This may also be a good time to remind everyone (especially newcomers) of submission requirements for portraits, since the gallery hiatus has gone on for a while. The rules are listed in the FAQs at the top-right of every page, under General RPoL Information/Portraits FAQ.
The only update to the existing policies (of which I'm aware) is that submissions are now accepted for the first half of each month. You have until the 14th to send in your submission if you want it added during the current cycle; submissions received
after the 14th will be processed during the next cycle. Otherwise, everything listed in the FAQ is still valid, so please be sure to remember the following:
- You can make one submission per cycle. If you make more than one, only the first will be considered, and additional submissions will have to wait until the following month.
- Please only send in one image. If your email includes more than one image, I'll pick the one I like best to pass on for uploading. If you send more than three images, your submission will be rejected for the cycle.
- Do a quick check for duplicates before you submit, so that you aren't sending in something that's already there or that's too close to an existing image!
- You don't have to pre-edit your images or send a specific file type (although it's best to avoid .gif files); I'm more than happy to do it for you to the best of my ability. If you choose to pre-edit, portraits need to be 100 x 100 pixels and should be in .jpg format. Try to keep them 5kb or smaller (if you can't, I'll compress them).
- Don't send in submissions that include text anywhere on the image.
- Try to avoid images that are too closely cropped to the subject's face; portraits need to be square, at the end, so something with a rectangular shape might wind up with ugly borders.
- Be sure to insert your submission into your email (acceptable) or attach it as a file (best). Do not send links to images!
- Finally (and most importantly), put your RPoL username in your submission email! I cannot stress this one enough. It can be in your subject line or it can be in the body of the email, but it must be there. Submissions without a username attached are automatically rejected, and you'll have to try again next month. If you've already sent a submission in the last couple days, double-check that it includes your username and, if it doesn't, reply to the email chain to add that if you want your portrait processed this cycle!
One other, less important note: It's totally fine to suggest a specific gallery in which you want your submission to appear, but be aware that your portrait isn't guaranteed to show up there. It may get uploaded to a different part of the gallery for several reasons, so be sure to check any and all categories we list as having been updated at the end of the month to make sure you find yours (assuming it's accepted).
This message was last edited by the user at 04:33, Sat 12 Oct 2019.