Hello everyone. On behalf of myself and ^MissShyly I welcome you to our first Artistic Nude Gallery update for July 2007. We are just getting underway and there isn’t going to be a whole lot to report just yet. However, I wanted to introduced your new gallery directors and touch base with you all. We are both very excited at the challenges ahead for the gallery and are looking forward to serving the community. If you have any questions please feel free to note either of us and we will try to help you with anything we can.



It is certainly my hope that we can educate the community on properly placing their deviations. As with some of the other new Gallery Directors a great deal of my time in the first week plus has been dedicated to relocating deviations that do not meet the requirements of the Artistic Nude gallery. Many of these miscats seem to be just mistakes in placement while others seem to have been purposefully put into the gallery. It is this last category that I want to address most. In the coming weeks I am going to try and clarify policies that pertain to the Artistic Nude gallery. I know there seems to be a lot of confusion, not only about what is a policy violation and what is not, but also where exactly artistic nudes can be placed. So, I will work with the appropriate people to try to get this cleared up for you. Hopefully, these steps will help in aiding the proper placement of deviations within the gallery.


I am currently seeking feedback for Artistic Nudes. If you have any thoughts on ways to improve the gallery, please send me a note. As one of the more difficult galleries that can come under fire a great deal, I am very interested in your thoughts on ways to improve the image of the gallery. Of course there are many who still view nudes in a negative light - maybe, together, we can change a few minds. So please, send me any thoughts you may have. I am very interested to hear what you have to say.


Please send your DD suggestion to myself or ^MissShyly. As you may have read from other gallery directors, there have been some changes in the criteria in that it is not so strict. Favorites, no favorites - popular, unpopular…it is all fair game. Personally I am encouraging people to think outside the box with their suggestions to me. Find works that are unusual that we do not see everyday. We have all seen the wonderful and beautiful studio nudes time and again. They are breath-taking to be sure. However, I would like to see shots that are driven more by emotion and story with a grittier and harsh style. If you come across anything of this nature I would like to see it.


There will be contests coming soon. I will give details as soon as hey are available.







That is about it for now. Remember, feel free to contact myself or ^MissShyly if you have any questions or suggestions regarding Artistic Nudes.