I think there is some confusion about the scouting thing.
You can submit stuff even if youre not scouted, that art gets stored in your userpage. it can be dumb shit like this.
If you ARE scouted and you want to submit just fun disposable art like the above, then thats fine, you just have to make sure you unclick the checkbox that says submit to art portal.
The point of the portal in its early phase is to breed art that actually took you more than 3 seconds and something you genuinely want feedback on from a wide stage of people.
The tricky part about scouting is that you arent supposed to scout people who you are friends with , youre goal is scouting people who you are investing your stamp of approval on based on the work they have shown and the potential you see in it. Thats important because i see some people just scouting people because they dated or whatever and then they turn around and submit stuff that has no business being in the PORTAL side of the art universe.
So yea. You can still enjoy the portal once youre scouted and if you got castrated well its because you scouted someone who is submitting crap or they are recruiting crap. Its a two sided blade. So you shouldnt just be all wild and throw around scouting like you won the lottery.