The Art Portal on Newgrounds is a section which was added to the site in 2009 for uploading quality art.
It does not have a blam/protect system. Instead, it relies on a scouting system, where the visibility of a User's Art in the Portal relies on selection by other artists who have already been scouted. Users can vote on submissions, which now grants 2 XP. Users can favorite both Artists and Art submissions, and they can Review submissions. Once a submission has 5 votes, its score is publicly displayed. The unique bot for the Art Portal is I-BOT.
As with Games, Movies, and Audio, Art submissions can receive Daily and Weekly awards, as well as be Frontpaged, although Daily and Weekly awards are rarer to come across than other types of submissions, because voting is less frequent on Art.
Submitting Art[]
All registered Users can upload art through the Art Portal Page, which is shown on their own User Page. It is not shown on the Art Portal unless they are Scouted by other users.
Users can submit images up to 150 MB of the following formats: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, webp. They may categorize it as either 3D Art, a Comic, Fine Art, an Illustration, Pixel Art, or Other. This shows up in the published Submission. They must also rate their submission on a scale of E (Everyone) to A (Adult), as with the other Portals.
Optionally, commentary with up to 10 images and 3 embeds can be filled in. Submissions may also be checked as Finished Pieces (if unchecked, the submission will not appear in the Portal), to use a Creative Commons (CC) license, and to opt out of awards. Up to 12 tags may be provided.
Rules to submitting Art are similar to other Portals, e.g. no harassment, illegal content, unowned content (reposts), etc.
Scouting[]
Being Scouted[]
An artist can only be scouted once they have submitted four or more art submissions, which are displayed on their User Page. However, being scouted with under four submissions is possible. Even once scouted, artists can have their Portal status revoked (i.e. be 'pruned'), by an Art moderator, if the quality of their work declines or they submit work that breaks the Art Guidelines.
Scouting Others[]
All scouted users can Scout art they find on someone's user page, which is their personal recommendation of that art for the Portal. If a scouted artist is considered to scout too much poor or rule-breaking art, they risk losing their ability to scout (which is called being 'castrated').
A typical search for an artist's work.
It is possible to be re-scouted or regain one's scouting privileges.
History[]
Many Newgrounds Users have always had an interest in art. Occasionally, a submission to the Flash (now Movie) Portal was, in fact, an art still, and various threads have been used to display and work on art over the years before the team finally decided to create the Art Portal. Rob created the Art Portal, and it went online in 2009.
For a short period after the launch of the Art Portal, it was possible to win an exclusive Monthly Feature, which is now discontinued.