Rules and How to Join the PKMNathon

You are applying to be a prestigious POKéNAUTTo uphold your POKéNAUT HONOR, you must follow certain rules for this challenge.

POKéNAUT RULES:

1) You must draw ALL Pokemon (1-151 for now), IN ORDER. This isn’t a “do your favorite Pokémon then quit” project, this is A CHALLENGE.

2) There’s no time limit, but since it’s A CHALLENGE and your POKéNAUT HONOR is at stake, try to keep up with it!

3) You need to have QUALITY artwork for EVERY piece. Let’s face it, you can go to DeviantART any time, search for Pokémon, and find a sea of crud. This comm is about getting a bunch of awesome people together. Please put your best foot forward, in your application and beyond. If you’re unsure if your best is enough, check out what’s already posted. Can you equal or surpass it in quality?

Note:  If we decline your application, we cannot offer you any advice or tips for your artwork.  We receive a lot of applications, and we just don’t have the time to critique people’s work.  Sorry!

4) Conduct yourself with dignity and refinement. No swears (unless in the case of Seaking), no explicit sex/drug/violence talk OR imagery, and no harassing your fellow Pokénauts with slurs, insults or unsolicited critiques. Such behavior is grounds for POKéSHAME: A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH. Also banning.

We, the ELITE 4, also follow a code of conduct. 

ELITE RULES:

1) We vow to follow all guidelines that we subject members to.

2) We vow to combat drama, trolling, and harassment where we find it.

3) We acknowledge we are humans using subjective metrics such as “art quality” as criteria to judge submissions. Here is how we define “quality” for the purposes of POKéMONATHON:

  • Technical Quality. Is this piece pleasing to the eye? Is it executed in a style distinctive to the artist/not traced?
  • Comedic Quality. Does this piece elicit lols? Is the central idea clever? Does it put an unexpected and/or unique spin on the subject?

If EITHER or BOTH of these criteria is met, we consider a piece acceptable. Again, this is subjective, and we humbly ask members and applicants to accept that the ultimate decision is up to the tastes of the presiding mod or mods.


That said, here is how to applyFailure to adhere to these rules will result in rejection regardless of quality, as well as POKéSHAME: A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH. 

APPLICATION RULES:

1) Send applications to pokenautelite@gmail.comThis way we can keep applications private, and applicants don’t need a tumblr account just to apply (but they will if accepted).

2) Include your intended first image (your Bulbasaur). This should be executed in the general style AND at the base level of quality that you plan on upholding for all of your further posts. Artwork must be QUALITY as defined under the subjective metrics of ELITE RULE 3.

3) Include the URL to your latest artwork. This could be a DeviantArt gallery, art Tumblr, portfolio site, Flickr - any place where we can quickly and easily see work that you’ve made in the last 6 months. Make sure the link takes us as close to the actual artwork as possible - We have lives and don’t have time to dig through your website looking for the goods. Artwork must be QUALITY as defined under the subjective metrics of ELITE RULE 3.

4) Include your POKéNAUT NAME, and a short introduction, if you’d like. Names and optional introductions must adhere toPOKéNAUT RULE 4.

5) Conduct yourself in adherence to POKéNAUT RULE 4 in your interactions with the mods at all times during this process.

If you are NOT accepted, please double check and make sure you followed above application rules. We welcome you to go back to the drawing board and resubmit when you feel you’ve improved. We also welcome people to follow along with the challenge on their own blog. One need not be an HONORED POKéNAUT to participate, only to post to the group tumblr.


Once you have been accepted, we expect you to follow a few simple guidelines about posting:

1) As POKéNAUTS you will be able to post to the PKMNathon tumblr using your own tumblr account. We will not moderate posts unless things get out of hand.

2) Please tag all your posts with Pokémon number and name, and your name to facilitate search and tags. For example #skoolmunkee #001 Bulbasaur  Other tags are up to you, but please keep in mind the tag cloud will get awfully messy if people go nuts.

3) Only post your own PKMNathon entries. Do not use this tumblr for reblogs, “related” stuff, etc. 

4) A GENTLEMAN MUST NOT SPIT IN FRONT OF A LADY