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#AnimalsofTheWorld

Animal Lovers All Over the Globe

Joining & Submitting


Welcome to #AnimalsofTheWorld!

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If you're an animal lover, this is the place to be! Joining is quick and automatic. Submit your traditional or digital artwork to gain exposure or show off your photography to our 2,000+ watchers.

***We are not an elitist group, and welcome artists and photographers at all skill levels. However, we do have some standards, please see the rules about submissions below. If you're unsure about the rules of this group, don't hesitate to note the Founder or any of the admin team.***


Submissions to Our Gallery

Currently members can submit 2 deviations per folder, each week.
We hope you try to pick your best work when submitting.

:star: NEW :star:
Submissions to the "donors" folder by anyone other than a donor to our group will be automatically declined.

What we do NOT accept:
:bulletpurple: No humans in photographs, no faces, hands, fingers, etc.
:bulletpurple: No blurry or very grainy photos, please submit those with good focus.
:bulletpurple: No highly overexposed or underexposed photos.
:bulletpurple: No poor snapshots, photos must show that at least a little thought was put into it before taking the shot. We'd also prefer you do not submit similar photos of the same animal.
:bulletpurple: No clothes or jewelry. Realistic sculptures or figurines of animals are OK.
:bulletpurple: No DA Watermarks.
:bulletpurple: No cage bars showing in FRONT of the animal. We are OK with bars behind the animal or faded into the background.
:bulletpurple: No gory or bloody images including dead animals, no animal abuse, no photos or art of a sexual nature (in other words no mature content), and no vulgarity. We want to remain a nice, clean group for animal lovers.

If you would like to know why your submission was declined, simply ask us and we would be glad to explain!




Submissions to Featured

Our Featured folder is now closed to submissions and will be instead used for our monthly journal Features. The admin will choose their favorite photos or artwork based on the criteria below each month, and then those submissions will be moved to Featured. :)


Here are some of the things we look for in our Featured works:

Photographs
:bulletpurple: Clear, well-composed, and interesting.
:bulletpurple: Well-timed, exquisitely posed, beautifully captured with color, etc.

Artwork
:bulletpurple: Super realism, fine skills with details, and correct anatomy.
:bulletpurple: Great coloring abilities with awesome backgrounds.


Suggesting Favourites

Don't forget to suggest faves! If you see a nice photo or artwork, feel free to submit it to the group, either into our favourites or straight to the gallery. They only have to approve the request and it will be added.

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Gallery Folders

Old Contests for Viewing

Deviants

Affiliates

Our fellow affiliates! They are all wonderful and deserve a look. ;) Affiliates must have something to do with animals and have no mature or vulgar content.
:iconcatsfans::iconhugs-incorporated::iconwyld-art::iconlife-on-planet::iconphotographyarmy::iconpetloversofallkinds::iconzoophotographers::icondogsoftheworld::iconhorsegraphics::icondutch-photographers::iconanimalartclub::iconanimaliaenthusiasts::iconfoxartistsofda::iconanimalarena::iconrawnature::iconequine-photography::iconthe-vizsla::iconparrotsandbirdsunion::iconviewoftheworld::icondeer-lovers:

Donate Points

We appreciate all support to our group! If you would like to assist us at any time you can donate points to our pool. The points are used to maintain our Super Group status or for awesome contest prizes!

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Click [link]
to go straight to my personal profile, where you can donate. Unless you choose to be anonymous, your generosity will be listed and recognized! We will add your name to our special "Group Donors" folder! WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE THIS FOLDER IT IS OPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS ALIKE WHO HAVE DONATED POINTS.

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Announcements

A wonderful person dedicated to animals is part of something called "The Shelter Project" and you can help to support her cause by purchasing prints from her gallery. The deviant is `TeaPhotography and the folder is labeled "The Shelter Project- Cats and Dogs", which has all of the available prints for sale. The funds go to support The South Coast Humane Society. For more information go here.


"Tea" is also the Founder of :iconunframed-nature:, an awesome animal-loving group and affiliate that's been around a long time!

You can donate points to help out the group here.

April Features & Announcements

Fri May 10, 2013, 4:54 PM by *SilkenWinds:iconsilkenwinds:
Skin by `CypherVisor



Hi everyone! :wave: I do apologize once again for being late.  I am just finding less time to be online, especially with the warmer weather calling all photographers outside. ;)  But even more so, I spend too much time on a cpu, so I really must cut down.
My double apologies for no animal of the month, there really was just no time for it.

So without further ado, here are April's Featured choices, and congrats to all!
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Moderator- =SayonaraGoodbye :iconsayonaragoodbye: chose:













Co-Founder *WindInTheCoffeeCup :iconwindinthecoffeecup: chose:











Co-Founder *Enalla :iconenalla: chose:










Moderator ~panna-cotta :iconpanna-cotta: chose:











Founder *SilkenWinds :iconsilkenwinds: chose:
:wow: Very nice action shot, impressive!
- I'm a little biased with the squirrels, I know. But this is a great head-on shot, in the snow, and with the squirrel looking nonplussed about it all. :XD:
- I knew the second I saw this it was going to Featured. :love:
- I love really great shots of pets at play, and these two are adorable. They are looking right at each other and the focus on them is spot on, hence why I chose this one.
- No explanation needed here, is there? :heart:
- This is so absolutely amazing. The texture is wonderful, the poses are natural, and the wolves are just being wolves.  GORGEOUS.
- Marvelous depiction of the microraptor, and  I love the vivid autumn-like colors. :clap:
- This artist just leaves me breathless. WOW.
- The lighting on this is exquisite and impressive. The horse is gorgeous and the anatomy very well done. :trophy:
- Not only so amazingly realistic but the pose is very cool, the way the cat looks down and almost with a smug little grin. Plus those EYES...mesmerizing! :love:
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Group Announcements:
I am very sad to see Co-Founder Victoria :iconwhitetippedwaves: step down as an admin, she was AMAZING and helped me get this group started. I have no doubt she is in part hugely responsible for the success of the group, she helped me with designing and everything.
Thanks so much for all you've done Victoria, you are wonderful.  I'm glad you will be staying on as a member at least, anytime you need anything, you just ask!
:huggle:

New Folder:
I am proud to announce we will soon be starting a "Submission of the Month" folder, in which admin will choose our top ten choices for the month, and then members will vote via poll on which is their favorite!  That submission will get moved into the Folder and the deviant will get a little feature, or maybe some surprise points, who knows! ;)  This is just another way I hope to support our fellow animal-loving deviants on this website and get more views for their work.  :D
That's all for this month, everyone, and thanks for your support of this group! I hope you will continue to enjoy it as much as I love to run it.


Your Founder,
Ami :iconsilkenwinds:

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:iconphotocrafter:
Thank you kindly for the submission request.
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*SilkenWinds 17 hours ago  Hobbyist Photographer
:aww: Most welcome!
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:iconwyld-art-photography:
Hi,,,many thanks for the request!!!!!!!
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*SilkenWinds 17 hours ago  Hobbyist Photographer
You're welcome!
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*darkSoul4Life 3 days ago  Hobbyist Photographer
Thank you a lot for the submission request :)
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*SilkenWinds 17 hours ago  Hobbyist Photographer
Welcome :)
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*feigenfrucht May 5, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Huge thanks for the request :sun:
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*SilkenWinds May 7, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Most welcome :)
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:iconkatmary:
~katmary May 3, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thank you for the request :hug:
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*SilkenWinds May 7, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Welcome!
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