Well it seems that the great Naruto character piece removal seems to be slowing down now. I first want to thank everyone for your support! I will be responding personally to your comments shortly. I have been doing research into the problem and I have been working the DA to determine the fate of my pieces. So far I've been promised that one of my pieces will be returned to my gallery with all its stats intact. As for the fate of the rest of them . . . it is still undetermined. So for now I will share what the mod has said and my response to the mod.
------------------------------- Moderator Response -------------------------------------------
Hi there, thank you for contacting deviantART, I will be assisting you with your support ticket.
I've checked the records associated with the deleted works and I can see that the reason they were deleted was due to the fact that the characters depicted come from an established series and in that series they are primarily portrayed as being under the age of eighteen(18).
Our rules prohibit established underage characters from being depicted in any sort of nude, erotic, "sexy", or sexual manner and all instances of these depictions are removed immediately as they come to the attention of the staff. There is no kind of aging up, alternate universe, mature content or artist comment that makes the submission of this kind of material acceptable to deviantART.
This includes, but is not limited to, the character being depicted: in underwear, revealing clothing, nude but censored, with enlarged breasts/buttocks, posed so that the main focus is the breasts, buttocks or genitals, or engaging in acts of sado-masochism and bondage.
You can find more information on our restrictions for the use of these characters at the FAQ located here;
[link] I have restored
[link] as it is currently acceptable, however the other images are outside of policy.
If you have any questions please let me know.
Regards
Dom P.
Copyright & Etiquette Administrator.
deviantART, Inc.
[link]-------------------------------------------------- My Response to the Mod -------------------------------------------
Thank you for your response.I appreciate you taking time to help further explain the removal of some of my work from this site. With that said, I would like to gain further understanding, as the result of this removal is having an extreme negative effect on my gallery. The protection of underage children on the internet is a paramount concern which I wholeheartedly agree with. To that end, illustrations, film, sculpture etc forms of media should be subject to review. Though Deviant Art has shown some works that I personally found to be pushing the line, it has done a wonderful job in filtering as a whole. All that aside, I feel that your rule for FAQ 248 stating: "Attempts to portray a fictional underage or child character as an "adult" in order to avoid these restrictions will not be allowed under any circumstances." is written in bad taste is stifles the creativity of your members. A blanket rule like this does not allow for your members to creatively explore a future for their beloved characters. You have talented moderators who can review pieces with common sense and clearly know when a rule is being circumvented for the sake of exploitation. My pieces do not intend to circumvent FAQ 248 nor do they show anything beyond what the industry owned story is putting out there as official artwork (please see attached file). According to your generalization of the FAQ above, my pieces can only be guilty of "revealing clothing". How is that an offense when the show and manga itself provide images like this. I have even tried to age the characters, despite DA's feelings that this is unacceptable. But it is here that I ask you to utilize your wonderful moderator staff and make judgement calls. My pieces were illustrated to show a fully mature body, not under-aged characters with breasts for the sake of exploitation. Since its upload to Deviant art in 2007, "Hinata Sexy" has received over 200,000 views. My entire gallery put together barely meets that. I would be happy to remove the word "sexy" from the title and to that end add a mature content filter but removal of this piece after 4+ successful years on your site is simply ludicrous. Deviant Art has been a wonderful place for me to learn and share my art and I can honestly say that I've grown as an artist because of it. However, if Deviant Art can't grow with me to accommodate my creativity to age characters then I feel Deviant Art may be falling behind its user base. Please simply explain to me how the rule "Attempts to portray a fictional underage or child character as an "adult" in order to avoid these restrictions will not be allowed under any circumstances." was arrived at, and how its meaning doesn't hinder my creativity as an artist. If the end goal is to protect the exploitation of under-aged characters, then isn't the attempt to age the characters in a realistic fashion enough to cancel that exploitation? I suppose in short, I feel like I haven't submitted any work that isn't equally "scandalous" available through official merchandising. I think a second look at the work I've lost will reveal no deliberate attempt at under-aged character exploitation, but instead show a creative look into a fiction future of some of DA's most beloved characters. As DA says on its about page, "deviantART was created to entertain, inspire, and empower the artist in all of us."
Despite today, I have truly loved my time here on Deviant Art. Thank you for your continuing support in this matter.
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So that's that. Thank you again for all your support everyone! I'll keep you all apprized of how it turns out.
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