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The '''Art Guidelines''' is a set of guidelines for drawing polcompballs and icons, and are the official means of drawing them.

== Drawing Polcompballs ==

=== Steps ===

# Draw a ball; don't use the circle tool, the ball looks bland when used. Draw a triangle, cube or clover if it is represented as such.
# Draw on what's represented on the ball. If it predominantly uses black, don't use pure black (#000000); instead, use a slightly lighter shade like #141414, or #191919.
# Draw two eyes on the balls. The eyes should be purely white unless the ideology explicitly has pupils like [[File:Ingsocf.png]] [[Ingsoc]]. Use a singular eye, differently colored eyes, etc. only if it is meant to be represented as such.

You're done!

=== Do NOT ===
Do NOT use them on polcompballs unless it is represented on the ball.

# Do NOT use pupils on balls. The only exception is [[File:Ingsocf.png]] [[Ingsoc]].
# Do NOT use hair on balls, especially facial hair. The only exceptions are [[File:Apolit.png]] [[Apoliticism]] and [[File:Gero.png]] [[Gerontocracy]].
# When drawing the ball, you can use anti-aliasing, but as long as it DOESN'T show white anti-aliasing artifacts.
# When drawing the eyes, do NOT use eyelashes or eyebrows on the ball.
# Do NOT add limbs to the ball. The only exception is [[File:Senatorialism (Tentacles).png]] [[Senatorialism]].
# When drawing what's represented on the ball, do NOT use black (or any other color for the matter) lines in-between colors.
# Do NOT use mouths on the ball. Only exception being [[File:Altcentr.png]] [[Dead Centrism]] [[w:c:polcompball:file:Not-a-robot-Deadcent-consumes.png|consuming]].

=== Optional ===
Optional features that can be used on polcompballs, but are not required.

# Draw shading features on the ball. You can also use shadows.
# You can add accessories to the balls, like headwear and facial gear.

== Drawing Icons/Flairs ==

=== Steps ===

# Get one of these templates listed in the [[List of ideology icons]], so you wont draw it by hand.
# Draw on what's represented on the icon pixel by pixel. Don't get an existing flag and scale it down, or it will look pixelated or blurry.
# If the ball has accessories, add them to the ball.
PS: '''ANY''' icons using [[w:c:polandball|Polandball]] bases will be deleted at first sighting.
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