ArtHelper Community Standards
ArtHelper exists to bring artists together in a safe, focused space for real work. Our Community Standards page on arthelper.com is the canonical version; this article walks through what’s allowed, what isn’t, and how moderation handles the gray areas.
AI-generated imagery (“AI art”)
ArtHelper is a community for human artists and has a strict no AI art policy.
AI-generated images are not permitted — including outputs from Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, DALL·E, Firefly, and similar tools. This is true no matter how much you prompted, edited, or “directed” the result.
This includes work generated from your own reference photos (for example, “turn this photo of mine into a painting”).
Posting AI-generated work as your own, or without clear disclosure, is a violation of this policy.
Minor AI-assisted retouching in tools like Photoshop or Illustrator (spot-heal, generative fill on a small area, etc.) is allowed.
Hateful conduct, bullying, and harassment
This community is for artists of every background, skill level, and perspective. Everyone here deserves to be treated with basic dignity.
Content or behavior targeting people based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or similar characteristics is not allowed.
Personal attacks, targeted harassment, or sustained bad-faith behavior toward other members or their artwork are not allowed.
Reports are taken seriously. Members who repeatedly violate this policy are removed.
Fraud, scams, and deceptive practices
Anything designed to deceive, manipulate, or exploit members has no place on ArtHelper.
Don’t misrepresent yourself, your work, or your intentions — including impersonating other artists, falsely claiming credentials, or passing off someone else’s work as your own.
Don’t run schemes — fake giveaways, phishing links, fraudulent sales, or any offer designed to extract money or personal information under false pretenses.
Violations are removed, offenders are permanently banned, and serious cases are reported to the relevant authorities.
Self-promotion
Sharing your work, your shop, your commissions, and your services is a normal part of being in an artist community — how you do it matters.
Post because you want feedback, connection, or conversation — not just clicks.
Sharing your artwork — always welcome, in the right communities.
Promoting your shop, website, or print-on-demand store — allowed, but keep it occasional and contextually relevant. If every post you make is a sales pitch, that’s spam.
Paid workshops, courses, and tutorials — allowed with disclosure. Be upfront that it’s a paid offering.
Affiliate links and referral codes — must be disclosed clearly. Hiding commercial relationships from the community is a violation.
Giveaways and collabs — allowed. Make sure the terms are clear and the offer is real.
Copyright and intellectual property
ArtHelper respects intellectual property rights and expects every member to do the same. Don’t use another creator’s copyrighted work in any way that infringes on their rights.
If you believe your work has been posted without your permission, report the post and our team will act on it.
NSFW and sensitive content
Nudity, sexuality, violence, and other mature themes have been part of art throughout history. As an all-ages platform, we balance artistic freedom against staying accessible to everyone — so sensitive content is generally not allowed.
The following are not permitted:
Nudity or sexual content of any kind.
Sexual content involving minors, in any form.
Content designed to threaten, intimidate, or harm a specific person.
Content that glorifies real-world violence or atrocities.
Gratuitous gore or shock content without artistic purpose.
How to report a post or comment
Every post and comment on ArtHelper has a report option that sends the content to our moderation team for review.
Find the post or comment on arthelper.com/community or any community page.
Click the three-dot menu (•••) in the corner of the post or comment.
Click Report.
Pick the reason that best fits and submit.
Reports are confidential. The person you report is not told that a report was filed, or who filed it.
How these standards are enforced
When a violation is reported or flagged, our moderation team reviews it in context. Not everything that looks like a violation is one — we make the final call on what’s allowed.
Enforcement generally follows this ladder:
Warning — for first-time or minor violations. We let you know what the issue was and what needs to change.
Content removal — violating content is taken down.
Account removal — repeated violations or more serious offenses result in removal from ArtHelper.
Serious violations can result in immediate, permanent removal with no prior warning.
Community input on gray areas
Not every moderation question has an obvious answer, and we don’t pretend otherwise. When a situation isn’t fully covered by these standards, we’ll often bring it to the community before making a call.
The core standards — harassment, fraud, AI-generated content — aren’t up for debate. But where reasonable people could disagree, we’d rather take the pulse of the community than decide behind closed doors. When we put something to a vote, we’re transparent about what we’re deciding, and we share what we do with the outcome.
What to do if your image gets flagged
If you receive a notice that one of your images was flagged and you’d like a human to take a second look:
Email Hey@arthelper.ai.
State that you received a flag notice and would like a human to review the decision.
Make it explicit that you need human review — Arty, our AI assistant, can’t perform a moderation review.