ArtistDB Submission Guidelines

Updated on Thursday, May 29, 2025

The Guidelines are subject to change.

Welcome to the ArtistDB submission process. To maintain the integrity and quality of our database, all artist submissions undergo thorough verification by our team. Please review the following guidelines carefully before submitting.

Submission Rules

1. Visual Artists Only: This database is exclusively for visual artists. Musical artists are not eligible for submission.
2. Authenticity:
   • Submit only real, existing artists
   • All required artist data fields must be completed when submitting.
3. AI Art Policy:
   • AI artists are not eligible for submission
   • Artists who have recently incorporated AI tools may be submitted but will be reviewed and potentially marked in a Artist Notices if necessary
4. Group/Collective Submissions:
   • For artist groups or duos, submit each member as a separate entry
   • Include clear references to their collaborative work on description or aliases
5. Artist Aliases:
   • Submit one primary entry per artist
   • Include all known aliases in the artist's data
   • Do not create separate entries for different aliases
6. Social Media Requirements:
   • At least one active social media link
   • Links must be current and accessible
   • Links must have either user ID or username or handle in the URL
   • Links cannot be duplicate or redirect to the same URL
     (twitter.com/artist1 ✅ - twitter.com/intent/user?user_id=1234567890 ❌)
7. Duplicate:
   • Check existing entries before submitting
   • Artist with the same aliases or name cannot be submitted
8. Content Guidelines:
   • Ask permission before submitting artist when showing their showcase media
   • NSFW tags/content must be properly flagged
   • Respect artist privacy and copyright
9. Privacy Protection:
   • Do not submit private contact information (addresses, phone numbers, emails)
   • Only include information that is publicly available or explicitly authorized or have been told/confirmed by the artist themselves.

Artist Notices

The Artist Notices list includes artists who have been found to:

• Use AI assists (Heavily) or pure artwork generation with minimal effort.
• Engage in criminal activities
• Plagiarism or tracing
• Violate other guidelines
• Other reasons

This list serves to:

• Maintain historical records
• Provide transparency about our & community decisions

Artists will be:

• Clearly marked on the website
• Citations explaining the notices will be provided
• In rare cases subject to a 7-30 day removal process if requested by the artist for privacy concerns or other reasons