Introduction to Pixiv

surasshu said:
I registered right after reading this, and used Gmail with immediate response, so that should work. It did say something in red about "hotmail.com" which I simply assumed to be something like "if you're using hotmail, check your spam folder".\n\nAnyway, thanks for the lenghty clear and helpful explanation!

Well, I had it translated. It means that you can't register with mobile e-mail addresses and Hotmail. In case of Gmail and Yahoo! Mail, check the spam folder. (I have to turn on the option of putting span in the Bulk Mail folder just to receive both the confirmation messages.)

Could this topic be stickied? It's mighty useful.

This thread is actually the second hit when you google for Pixiv.

I'm having a problem with Step 2.
When I put in my email, it tells me メールアドレスの形式が正しくありません in red letters.
I can't use hotmail maybe?

memegui said:
I can't use hotmail maybe?

Yes, see the last post on page 4.

Excellent little guide. I just signed up with my ISP's email and used the translator addon for FF... did everything without a hitch :)

This topic was quite helpful, thank you for going through the work to help others get onto the pixiv.

I keep getting this error on Pixiv:

エラーが発生しました。
何度も同じ場所でエラーになる場合は、
再度ログインしなおしてください。

What does it mean?

Its probably overloaded or something, it says an error occured and to try again...or something like that

Yeah, Right now there's a message that (According to babelfish) says "Emergency Maintenance."

ZeetherKID77 said:
I keep getting this error on Pixiv:

エラーが発生しました。
何度も同じ場所でエラーになる場合は、
再度ログインしなおしてください。

What does it mean?

Literally it means "An error occurred. If the error reoccurs many times in the same place, please try logging in again."

I must have missed it, but how can I find out the artist name other then sticking the url into the upload bar and hoping its already on file? erh...

SHUMA-GORATH said:
...

It might be slightly outdated, but this may prove to be helpful:
http://www.smacked.us/acies/pixiv/

SHUMA-GORATH said:
I must have missed it, but how can I find out the artist name other then sticking the url into the upload bar and hoping its already on file? erh...

You mean the artist name on Danbooru?

Put the image url in the upload form and click "find artist". So long as the artist entry is set up properly (i.e. it has one url to one of the artist's images on pixiv in the list), it will come up with exactly one tag, which is in 99% of the cases the artist name. Still double-check it if you're not sure.

I registered and confirmed and everything but when I try to see an image that is rated "18+" I first get this message:

表示されるページには、18歳未満の方には不適切な表現内容が含まれています。
18歳未満の方のアクセスは固くお断りします。

あなたが18歳以上の場合、[ 設定変更 ]より、年齢制限作品を
表示する設定に変更することによって閲覧できるようになります。

Then when I click on the link within that message I am taken to a new log in screen that looks like this:

設定変更

pixiv ID **************
メールアドレス 変更がある場合記入してください
新しいパスワード
新しいパスワード(確認) 確認のために上記と同じものを入力してください
掲示板の設定 全体に公開
マイピクのみ公開
非公開
閲覧制限 年齢制限作品（R-18）： 表示する　 表示しない

and when I try to log in I get this error:
メールアドレスが正しくありません

Sorry for the long post but I'm really lost here and would appreciate some assistance ; _;

From page 2 of this thread...

Swift said:
Oh, one more thing.

To enable displaying of age-restricted stuff, go to:
http://www.pixiv.net/edit.php

And change the last option (年齢制限作品) from "表示しない" to "表示する" and click on the button.

piespy said:
From page 2 of this thread...

Yeah I saw that. Should have clarified sorry XD
I did all that but I'm still getting this error:
メールアドレスが正しくありません

Any help would be appreciated ^^/

メールアドレスが正しくありません = (New) mail address is not correct

concerning step 2, I am getting a "you cannot use this email address" for practically every different email address I input

This should be a sticky. I never knew this topic existed. I had to figure out the account creation and acceptable content processes on my own by translating each field with babelfish.