Community Guidelines

Last updated: July 2026

Doodlez is a place to draw, share, and watch how other people's art comes together. These guidelines exist to keep it a place people actually want to be. They apply to everyone — free accounts, donors, and admins alike.

1. Be a decent person

  • No harassment, targeted abuse, or pile-ons — in comments, replies, or reports themselves.
  • No hate speech or content attacking people based on who they are.
  • No spam, scams, or trying to game likes, follows, or the report system.
  • Disagreements happen. Personal attacks aren't a way to have them.

2. Post your own work

  • Only publish drawings you actually made. Don't trace or republish someone else's art as your own.
  • If you're posting a collaboration or reference-based piece, say so.
  • Copyright reports are taken seriously and can result in content removal regardless of any other action taken.

3. Mature content has to be tagged

Doodlez allows mature (NSFW) artwork, but it has to be marked as such at publish time. This isn't optional and it isn't a formality — it's how we keep the platform safe for everyone, including people who've chosen not to see that content and accounts that aren't old enough to.

  • If a drawing contains nudity, sexual content, or graphic violence, tag it NSFW when you publish it.
  • Only accounts verified as 18 or older can mark content as NSFW, or opt in to seeing it.
  • Publishing mature content without the NSFW tag is treated as a guideline violation, not a mistake to shrug off — see the enforcement section below.

4. Accounts under 18

Anyone can use Doodlez to draw and share from age 13 up, but mature content is strictly for verified adult accounts — both publishing it and viewing it. Date of birth is set once at signup and can't be changed afterward. Misrepresenting your age to get around this is itself a violation.

5. Never allowed, no exceptions

  • Anything sexualising minors, in any form — this is reported to the relevant authorities, not just removed.
  • Content that threatens, incites, or glorifies violence against real people.
  • Illegal content of any kind.

6. Reporting

If you see a drawing, comment, or account that breaks these guidelines, use the Report button. Reports are reviewed by an admin — not auto-actioned — so include enough detail to make the review straightforward. Reports are anonymous; the person you report is never told who reported them.

7. What happens if these are broken

Action is proportional and reviewed by a human before anything happens to an account. Depending on the violation, it can include:

  • A formal warning — logged on the account, no other effect.
  • Unpublishing a specific drawing — typically for a first untagged-NSFW instance, with a notice explaining why.
  • Temporary suspension — published work is temporarily unpublished for the duration.
  • Permanent ban — for repeated or serious violations.

If action is taken on your account, you'll get a notification explaining what happened and why, and a one-time chance to respond with your side before the matter is closed.

8. Changes to these guidelines

These guidelines may be updated as the platform grows. Meaningful changes will be reflected here with an updated date at the top of the page.