. Contests may be posted there only if you provide a recognizable lineart or relevant background for contestants to use in their entries. If you don't need people to edit something in particular, go to the Regular Art Competitions Board to create your topic. You can still make a rule that your contestants make their entries in the Oekaki boards if you prefer it that way. For more specific rules about contests please view this thread.
Specific rules apply to the the Adoptable boards on the Oekaki:
- The Oekaki is for making and sharing art in the Oekaki program. If you’d like to use another program to create your adoptables, please post them in user-made adopts or character design shops. “Cover adoptables” are not permitted, except for “milestone” adoptables in which case the cover must still follow Oekaki rules.
- You may sell Oekaki art/adoptables for CS pets/items/C$, allowed offsite currency, and dA points/real currency. Keep in mind that CS staff are unable to assist with transactions gone wrong involving other site currency or real currency.
  - Any real currency discussion must occur offsite; please link to where you can be contacted. Do not discuss real currency transactions on CS.
- Post your adoptables in the correct board. If you want to create just a few adopts, use the Adoptables 1: Independent/One-Off board. If you want to create a closed species, community, and intend to make many adoptables, use the Adoptables 2: Closed Species/Communities board.
- Follow the rules outlined by the adopt creator(s). Many species owners have their own rules that you must follow in order to successfully participate in their species, so be sure to read their rules before posting. CS staff may enforce a thread owner’s rules if necessary. Note that species rules may not circumvent our official site rules.
- All Adoptable Oekaki submissions must be judged no later than 1 month after their end date. Staff may intervene if the user fails to select a winner after 1 month. Failure to judge a contest after being reminded may result in a board warning.
- Users are bound to the species rules published at the time that the user receives the adopt. If a species owner adds a new rule, they cannot punish players for breaking the rule before it was added. This includes revoking or rehoming adopts. Updated adoptable rules apply only to adopts made after the rule was published.
- Paid-entry raffles are not permitted. You may not charge users for the chance to win something.
- Competitions with entries requiring artistic/creative effort must end with a winner. The promised prize (in this case the character design) must be awarded at the end of the contest to an entrant, so be sure you want to give the character away. You may only change your mind if there are no forms that meet the competition requirement.
- If you want to transfer your species to another player, then you will need to notify CS staff beforehand. More information on transferring thread ownership can be found here.

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Another Monster How Original
by Rocky Road Raccoon @ Tue May 28, 2024 8:26 am [Reply]

WHY IS IT SO HARD TO DESIGN A DESIGN SO I CAN TRADE IT FOR OTHER CHARACTERS OR DESIGNS :sob:
technically a redesign of one of my super old designs that never sold, like YEARS ago
however if anybody is interested in this baby feel free to offer!!

WinglessSeraph @ Tue May 28, 2024 9:33 am

These monster designs you've been making are so cool!! You have such a talent for designing

Rocky Road Raccoon @ Tue May 28, 2024 9:37 am

WinglessSeraph wrote:These monster designs you've been making are so cool!! You have such a talent for designing :D

Aww thank u! I've been admittedly sooo frustrated with my designs but it's nice to see people enjoy em anyhow!

ClarkG23 @ Tue May 28, 2024 9:40 am

Very pretty and slay :)

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Guy
by Rocky Road Raccoon @ Wed May 29, 2024 7:09 am [Reply]

Today is not a good day 👎
A dog x wolf x coyote x jackal with a moth theme [and probably green and yellow idk the color scheme]
They're not ufa!

Aldersnap @ Wed May 29, 2024 8:31 am

Sorry about your day but the critter is very cute! 💕🌱

Rocky Road Raccoon @ Wed May 29, 2024 8:46 am

Aldersnap wrote:Sorry about your day but the critter is very cute! 💕🌱

Thanks so much! It's okay, life goes on lol

moon deer
by Mellowmarsh @ Wed May 29, 2024 8:17 am [Reply]

which one of the eclipse deer was your favouritee

The Shattered one @ Wed May 29, 2024 8:19 am

This is one of my favorites all of them are cool!

cave dweller
by Romova @ Wed May 29, 2024 6:53 am [Reply]

working on backgrounds because they vex me.

whispering.smaug @ Wed May 29, 2024 8:09 am

dude all your art rocks!!! these dragon pieces you’ve been doing are spectacular

ItsAsher0 @ Wed May 29, 2024 8:13 am

This is absolutely gorgeous. I've never seen something so stunning and jaw dropping! The details and design is exquisite, the realism put into this piece is is amazing. This is so awesome to look at. This is so pretty <33

Hmm
by Mackiot @ Wed May 29, 2024 8:01 am [Reply]

I wanna draw here so bad but I hate using my mouse and it doesn’t like cooperating with my iPad 😭

Tea time
by Lola2013 @ Wed May 29, 2024 7:57 am [Reply]

Just some free time art fun

stars cats
by I Like Bees @ Tue May 28, 2024 5:29 pm [Reply]

doodled

galaxyy. @ Tue May 28, 2024 5:42 pm

THE SILLIES,,,,

literal.swag. @ Tue May 28, 2024 10:14 pm

STOP IT IM SO EMOTIONAL

espen. @ Wed May 29, 2024 4:27 am

THEYRE SO PRECIOUS :pleading:

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mourning dove
by Catfrog @ Tue May 28, 2024 2:34 pm [Reply]

not actually a mourning dove hehe, this is one of my not-cats!!! felt like drawing a lil' something :) but it wasn't so little... took me 2 hours. but it's not the "cat" that took so long 😅

COOLDOGOOO @ Tue May 28, 2024 2:40 pm

woah, this is really nice! i really adore your art <33 i love how fluffy this is, too <33

Catfrog @ Tue May 28, 2024 3:39 pm

COOLDOGOOO wrote:woah, this is really nice! i really adore your art <33 i love how fluffy this is, too <33

thank you :3 <3

Starryfox @ Tue May 28, 2024 8:46 pm

Fellow pce user spotted!!!! This is so cute <3 <3 <3

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ml,;
by bin @ Wed May 29, 2024 4:33 am [Reply]

hubtfuyi

Leslie Gets Pets
by gardog @ Tue May 28, 2024 5:32 pm [Reply]

My big boi Leslie getting some pets from a couple of kiddos <33

(featuring some focus blur)

jointedwishes @ Tue May 28, 2024 11:34 pm

oh my this is so cute i lvoe it

Tuxedo Mask @ Wed May 29, 2024 4:10 am

Ahh it’s so nice to see y’all’s art

MOLLY!! - for rocky :33
by COOLDOGOOO @ Wed May 29, 2024 3:40 am [Reply]

ITS MOLLY!!!

also please ignore how this is like, so out of season lol.

anyways , its molly! :3 i hope i drew her alright, lmk if i need to change anything <33

Rocky Road Raccoon @ Wed May 29, 2024 3:41 am

OMG BABYYYY AAAAH THANK U SMMM!! What the heck thank u for reall this is the cutest thing I've EVER SEEN!!!!
Also I love that it's out of season, looking at it made me feel cooler!

COOLDOGOOO @ Wed May 29, 2024 4:08 am

Rocky Road Raccoon wrote:OMG BABYYYY AAAAH THANK U SMMM!! What the heck thank u for reall this is the cutest thing I've EVER SEEN!!!!
Also I love that it's out of season, looking at it made me feel cooler!

EEE you are most welcome <333 and im so glad you think so!! <33
haha well at least that worked out- also partially due to the fact that she doesn't particularly enjoy running during the summers lol. i anyways like drawing snow better now i think lol

what was that noise !!
by ♥ mizu @ Tue May 28, 2024 6:49 pm [Reply]

okay guys i'm not joking and maybe i'm just sleepy even though i don't feel like it. but i was about to go to bed and i was just getting ready to turn off my computer when i thought i heard my dad calling me. i got a bit startled because it was 2:40 in the morning and he SHOULD be asleep rn. he went to bed at 12 and usually doesn't wake up til 7. i didn't say anything because he may've been talking to my mom or something, so i listened and i kept hearing him. it sounded like he was trying to get my attention. so i listened through my door and it stopped. i literally can't hear anything from his room but snoring. he's not up. my dad doesn't talk or walk in his sleep, and my mom is in the same room as him so it would've woken her up.

it's probably an auditory hallucination because i need to go to bed, but it's still weird. i don't have schizophrenia and haven't hallucinated before as far as i know but it's just.. odd? leaves a weird feeling. im gonna go to bed. goodnight guys

Infohazard @ Tue May 28, 2024 8:47 pm

Sometimes I feel like I can hear someone in the living room talking quietly but when I open the door I realize there's noone there, it always leaves me with an uneasy feeling too.
I don't have schizophrenia either so I guess it's normal? It has already happened quite a few times to me tho

♥ mizu @ Wed May 29, 2024 2:40 am

Infohazard wrote:Sometimes I feel like I can hear someone in the living room talking quietly but when I open the door I realize there's noone there, it always leaves me with an uneasy feeling too.
I don't have schizophrenia either so I guess it's normal? It has already happened quite a few times to me tho

Duuude that is so creepy!! I hate it when you think you hear people and there's just nothing there, it feels paranormal 😭😭 I'm not a religious person but I find ghost stories SO INTERESTING even if there's likely a normal explanation. Also sorry if my spelling is weird I'm on my phone xD

title
by Floofynewfy @ Mon May 20, 2024 5:34 am [Reply]

couldn't think of a title for this.

edit: FEATURED?! what?! thank you so much ahhhh <3

Herrings @ Mon May 20, 2024 5:45 am

this is awesome!!

arcadia. @ Mon May 27, 2024 6:57 am

so very gorgeous! c:

Stormbird @ Mon May 27, 2024 9:50 am

Love the sketchy look! Also, congrats on the feature! <3

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playful fella
by COOLDOGOOO @ Wed May 29, 2024 1:51 am [Reply]

yes i doodled again. anatomy is off i think, if anyone has some tips id appreciate it! <3

Rocky Road Raccoon @ Wed May 29, 2024 1:51 am

CUTIEEE I love it

COOLDOGOOO @ Wed May 29, 2024 1:54 am

Rocky Road Raccoon wrote:CUTIEEE I love it

eee tysm rocky!!! <3 means a ton to me ^^

Friends
by kurodani @ Sun May 26, 2024 6:38 pm [Reply]

Doodle while I try to become accustomed to the oekaki!!!!!!

It's a little boring, but that's ok. :lol:

Stormbird @ Sun May 26, 2024 8:01 pm

This is so adorable!! ><

Also, love the colouring, and the sketchy look, I've fallen in love with how you draw <33

arcadia. @ Mon May 27, 2024 6:58 am

Fr the cutest friends ever <333
I love your watercolor style!

kurodani @ Mon May 27, 2024 9:21 am

Stormbird wrote:This is so adorable!! ><

Also, love the colouring, and the sketchy look, I've fallen in love with how you draw <33

Thank you so much!!!!

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Hunter Hugs
by Rocky Road Raccoon @ Wed May 29, 2024 12:33 am [Reply]

Sunny isn't the most amused

fuyunofabuki @ Wed May 29, 2024 12:45 am

I want a hunter hug!!

Rocky Road Raccoon @ Wed May 29, 2024 12:59 am

fuyunofabuki wrote:I want a hunter hug!!

They're very warm!

Sunset beach.
by Meow-Cat @ Mon May 27, 2024 2:48 am [Reply]

^^ wrote:'Cause we could stay at home and watch the sunset'

Just a quick drawing of Quartz. ^^

arcadia. @ Mon May 27, 2024 6:58 am

this is so good! I love how you did the sky <3

Meow-Cat @ Mon May 27, 2024 10:36 am

arcadia. wrote:
this is so good! I love how you did the sky <3

Thank you! ^^

COOLDOGOOO @ Tue May 28, 2024 2:45 am

woah, this is super cool meow! i saw this earlier i promise but i forgot to reply ;w; i really like how you did the sun!! and super congrats on the really well-deserved feature! <3 youre really underrated tbh, this needs more likes! <33

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flappy wings
by Romova @ Tue May 28, 2024 6:33 am [Reply]

dragons are fun to draw. grumpy lizards with wings.

LunarGlare @ Tue May 28, 2024 6:34 am

holy cow, this deserves a dang feature imo

Loelya @ Tue May 28, 2024 6:35 am

I absolutely love the sheer scale of this thing (based on the bg details at least) - really cool lighting too!

Romova @ Tue May 28, 2024 6:43 am

LunarGlare wrote:holy cow, this deserves a dang feature imo

thank you <3

Loelya wrote:I absolutely love the sheer scale of this thing (based on the bg details at least) - really cool lighting too!

Thank you! hes a very big boy :)

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Not My Sunshine (colored) based on this drawing by Skiller
by Skiller @ Tue May 28, 2024 5:51 am [Reply]

Now that this is colored I have no excuse to avoid working on my manuscript. :,)

COOLDOGOOO @ Tue May 28, 2024 6:04 am

woah skiller, you never fail to astound me... this is gorgeous, i adore the way you do lighting every time... simply stunning. <33

Spiritstar3 @ Tue May 28, 2024 10:30 am

Love the blue

Stormbird @ Tue May 28, 2024 2:27 pm

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!!!

Absolutely gorgeous!! <33

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so what if
by Wildflower75 @ Tue May 28, 2024 3:56 pm [Reply]

i watched IF [the movie] today and i cried myself a river while doing so. and so after, following a logical sequence of events, my dad asks me the question "well, who was your IF?" and the answer to that question is this drawing: maybe my first few OCs, way before I developed their backstories and gave them stories, were meant to be my friends. Who knows what went on in my 12 year old mind? Perhaps if you watched the movie you may have also noticed a few nods to some of the lighting which stuck out to me. so my brain is very if oriented today; this is what happens when i enjoy a movie.

so much for using cool blues in this one. add layers were used heavily.

:(
by ♥ mizu @ Tue May 28, 2024 2:54 pm [Reply]

guys i know ive been making a lot of posts recently that look like vent posts and aren't but this is really, genuinely, a vent post. i'm so freaking sad. long story short in photography class i was taking a photo of a fluorescent exit sign and i guess my phone was too close to it and i think it overloaded my focus lens or something. it looked like this

so now my phone is fine but if i point the camera at a light (ceiling light, lamp, etc.) these weird vertical lines appear and move across my screen. they're faint but get darker the closer the camera gets to the light. my teacher said there's no way an led could damage my camera so easily since i only had it there for a few seconds, if that. but i know in my heart that something's wrong.

my dad is on a phone call with his friend right now and i need to tell him but i can tell he's in a bad mood. i feel so heavy and guilty and im crying i feel so freaking bad. it's not a chronic thing where there are always lines but it's the moral of it. i just got this phone. google says it'd only be $50 to repair but i still feel awful. i'm so proud and happy of my new phone and this happens. just so incredibly disheartened rn

Hypomania @ Tue May 28, 2024 2:59 pm

Aww, i'm sorry to hear that but maybe it's fine? i saw a post on the web say this:

Some lights such as LED's go on and off at the line frequency. Electronic shutters scan the sensor slowly, so you can see banding as the lights flicker.

and another say this:

There is nothing wrong with the camera. Weather it is more common in some phone or not is entirely dependent on the lighting conditions. If you want to avoid banding in pictures use as much natural light as possible, avoid florescent/led lights if possible, incandescent lights are fine, or not take a picture so close to the light source.

either way, i hope you feel better soon

♥ mizu @ Tue May 28, 2024 3:18 pm

Hypomania wrote:Aww, i'm sorry to hear that but maybe it's fine? i saw a post on the web say this:
Some lights such as LED's go on and off at the line frequency. Electronic shutters scan the sensor slowly, so you can see banding as the lights flicker.
and another say this:
There is nothing wrong with the camera. Weather it is more common in some phone or not is entirely dependent on the lighting conditions. If you want to avoid banding in pictures use as much natural light as possible, avoid florescent/led lights if possible, incandescent lights are fine, or not take a picture so close to the light source.

either way, i hope you feel better soon

i'm hoping so incredibly hard that it's just that. there's a hurricane warning rn and it's super cloudy so i can't go out and see if it's affected it in normal lighting but i guess that'll be the true test. it's also not doing it in every light so.. maybe it is that? but it wasn't doing it before. that's the thing that kills me. my dad doesn't understand at all and just got angry and frustrated so he's no help. but if there truly is something wrong i will take it into the phone guy

gardog @ Tue May 28, 2024 3:49 pm

Sorry if this is something you thought about already, but it could be the shutter speed of the camera on your phone.

I've seen video cameras with similar issues that just needed an adjustment in shutter speed according to how fast the particular light flashes (the lines you're seeing could be flashing that's too fast to see with the naked eye) or strobes on the camera. Sometimes you can also adjust the lighting on the camera to fix the issue of the flashing, but it can mess with the quality of the image.

This is just me speaking from my own experience, although I've never had to actually change my own shutter speed manually (that I remember).

Still, taking your phone to an expert may be more of a help than anything else. At the very least, they can show you how to change the settings of your phone so that it can take images more proficiently. /positive

Regardless, I know you'll find a solution! It sounds like you're enjoying photography, so things will work out in one way or another. Everything will be okay <3

mlp base update pt 2 based on this drawing by ♥ mizu
by ♥ mizu @ Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:35 am [Reply]

just gonna add everyone who requested to be added ^^ just a heads up that not everything is labelled so it may be confusing. also i'm not done colouring a few layers so if you wanna try to you can!

update: i have everyone i need to be added :)

COOLDOGOOO @ Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:36 pm

mark! will try in a while <33

Hawk WillowWatcher @ Wed May 15, 2024 7:31 am

First time I saw a base made by you I love it! Could I be added? Thank you!

Hawk WillowWatcher @ Fri May 17, 2024 12:19 pm

.

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mlp horse based on this drawing by ♥ mizu
by The Cure @ Tue May 28, 2024 9:39 am [Reply]

base Forum/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=4948196
idk what to do with them probs wont keep

belongs to Forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=214538

Búko @ Tue May 28, 2024 11:02 am

they're so cute!!

L1V1D @ Tue May 28, 2024 11:50 am

I love them omg what a cutie

aureliovoltaire @ Tue May 28, 2024 11:50 am

oh my goodness if you take pets 4 em i could offer a rare or two QvQ

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Test Again based on this drawing by ItsAsher0
by ItsAsher0 @ Tue May 28, 2024 5:32 am [Reply]

Pulled a few more wings of fire ocs from video games and my old journal lol

I don't like how this turned out but I think I captured their image pretty well-
Everyone saw the top 3 dragons so I'm introducing a few others :3
(Also renamed melancholy)

If anyone can guess what hybrids the new dragons are I'll draw your WoF oc.. probably not whole body though because I can't draw dragons that well clearly

Aspen is Albino, so it's pretty covered up besides one trait.

LunarGlare @ Tue May 28, 2024 6:21 am

sahara mudwing/sandwing?
atticus skywing/I wanna say raining or mudwing because the colored stripe

ItsAsher0 @ Tue May 28, 2024 7:42 am

LunarGlare wrote:sahara mudwing/sandwing?
atticus skywing/I wanna say raining or mudwing because the colored stripe

Close! Sahara is part sandwing, and Atticus is part mud wing! So very close :3

LunarGlare @ Tue May 28, 2024 7:46 am

ItsAsher0 wrote:
LunarGlare wrote:sahara mudwing/sandwing?
atticus skywing/I wanna say raining or mudwing because the colored stripe

Close! Sahara is part sandwing, and Atticus is part mud wing! So very close :3

Hm... okay, 2nd guess (if that's allowed LMAO)

Sandwing/Seawing....? the curved "fin"like shape and the dots under the eye lead me to believe that, interesting mix if so!

Nightwing/Mudwing then? Darker color pallet, dark grey eye whites.. (this one is 100% a guess LOL)

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