SAVE THE GRAPHICS FORUM (=

Feel free to put this on your own blog ;D
These are the completely unofficially awesome graphics forums rules, to save the graphics forum and make it a better place for experienced and new artists in the making.
-and yes, I used a few ranting topics to help me make this :3

1. Click on ALL topics.
Most people go around clicking on their friends topics, and on peoples topics who they already know is a high quality artist. So look around at EVERYONES topic; you never know what art you might discover :3

2. Give em a boosteh.
We've all been through times when our topics rot away with only one or two posts on them. Boost up a rotting topic to make someones day. Take a moment to look at their art; and if you really dont know what to say, atleast give them a boost.

3. If you dont like it, dont rate it.
Seriously.. nobody wants to spend ages on a piece of art, just to have people giving them 0s, 1s and 2s out of 10. But don't lie to them either. Instead, write a short, happy message about how they can improve on their art and wish them good luck.

4. Use critiques.
Don't get all angry at someone who tells you how to improve. Rather than being convinced that your art is absolutely perfect, use critiques to make your art even better =D

5. Dont bug the graphic makers.
If they say that theyre only making one graphic, dont send them 10 begging maramails that they should make yours too. There are many other graphic makers that you can ask.

6. Everybody likes tips.
Making graphics isnt exactly the best way to make marapoints, considering it can take some people hours to make a good quality picture, only to gain a few k's of marapoints. So be generous and tip the person who is making you something, to encourage them to make more.

7. Price before you sell
Before you decide to sell a graphic, you should make a pricing topic first to see how much it is worth. This way, you arent ripping anyone off, and you wont get rude comments from people saying that 'your graphics suck and arent worth that much'

8. For gawds sake.. free is a bonus
If someone is making free graphics, dont critisize their work unless they want critisizm. Instead ask them to make you something...theyll be happy that somebody actually wants their graphics and you have nothing to lose. Even if the graphics in truth are pretty bad, dont discourage them from making them because they are after all free.

9. Join the stealing police
Remember what you have seen being sold from other members. If you see the same thing, or really similar thing, being sold from someone else, maramail the person who originally sold it. But dont go on a 'OMG REPORT THEM' rant, they might have permission to sell the graphics.

10. Encourage new graphic makers
Yes, we've all seen the people who do a 5 minute scribble on paint and save it as a .jpeg etc. Even if its seriously crap, in their eyes theyve just created a masterpiece... so go easy on them. Give them a couple of tips and tell them to keep practising, but dont overload them too much because they are only beginners.

If youve had the patience to read all that, then congratz xD If somebody doesnt follow these rules and says your graphics are 'OMGZ THAT LYK SO CRAP ANSD I JUST BARFED ALL OVER THA SCREEN WHWEN I SAW THAT' then dont take it to heart; just be glad that you have more class than they do :3