Site Rules
- You must be 13 years of age or older to register for and participate in Oculama.
- Only one account is allowed per person.
- Do not attempt to impersonate any members, especially staff.
- Oculama aims to be a safe place for all users to enjoy making, reading, and discussing comics. Hateful or discriminatory content is prohibited.
- Content: You are not allowed to upload, post, or otherwise transmit any material that is obscene, unlawful, or harmful towards other members.
- Keep it PG-13: Explicit content is not permitted, even if cropped or censored.
- Copyright: Oculama owns copyrights to the site and its content. Members must not use, trace, or submit content they didn't create.
- Monitoring/Reporting: Oculama has the right to monitor activities and remove members or content that violate policies.
- Password: Keep your password secure. You are responsible for all activities within your account.
- Comments and Critiques: Keep critiques relevant to the content. Violations may result in suspension.
- No AI Art or NFTs: Only original artwork should be submitted.
Guides
Guide to Character Submissions
Explore our comprehensive guide on submitting characters!
An Easy Guide to Critiques!
Not sure how to begin doing critiques? Let this guide help you get started! A comic by CyborgNachte
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Oculama is co-owned and run by Eric, Piñata, and Rivana!
Our Developers are NickD, Nachte, and Rivana
It’s a term borne of comics! The Lexicon of Comicana by Mort Walker details unique terminology used by comic artists and cartoonists. Oculama is the cartoon science of substitutions for eyes to convey an expression. Such as dollar signs to convey greed, or spirals to get across being mesmerized or dizzy.
It’s a website for comic artists, writers, and the OCT community.
The acronym OCT stands for ‘Original Character Tournament’. It’s a competitive event where a set number of artists and writers compete against one another, usually (but not strictly) in a single-elimination style bracket.
OCL stands for Original Character League. Which is similar, but not contained to the tournament structure. You can make comics whenever you want!
You create and enter a character, and create a comic story that includes both your character as well as your opponents. Once the deadline for the round is over, a team of judges or the community will determine the winner based on a variety of factors.
You sure can! It’s a mix of both! Staff will run tournaments as well as users themselves. So you could very well host your next original character tournament here!
Nope! You can also engage in vs comics, solo comics, collabs with other artists, and other formats outside of the OCT space.
In terms of the site, no! OCTs however, will be run by different creators, so their rulesets will vary. Be sure to read the event info carefully!
Yes. You will need a registered account for participation on Oculama.
You can also participate by submitting comments, critiques (NOTE! Crits will appear for everyone after voting), voting on the comic battles, and joining us on the official discord.
You can have as many characters as you can dream up! Please note, if there are no comics attributed to the characters you are submitting, there is a soft limit to the number you can submit at one time.
Yes, you can request its deletion. Currently, the only way to do this is by submitting a request through our Modmail account on Discord. We’re working on adding a feature to handle character deletions directly on the site in the future, so stay tuned for updates!
We allow for any kind of theme or idea for a character you have so long as it is original and not derivative from an existing property. Please see our Oculama Site Rules for more information.
Nope! These are strictly in place to customize your experience on the site. If you choose not to submit anything, a default image will be auto-generated. The only required images are a character sheet and character illustration.
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You can also follow us on X (@Oculama) and BlueSky for the latest News and Updates.
You can also follow us on X (@Oculama) and BlueSky for the latest News and Updates.
If you encounter issues with the site, please report them via the official discord in the #bug-report and #feedback-and-suggestions channels. The more detail the better!