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Upload Feedback Thread - post here if your uploads keep getting deleted

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Hi there, I believe your upload would be better suited for a site like DeviantArt, where you can get feedback so you can improve. Most of us are not artists ourselves and would be pressed to give you good advice on how to improve.

Now, as to why I personally passed on your post, I think the image looks flat and looks more like a western cartoon. Self uploading is not against the rules but is generally frowned upon, due to the difficulty of being unbiased towards your own artwork. Doesn't mean your art is bad, it's just that perhaps this is not the right place for it.

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.Dank said:

Hi there, I believe your upload would be better suited for a site like DeviantArt, where you can get feedback so you can improve. Most of us are not artists ourselves and would be pressed to give you good advice on how to improve.

Now, as to why I personally passed on your post, I think the image looks flat and looks more like a western cartoon. Self uploading is not against the rules but is generally frowned upon, due to the difficulty of being unbiased towards your own artwork. Doesn't mean your art is bad, it's just that perhaps this is not the right place for it.

I see. Thank you. I won't be uploading here from now on, then.
And it wasn't a mistake that you thought it looked western; I don't try to emulate the anime look, but I didn't realise they're generally not encouraged on this site until now (I assumed this site just attracted those kinds of artists).
Thanks again for replying so quick. I really appreciate it.

he’s only providing a reason why he doesn’t like it, which is one thing approvers consider; whether they like it or not. there’s no reason to be insulting.

personally, I don’t like the pose, the style, the hex background, or the large amount of midriff.

the takeaway here shouldn’t be “these guys never have social contact” and more “I guess art in this style/pose isn’t well received, maybe I should find out what is.”

expanding on that thought: you have many uploads, why don’t you look through those and get an idea of what the different approvers like?

ABetterName said:

Trying again:
post #4303992
post #4309726

post #4303992

I think it's pretty rough, doesn't have the refined look of say post #4301163. also consider that a niche interest (imo) passing the queue like giantess would require either an approver that likes the tag or for the art to be of very high quality, which I don't believe it is.

post #4309726

seems fine anatomically-wise, but I don't think many approvers like monochrome/greyscale/colorless sketches. If you take a quick look, the large majority of monochrome and greyscale images were uploaded by unrestricted users. I would refrain from posting content like this until you're unrestricted.

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SumeragiAkeiko said:

post #4308273

I'm not exactly sure how this is not worth approval, especially when we have far inferior works like post #4311178 being accepted. This isn't going into how this work is one of the best by the artist.

Lumine's right boob looks like it's coming straight from her shoulder also, also, the perspective and poses are all kinds of weird and makes it look like Lumine is standing while Ganyu is floating in mid air with her back on the bed, also the shading is not terrible but kinda eh

SumeragiAkeiko said:

post #4308273

I'm not exactly sure how this is not worth approval, especially when we have far inferior works like post #4311178 being accepted. This isn't going into how this work is one of the best by the artist.

the anatomy is pretty bad. a few examples:
- ganyu's left arm appears to come out from her left boob, it's like there's no shoulder joint
- the representation of ganyu's mound of venus seems nonexistent, looks like lumine is fingering paper.
- ganyu's thighs just blend together, there's no clear definition between them or her abdomen
- lumine's torso looks detached from her legs
- lumine's right thumb (I think that's a thumb..?) is bent in an odd way
- everything Mexiguy said

the shading also isn't that great. it makes the entire work look very flat.

the only things I don't like about post #4311178 are the shading and the floating keqing in panel 3. it definitely has better anatomy than post #4308273.

pronebone said:

Just curious on what's wrong with this one: post #4235962
Does it have bad anatomy on somewhere or... ?

her head is very large in proportion to her body.
her arms are in strange positions.
half of her left arm vanished into her armpit while her right arm looks normal, it's inconsistent.
her left hand looks like someone drew fingers on a square.