There are many types of services users have made available on Menewsha. Here's a general guide of where you can find certain types of commissions or start your own shop.

Art Shops Main Forum: If you plan to buy or sell custom commission art (digital or traditional media) with a set amount of slots for a bribe or set price.

Art Auctions: If you plan to buy or sell custom art of any genre that will be bid on by users. Threads may be used one time or repeatedly depending on the thread operator's wishes.

Art Requests: If you are seeking artists to draw your requests, please post your requests here. Multiple threads are allowed, as long as each thread is for a unique request.

Art Contests: If you are planning to host or participate in an art contest with prizes.

Art Freebies: If you are looking to create or receive custom art for free.

Breedable/Changing Pets: If you are planning to buy or sell pets that evolve or can be bred with other pets to create new offspring, this is where to go.

Pricing/Assistance: If you are planning on opening a shop and would like to price your wares or you are recruiting for a group auction, please go to this area.

Currently, it is against the rules to accept any other payment other than Menewsha gold currency and/or Menewsha items for services users provide on the site.

You may not accept:

• Real life currency, items, or favors
• Any other online currency or items from any other site than Menewsha.com (such as Gaia, et al)

You are allowed to request:

• Art of your menewsha/other site avatars
• Art of your original or roleplay characters
• Fanart of established characters
• Banners and other graphics for menewsha related use (signatures, shops, hangout threads, etc.)

You are not allowed to request:

• Banners and other graphics for commercial sites

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First, start a trade by clicking the Trade link on the top navigation bar.



On your trade index, type in the username of the user you want to trade with.



Select a single item and make sure it has a check mark on the top right of the item box. It really doesn't matter which item you choose. Click Start Trade after you are done.



In the next window, enter the amount of gold you wish to add to the trade. Make sure it says add in the dropdown box beside it. Press the Add button. Alternately, if you wish to remove an amount of gold from the trade, enter the amount you wish to remove, click the dropdown menu and choose subtract.



Next, click the big X by the item you've added. This will remove the item from the trade.



Your trade should look something like this if you've done the previous steps. Item free and loaded with gold.



One your trade partner adds items or send your art, accept the trade if everything looks correct.



Congratulations! You have just sent gold through a trade.

Adobe Photoshop - Adobe Photoshop is an all in one digital art suite that includes tools for both creating art digitally and enhancing/cleaning up traditional media art digitally. The newest version costs approx. $700US.

GIMP - The GIMP is an all in one digital art suite that includes tools for both creating art digitally and enhancing/cleaning up traditional media art digitally. It is free.

Microsoft Paint - Microsoft Paint is a simple digital art program that comes free with Microsoft operating systems.

Corel Painter - Corel Painter is a digital illustration suite that caters to the creation of digital art. Its price range is around $399US.

Open Canvas - Open Canvas is a digital illustration suite that caters to the creation of digital art. Its price range is generally around $60US to $80US(dependent on Yen to Dollar conversion).

On the Windows platform, right click the image and use the "Save Image as..." option. A pop-up box will appear and ask where you'd like the image to be stored on your computer and also allow you to change the name of the image file (if desired).

On Macs, press the Ctrl key + mouse click to find the "Save Image as..." option.

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Firstly, your image must be in a web-friendly format such as jpeg, gif, png, etc., otherwise, it may not display on your browser.

Next, you'll need a host for your image. Menewsha does offer a small amount of image hosting through your albums (found in your profile). Many users also use Photobucket, Tinypic, and Imageshack or their own webhosting (among other places available).

Once you have your file ready for upload, depending on the service you choose to host it, there will an upload box available. They look like this:



Click "Browse." Find the image file on your computer hard-drive, and press "Open."

The path to your image file should be in the Browse field box. When done, use the "Upload Pictures" button to begin transferring the file to the online server.

If every uploads correctly, you're done! Viola!

If something does go wrong, it could be one of many issues:

• File Size (kb)
• Image Resolution Size (px)
• File Type (jpg, gif, png, etc.)
• File Corruption
• Internal Host Error
• Internet Connection Issues

The absolutely best method to transfer your work onto your computer is by a scanner. If you do not own a scanner, the second best alternative is a digital camera. The problem with using a digital camera is that distortion from the angle of the shot and the light source(s) in the area may cause color and shape shifts in your final digital image.

A "gross misrepresentation", in this sense, is when a sample provided in a shop or auction is far higher in quality than what the artist produces to the commissioner. It is not allowed since it is deception.



If you think that an artist is using gross misrepresentation , please use the (!) button (report button) at the bottom right of the post with the sample. Please also provide a link to the finished work. It will be left to the staff's discretion to determine if it is true.

No. All artists/service providing users must have an account on Menewsha to do business here.

In the case of group auctions/shops, it is alright for only one or more artists in the group to host the thread but, again, all artists participating must have a Menewsha account.

Please do not. This is terrible etiquette and depending on how you phrase or approach things, may possibly be punishable with an infraction.