<h2>Creating Tags</h2>
<p>Anyone on AMS can create a new tag just by typing it in and hitting enter. (On mobile, use the simple editor to put the tag in the list.) We have a few simple guidelines:</p>
<h2>Rating tags</h2>
<p>The most critical tags. <b>All submissions require a rating tag.</b> See also the Objectionable Content tags, which are often associated with escalated ratings.</p>
<tt>Safe</tt>
<p>Images that are utterly and unquestionably Safe for work. Incompatible with <b>any</b> other rating tags.</p>
<tt>Suggestive</tt>
<p>Images with risqué or dark connotations, but no more than you might see in official works.</p>
<tt>Questionable</tt>
<p>Tasteful erotic content, or mild disturbing content.</p>
<tt>Explicit</tt>
<p>Outright sexual content, or outright horrifying content.</p>
<tt>Semi-Grimdark</tt>
<p>Use for images that earn their rating through their dark connotations, but which are not outright horrifying.</p>
<tt>Grimdark</tt>
<p>Use for images that have horror as a focus.</p>
<tt>Grotesque</tt>
<p>Use for images that display obscene degrees of violence, or the results thereof, or putrescent material.</p>
<h2>Artist tags</h2>
<p>Artist tags should begin with <tt>artist:</tt> followed by their <b>preferred handle</b>. We use all-lowercase for artist tags on AMS.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>artist:matt herms</tt> (goes by their real name)</li>
<li><tt>artist:bigdad</tt> (goes by a handle)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Original Characters</h2>
<p>Original characters should <b>always</b> begin with <tt>oc:</tt> followed by their name. Also consider adding the appropriate species tag as an additional tag.</p>
<p>Use a full name if you can find it, because there is a <i>lot</i> of potential for multiple people to use identical names over the years.</p>
<p>Do not add an artist name to a tag <i>unless</i> there is a clash.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>oc:ember the echidna</tt></li>
<li><tt>oc:angelia the jaguar</tt></li>
<li><tt>oc:hilda the hyena</tt></li>
</ul>
<h2>Objects</h2>
<p>Physical props should use the singular form.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>boomerang</tt></li>
<li><tt>loop</tt></li>
<li><tt>ocean</tt></li>
<li><tt>sunflower</tt></li>
</ul>
<h2>Actions</h2>
<p>Actions should use the gerund (-ing) form of the verb. This will keep an action being performed on the scene from being confused with something visible in the scene, and from characters who have that name.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>blushing</tt></li>
<li><tt>cooking</tt></li>
<li><tt>crying</tt></li>
<li><tt>flying</tt></li>
<li><tt>leaping</tt></li>
<li><tt>sleeping</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>If the tag must specify action being done to someone else, use the gender neutral pronoun instead of a gendered pronoun or a specific noun:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>carrying them</tt></li>
<li><tt>holding them</tt></li>
<li><tt>holding them back</tt></li>
<li><tt>looking at them</tt></li>
<li><tt>sitting on them</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>If the action is directed at <i>us</i>, use "viewer" in the tag:
<ul>
<li><tt>looking at viewer</tt></li>
<li><tt>pointing at viewer</tt></li>
<li><tt>reaching towards viewer</tt></li>
<li><tt>running towards viewer</tt></li>
<li><tt>talking to viewer</tt></li>
</ul>
<h2>Objectionable Content</h2>
<p>Tag any content that is often upsetting to users.</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>black sclera</tt></li>
<li><tt>blood</tt></li>
<li><tt>drug use</tt></li>
<li><tt>seizure warning</tt></li>
<li><tt>vulgar</tt></li>
</ul>
<h2>Creating Tags</h2>
<p>Anyone on AMS can create a new tag just by typing it in and hitting enter. (On mobile, use the simple editor to put the tag in the list.) We have a few simple guidelines:</p>
<h2>Rating tags</h2>
<p>The most critical tags. <b>All submissions require a rating tag.</b> See also the Objectionable Content tags, which are often associated with escalated ratings.</p>
<tt>Safe</tt>
<p>Images that are utterly and unquestionably Safe for work. Incompatible with <b>any</b> other rating tags.</p>
<tt>Suggestive</tt>
<p>Images with risqué or dark connotations, but no more than you might see in official works.</p>
<tt>Questionable</tt>
<p>Tasteful erotic content, or mild disturbing content.</p>
<tt>Explicit</tt>
<p>Outright sexual content, or outright horrifying content.</p>
<tt>Semi-Grimdark</tt>
<p>Use for images that earn their rating through their dark connotations, but which are not outright horrifying.</p>
<tt>Grimdark</tt>
<p>Use for images that have horror as a focus.</p>
<tt>Grotesque</t>
<tt>Grotesque</tt>
<p>Use for images that display obscene degrees of violence, or the results thereof, or putrescent material.</p>
<h2>Artist tags</h2>
<p>Artist tags should begin with <tt>artist:</tt> followed by their <b>preferred handle</b>. We use all-lowercase for artist tags on AMS.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>artist:matt herms</tt> (goes by their real name)</li>
<li><tt>artist:bigdad</tt> (goes by a handle)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Original Characters</h2>
<p>Original characters should <b>always</b> begin with <tt>oc:</tt> followed by their name. Also consider adding the appropriate species tag as an additional tag.</p>
<p>Use a full name if you can find it, because there is a <i>lot</i> of potential for multiple people to use identical names over the years.</p>
<p>Do not add an artist name to a tag <i>unless</i> there is a clash.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>oc:ember the echidna</tt></li>
<li><tt>oc:angelia the jaguar</tt></li>
<li><tt>oc:hilda the hyena</tt></li>
</ul>
<h2>Objects</h2>
<p>Physical props should use the singular form.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>boomerang</tt></li>
<li><tt>loop</tt></li>
<li><tt>ocean</tt></li>
<li><tt>sunflower</tt></li>
</ul>
<h2>Actions</h2>
<p>Actions should use the gerund (-ing) form of the verb. This will keep an action being performed on the scene from being confused with something visible in the scene, and from characters who have that name.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>blushing</tt></li>
<li><tt>cooking</tt></li>
<li><tt>crying</tt></li>
<li><tt>flying</tt></li>
<li><tt>leaping</tt></li>
<li><tt>sleeping</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>If the tag must specify action being done to someone else, use the gender neutral pronoun instead of a gendered pronoun or a specific noun:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>carrying them</tt></li>
<li><tt>holding them</tt></li>
<li><tt>holding them back</tt></li>
<li><tt>looking at them</tt></li>
<li><tt>sitting on them</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>If the action is directed at <i>us</i>, use "viewer" in the tag:
<ul>
<li><tt>looking at viewer</tt></li>
<li><tt>pointing at viewer</tt></li>
<li><tt>reaching towards viewer</tt></li>
<li><tt>running towards viewer</tt></li>
<li><tt>talking to viewer</tt></li>
</ul>
<h2>Objectionable Content</h2>
<p>Tag any content that is often upsetting to users.</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>black sclera</tt></li>
<li><tt>blood</tt></li>
<li><tt>drug use</tt></li>
<li><tt>seizure warning</tt></li>
<li><tt>vulgar</tt></li>
</ul>
<h2>Creating Tags</h2>
<p>Anyone on AMS can create a new tag just by typing it in and hitting enter. (On mobile, use the simple editor to put the tag in the list.) We have a few simple guidelines:</p>
<h2>Rating tags</h2>
<p>The most critical tags. <b>All submissions require a rating tag.</b> See also the Objectionable Content tags, which are often associated with escalated ratings.</p>
<tt>Safe</tt>
<p>Images that are utterly and unquestionably Safe for work. Incompatible with <b>any</b> other rating tags.</p>
<tt>Suggestive</tt>
<p>Images with risqué or dark connotations, but no more than you might see in official works.</p>
<tt>Questionable</tt>
<p>Tasteful erotic content, or mild disturbing content.</p>
<tt>Explicit</tt>
<p>Outright sexual content, or outright horrifying content.</p>
<tt>Semi-Grimdark</tt>
<p>Use for images that earn their rating through their dark connotations, but which are not outright horrifying.</p>
<tt>Grimdark</tt>
<p>Use for images that have horror as a focus.</p>
<tt>Grotesque</t>
<p>Use for images that display obscene degrees of violence, or the results thereof, or putrescent material.</p>
<h2>Artist tags</h2>
<p>Artist tags should begin with <tt>artist:</tt> followed by their <b>preferred handle</b>. We use all-lowercase for artist tags on AMS.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>artist:matt herms</tt> (goes by their real name)</li>
<li><tt>artist:bigdad</tt> (goes by a handle)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Original Characters</h2>
<p>Original characters should <b>always</b> begin with <tt>oc:</tt> followed by their name. Also consider adding the appropriate species tag as an additional tag.</p>
<p>Use a full name if you can find it, because there is a <i>lot</i> of potential for multiple people to use identical names over the years.</p>
<p>Do not add an artist name to a tag <i>unless</i> there is a clash.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>oc:ember the echidna</tt></li>
<li><tt>oc:angelia the jaguar</tt></li>
<li><tt>oc:hilda the hyena</tt></li>
</ul>
<h2>Objects</h2>
<p>Physical props should use the singular form.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>boomerang</tt></li>
<li><tt>loop</tt></li>
<li><tt>ocean</tt></li>
<li><tt>sunflower</tt></li>
</ul>
<h2>Actions</h2>
<p>Actions should use the gerund (-ing) form of the verb. This will keep an action being performed on the scene from being confused with something visible in the scene.</p>
<p>Actions should use the gerund (-ing) form of the verb. This will keep an action being performed on the scene from being confused with something visible in the scene, and from characters who have that name.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>blushing</tt></li>
<li><tt>cooking</tt></li>
<li><tt>crying</tt></li>
<li><tt>flying</tt></li>
<li><tt>leaping</tt></li>
<li><tt>sleeping</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>If the tag must specify action being done to someone else, use the gender neutral pronoun instead of a gendered pronoun or a specific noun:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>carrying them</tt></li>
<li><tt>holding them</tt></li>
<li><tt>holding them back</tt></li>
<li><tt>looking at them</tt></li>
<li><tt>sitting on them</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>If the action is directed at <i>us</i>, use "viewer" in the tag:
<ul>
<li><tt>looking at viewer</tt></li>
<li><tt>pointing at viewer</tt></li>
<li><tt>reaching towards viewer</tt></li>
<li><tt>running towards viewer</tt></li>
<li><tt>talking to viewer</tt></li>
</ul>
<h2>Objectionable Content</h2>
<p>Tag any content that is often upsetting to users.</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>black sclera</tt></li>
<li><tt>blood</tt></li>
<li><tt>drug use</tt></li>
<li><tt>seizure warning</tt></li>
<li><tt>vulgar</tt></li>
</ul>