Hello, we just recently had a recruitment for members to help us vote for incoming photos, but it seems as though we have gotten a lot of expired submissions because a few of our members are not very active at the moment. We are currently looking for 1 or 2 more people who are active daily or generally active 3-5 times a week.

If you are interested, please comment below. We are very strict with many submissions, so we please ask that you re-read the rules and determine if you think your eye is good enough to keep our group "up-to-snuff." We will take a look at your profile to help determine if your favorites and submissions provides us with how well your good eye is for selecting pictures! Thank you so very much!
~RachniQueen

Any questions or concerns, please ask below. (: We do not bite!
Good day, everyone : )

Thankfully, we were able get some new contributors into DecorusCosplay, so we're hoping to bring the group back to life in a pinch!

We stated we were in need of at least 3 new members in the moderating team, but we managed to add a total of 5.

We greatly appreciate the help all of the applicators offered, however, we could only accept a few. Please note that it was also given priority to the ones who applicated for the position first.

With that being said, let's all give a warm welcome to our brand new contributors!

They are:

:bulletblue: Rei-Suzuki
:bulletorange: simakai
:bulletblue: RachniQueen
:bulletorange: AuthenticEm
:bulletblue: Avrasil

We honestly hope you enjoy to be part of our team! : )

~ NexitahInnocentLover
Hello and good morning, fellow members : )

As you may have noticed, DecorusCosplay has not been displaying much activity lately. This happens because most members of our team of contributors have been busy with important life matters or ,sadly, have quit Deviantart itself and the world of Cosplay.

Due to that, a great number of fantastic picture submissions are expiring everyday, since they cannot acheive the required number of votes to be accepted (or declined) into the group.

With that being said, I am writing this blog entry to alert you guys that we are now recruiting at least 3 new active contributors.

Anyone who is interested may apply for the position we are offering, but please do keep in mind that we will take a look at your profile first, just to make sure you have a good eye for selecting pictures combined with the high standards DecorusCosplay has always required.

It is also required that the applicators read the rules and become well aquainted with them before actually applying, so that they know what they will be doing once in our team : )

We wish you all good luck!

~ NexitahInnocentLover
I would like to thank everyone of you for your support on :icondecoruscosplay: and our admins are very happy! :)

We'll work even harder to keep up the image of our group!
BUT, we'll need the co-operation of all of everyone. ^ ^

I'll like to reinforcement some rules and tell you guys which photos isn't a good idea for submission to this group :).

Key::bulletgreen:Accepted  :bulletred: Declined

Head shots: Despite the rules that photos that show only their face will be declined, lots of people are still blindly submitting head shot photo. I've decided to close an eye on them.
If your head shot is able to portray the character's feeling and tell a story from it, we'll accept it.
Example: :bulletgreen: vickybunnyangel.deviantart.com… rainertachibana.deviantart.com… :bulletred: grayfoxwraith.deviantart.com/a… allyxcat3.deviantart.com/art/T…

Little/No make-up Effort??: This topic have come to a concern as we are trying to improve the standard of our group. We used to let this slip pass , but now , if we do not see the effort put in for your make up, Head shot ~ Waist level photo will be rejected, as for below waist ~ scenery shot, it'll be for our admins to decide during voting.
Example: :bulletgreen:colicade.deviantart.com/art/Ba… :bulletred:  mimitakashi16.deviantart.com/a… shewon.deviantart.com/art/Vong…

Costume quality: We are o.k with non-selfmade costume , but if you dont wear it neatly or properly, we can't accept it too. Especially when people don't trim their own wig and let it cover more then half of their face.
Example: :bulletgreen:yuuri-k-sama.deviantart.com/ar… lenore-eeva-leena.deviantart.c… :bulletred: yamikoss.deviantart.com/art/Li… pikabellechu.deviantart.com/ar…

Background/Forground: We do not accept convention shots as well as unmatching background/foreground with the corresponding character you are cosplaying.
Example: :bulletgreen:federicadn.deviantart.com/art/… miyoaldy.deviantart.com/art/Gi… :bulletred: valvolt.deviantart.com/art/Rob… tomtomcaty.deviantart.com/art/…

Image quality: Must i say more?? No grainy , blurry , self shot, costume test shot, etc.
Example: :bulletgreen: shiroang.deviantart.com/art/Ho… arishigeaiko.deviantart.com/ar… :bulletred: kicky-chan.deviantart.com/art/… stephodell.deviantart.com/art/…

Character Mixing: Please avoid submitting group photos with cosplayers from more than 1 anime , mixing different version of characters all together and duplicated characters unless it make sense.
Example: :bulletgreen: bakasteam.deviantart.com/art/P… :bulletred:magister-magi-kairi.deviantart… demoisellecourtoisie.deviantar…

Portraying your character: It's great to see people putting in effort and blending in with their own character, but don't go overboard if you wanna submit them.
Example: :bulletgreen: sophie-art.deviantart.com/art/… liquidcocaine-photos.deviantar… :bulletred: thegajeholic.deviantart.com/ar… yuhsukechiohara.deviantart.com…

Photoshop/Edits: We accept photoshopping of own photo, but we do not accept OVER-photoshopping or imperfect(edgy cuts/bad rendering) photoshopping...same rules apply for any other editing programs.Also, try to avoid monochrome photos as we love to see every detail of your art.
And if you happen to add words to your work, only watermarks, anime logo and narration are allow. We might close one eye on wishes eg "merry xmas , happy v.day" etc, but no word bubble or speech. [We'll try to open a few new folders for them]
Example::bulletgreen: yasuukun.deviantart.com/art/Ao… godling-studio.deviantart.com/… :bulletred: rinakiiro.deviantart.com/art/A… akashiyayuni.deviantart.com/ar…

Other admins may have other point of view from me, but all of our idea's should be roughly there. ^ ^
The photos up there are merely an example of the standard of our group and i hope you guys will do you best to maintain the group's standard.
Guy,work hard and have fun cosplaying and hope to see your submission soon~ :heart:

Note to admin: If you guys wanna add in anything, tell me. I somehow feel that something is missing or if you guys spot any grammer error or so, tell me or edit it for me, my english is horrendous ^ ^...
As you might already found out, here we showcase the most beautiful cosplay outfits and photos around the world. Everyone is free to watch us, but we'll be giving special attention to upcoming "join requests" since this group is for the highest quality cosplayers. Not every photo needs to be a masterpiece to be accepted in the group. With that being said, we aren't kicking anybody out, so if you're already a member don't worry.

After some discussion between the administrators we feel that we should be a bit more diligent in evaluating join requests in keeping with this club's mandate. All of you are probably used to us declining gallery submissions if they don't meet the rules and guidelines, well the same concept is going to be applied to those who wish to join as a member.

This means that someone from the admin will actually go to your profile and look through your gallery. We are looking for the following things:

:bulletblue: You are a cosplayer or a photographer
If we don't see any cosplay in your gallery, then that's an automatic no. However appreciators of the cosplay artform are more than welcome to watch this group.

:bulletblue: Your cosplays and/or photos are relatively decent
This is the most subjective point and needs a bit of explanation. We aren't looking for you to be MASTER cosplayers with PERFECT costumes, but if you generally look good and the photos are good we'll more than likely accept you. If you are doing sloppy closet cosplay and are taking pictures of yourself with a webcam/in the bathroom then we probably won't accept the request.

We suggest you go through the group's gallery and get a feel for the kind of submissions we take, and then ask yourself if you can contribute to that.

I think I'm a good cosplayer and I have nice photos, but why did my join request get declined?
There are different administrators, and some of us may be more critical than others. If you think you got declined without a good reason, then feel free to note the club and the founder/co-founder will personally look into your case.

If you got declined then that's just encouragement for you to do better! We want members to continue to feel like it's an honor/achievement to be a part of this club.

We hope that everyone understands the direction this club is trying to go in ^^