Medium

When more than one medium was used to create the image, tag mixed_media in addition to the applicable medium tags.

• digital_media_(artwork)
• 3d_(artwork)
• digital_drawing_(artwork)
• digital_painting_(artwork)
• pixel_(artwork)
• photography_(artwork)
• traditional_media_(artwork)
• colored_pencil_(artwork)
• crayon_(artwork)
• marker_(artwork)
• painting_(artwork)
• pastel_(artwork)
• pen_(artwork)
• pencil_(artwork)
• sculpture_(artwork)
• watercolor_(artwork)

Degree of completion

• detailed
• detailed_background
• flat_colors
• guide_lines
• line_art
• colored_line_art
• lineless
• partially_colored
• shaded
• cel_shading
• soft_shading
• simple_background
• sketch
• colored_sketch
• unfinished

Art Styles

• tag_group:art_style
• anime
• abstract
• art_nouveau
• chibi
• kemono
• multiple_styles
• oekaki
• parody
• photorealism
• realistic (realism)
• still_life
• style_parody
• surreal / surrealism
• toony

Composition

• icon
• portrait
• headshot portrait
• bust portrait
• half-length portrait
• three-quarter portrait
• full-length portrait

Miscellaneous

• ancient_art - Art from centuries ago
• border - Around the media itself
• letterbox - Top and bottom only
• concept_art
• inspired_by_formal_art - art mimicking a classical artist's style, or, more likely, a specific image.
• nude_modelling
• official_art - Professional art belonging to an established franchise
• formal_art - Professional artwork, that has likely need in an art gallery. Use sparingly.

The Creation of

• artist - A being in an image either making art, or clearly being about to begin to, or having just finished creating art. Artist avatars do not count.
• camera
• creating_art - the act of creating art
• paintbrush
• paper
• pen
• pencil_(object)
• easel
• palette - a rigid, flat surface on which a painter arranges and mixes paints.
• canvas

Art forms

• carving
• drawing
• painting
• photo
• sculpture
• statue

Borders

See Colors: Borders

Color Attributes/Techniques

• bright_colors (!)
• dark_colors (!)

• cool_colors
• warm_colors

• flat_colors
• solid_color (!)

• inverted_colors (!)

• neon_colors

• restricted_palette

• spot_color

• unusual_coloring

Character Composition

• expression_sheet
• model_sheet
• multiple_poses - Two or more depictions of the same character in a variety of poses or gestures

Miscellaneous

• art_gallery
• collage
• dithering
• screentone
• high_contrast (chiaroscuro)
• picture_frame - Depiction of a physical picture frame in the media
• signature
• unknown_artist_signature

List of Themes (based on Hue)

• dark_theme

• black_theme
• blue_theme
• brown_theme
• green_theme
• green_and_white_theme
• grey_theme
• orange_theme
• pink_theme
• purple_theme
• red_theme
• white_theme
• green_and_white_theme
• yellow_theme

• bodypaint
• story
• story_at_source
• story_in_description
• tag_group:background
• watermark
• url

• tag group:art style
• tag group:colors
• tag group:optics
• tag group:software

Forum discussion

• forum #211662 - Ought we tag animation styles? (Oct. 2016)
• forum #202537 - Nonstandard tagging of art features (Jul. 2016)
• forum #182605 - Animation style tags (Feb. 2016)
• forum #185586 - color art tags (Mar. 2016)

Forum posts

• forum #204404
• forum #204414

• forum #185376 (Mar. 2016)