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I am a new member but am more than willing to step in and help moderate. This subject is very important to me as I've come across more than a few images that are straight up child pornography.
RIP dead group! 
Anybody here? 
Porn is just art that people take sexual enjoyment in, at least when it's drawn.
I see the legitimacy of this group, but I'm fairly certain that posting porn on dA is not against the rules, and even if it were, porn is similar enough to artistically nude deviations, enough so that the freedom of expression is more important to maintain as opposed to the enforcement of rules.
I see the legitimacy of this group, but I'm fairly certain that posting porn on dA is not against the rules, and even if it were, porn is similar enough to artistically nude deviations, enough so that the freedom of expression is more important to maintain as opposed to the enforcement of rules.
I'd advise you to go back and read the rules. I'm also wondering if you might be confusing erotica and porn. I completely agree that erotica can be artistic and beautiful, but pornography, in my opninion isn't. I love erotica and literotica, I find them both beautiful and wonderful additions to the art world. However, pornography is not erotica and I've never come across pornography that I would consider artistic.
Let me just make your search easier and link you the specific rules that prohibits pornography on deviantart.
FAQ #565: You prohibit the submission of 'pornographic imagery'; what do you consider this to be?
Let me just make your search easier and link you the specific rules that prohibits pornography on deviantart.
FAQ #565: You prohibit the submission of 'pornographic imagery'; what do you consider this to be?
Ah, thanks. So they really don't want porn here. I honestly hadn't thought much of there being a difference between porn and erotica, but I suppose there is. I can see the legitimacy in making this group. However, more on the subject of opinion, I feel that considering all porn to be non-artistic is a bit much. There are plenty of elements in pornography (at least, the drawn kind) that one could consider artistic. I've met many artists with incredible art, and a lot of it is porn. Is it artistic in an erotic way? No, perhaps not. But I'll be damned if the style, linework, colors and other such features wouldn't be considered incredible simply because of the "unprofessional misuse" of sexuality.