@greenspiret first of all, the appeal thread for critique is topic #7934.

That said, this is precisely why we don't allow self uploads (please read this). People aren't able to self-critique, so we can't trust someone to make a good call on whether their own art belongs on this site.

As for this picture, there's honestly several problems. The face is a bit weird, more towards a cartoony style than an actual anime style - this is mostly accentuated by the shape of the nose and by how the eyes are drawn. That'll put off most approvers by itself. There's also problems in the crotch area (it looks bulgy), and in how the navel is drawn, and the shading doesn't help all of this because it makes the right arm look weird. The thick outlines are also not a common thing in non-chibi anime art.

The picture as a whole is not really "bad", it's just below average for the site (big emphasis) imo. That's not to say that your skills as an artist are mediocre, just that you'd need to shift your art more to an anime style for your posts to be acceptable on danbooru. Look for example at the rest of the pictures in homura_(xenoblade_2) order:score and compare the face and coloring style with your piece, and you'll quickly notice why this is not really something an approver would go for.

nonamethanks said:

@greenspiret first of all, the appeal thread for critique is topic #7934.

That said, this is precisely why we don't allow self uploads (please read this). People aren't able to self-critique, so we can't trust someone to make a good call on whether their own art belongs on this site.

As for this picture, there's honestly several problems. The face is a bit weird, more towards a cartoony style than an actual anime style - this is mostly accentuated by the shape of the nose and by how the eyes are drawn. That'll put off most approvers by itself. There's also problems in the crotch area (it looks bulgy), and in how the navel is drawn, and the shading doesn't help all of this because it makes the right arm look weird. The thick outlines are also not a common thing in non-chibi anime art.

The picture as a whole is not really "bad", it's just below average for the site (big emphasis) imo. That's not to say that your skills as an artist are mediocre, just that you'd need to shift your art more to an anime style for your posts to be acceptable on danbooru. Look for example at the rest of the pictures in homura_(xenoblade_2) order:score and compare the face and coloring style with your piece, and you'll quickly notice why this is not really something an approver would go for.

Alright I understand. Thanks for going over it for me. Glad to have gotten this cleared up.

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