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

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Indy! said:

I know this thread is a shot in the dark in general and that some of the images I posted were particularly blind, but I feel like most of your responses are nitpicking for the sake of nitpicking, especially I saw some of them before you edited them out.

'Cuz if that's bad perspective and bad shading, we've got several hundred images to flag, some of yours included.

I feel like most of your responses are nitpicking for the sake of nitpicking [...]

the point of this thread is to look at images and identify reasons approvers might not like an image. I don't know what the approvers were thinking when they saw those images, so it's all just conjecture.

I saw some of them before you edited them out.

yes, I edited some of my writing to be more concise and fair.

If that's bad perspective [...]

I believe I said "unusual perspective".

we've got several hundred images to flag, some of yours included.

Go ahead. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, just like how you came to this thread for my opinion on some of your uploads.

Indy! said:

Go ahead. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, just like how you came to this thread for my opinion on some of your uploads.

My point is that your opinions make me go "Hmm..." and are fairly... well I can't say wrong. But I can say that I'd love to post replies in this thread myself as I believe it has some utility, but always feel like I shouldn't as someone with no approval powers.

But thanks for your opinions.

Veradux said:

But I can say that I'd love to post replies in this thread myself as I believe it has some utility, but always feel like I shouldn't as someone with no approval powers.

In the past year, this thread has unfortunately been reduced to a handful of regular advice-givers. Feedback from anybody, regardless of rank, is helpful because it offers a second set of eyes to catch details uploaders may miss. So please, feel free to start posting :)

Hi everyone I've attempted several times to have my work posted here and denied on every case so I don't think it will ever be able to be approved here on this site however it doesn't mean I won't accept any feedback as to why they denied it. I believe it would be very helpful if the ones judging it atleast put a generic reason to why it's denied but hey anyways here's the link let me know what you think is wrong any feedback is good so I can improve. https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/4082760?q=status%3Adeleted+user%3ALewdmation

Lewdmation said:

Hi everyone I've attempted several times to have my work posted here and denied on every case so I don't think it will ever be able to be approved here on this site however it doesn't mean I won't accept any feedback as to why they denied it. I believe it would be very helpful if the ones judging it atleast put a generic reason to why it's denied but hey anyways here's the link let me know what you think is wrong any feedback is good so I can improve. https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/4082760?q=status%3Adeleted+user%3ALewdmation

The main reason it isn't approved is the style you use. This site is mainly for japanese style art and not for western style.

PhoenixG said:

The main reason it isn't approved is the style you use. This site is mainly for japanese style art and not for western style.

ah ok I thought it was because of a quality issue well thanks for the the explanations.

I'd like some feedback on post #4375783. Mostly because I'm blind I guess? I feel a bit confused, because quite honestly, I just don't see the problems with it. I feel like I have "positive reinforcement" from the fact that it was approved in under 24 hours, and then flagged in nearly the same window. If one approver likes it, and then it gets flagged and thrown back in the mod queue...wouldn't the original approval necessarily...

You can count the number of deleted posts from shikei on one hand. To me, it seems to me like decisions made in this one were artistic, not errors? I'm no art expert (though I do like art) -- and I definitely like things that others probably don't let slide. But I can't grok this because to me, even if it's an example of bad perspective, there isn't any reason for it to be deleted when things like post #4362871 are both uploaded and approved in 2021.

But, fundamentally, I'm not trying to appeal its deletion here -- I'm just wondering why it's unacceptably bad compared to other flawed yet approved things? The original flag reason was that it was a bad fisheye effect -- is it really that bad? I'd really appreciate lines or a guide or something to understand it.

electrongun said:

I'd like some feedback on post #4375783.

The general problem of this image is, that it has a great upper body, but then the lower body ruins it. If the focus were on her head and everything would be smaller from their, it would have been fine, but this time the artist drew a pretty normal upper body, which would have been enough, but then drew legs that got weirdly smaller. Her legs don't really connect to her waist here. And her left leg is in a weird bent, as it has a, IMO, impossible curve at the knee.

electrongun said:

wouldn't the original approval necessarily...

Any approver can only approve an image once.

Yuyama said:

post #4380469

IMO huge breasts are always harder to be approved. My problem with that image is: the long arm, the lazy background (even the water at the bottom is pretty lazy and simply 'cuts' her legs off) and I think that one leg is thinner than the other. It's mediocre, but the problem is, that it has nothing really special that makes it approvable for me.

archaist said:

post #4338022

The goose looks okay-ish, but the cat lacks dimension. The choice of color makes all of its body parts seemingly blend together, not to mention the entire image has an MC Paint feel.

Mysticus said:

post #4383387

The eyes look pretty far apart, and her hair physics are odd; why are they just jumping in the air like that? Additionally, her neck is both at a strange angle and placed too far left of the middle of her body.

Indy! said:

The goose looks okay-ish, but the cat lacks dimension. The choice of color makes all of its body parts seemingly blend together, not to mention the entire image has an MC Paint feel.

The eyes look pretty far apart, and her hair physics are odd; why are they just jumping in the air like that? Additionally, her neck is both at a strange angle and placed too far left of the middle of her body.

I'm gonna be honest, I agree with Veradux, I don't think you're helping by giving your opinion like this, because users of this thread expect a feedback from actual approvers. The alternative to "no approvers reply to this thread" is not "let's make up reasons why posts were rejected".

It doesn't make sense to criticize post #4383387 for hair physics when we have an entire tag called floating hair. In my case I left that post in reserve for a second look because I saw someone marked it as poor quality, but then forgot to approve it when the 3 days expired.

post #4338022 is just a scribble, you don't need to write an essay on why it's bad.

In general, posts aren't rejected for single errors unless they're extremely glaring and in your face. Most active approvers aren't going to reject a post because of small things like a neck being too off-center.

nonamethanks said:

I don't think you're helping by giving your opinion like this, because users of this thread expect a feedback from actual approvers.

Eh, I kinda disagree. The general part about that thread is getting feedback on an image and not from only-approvers. If only approvers would answer here, than this thread would die out and we can lock it.

And for that image: the reason Indy gave about the neck is the exact reason why I skipped it. (And I think because of the long torso.) It's not only a single error Indy gave as a reason, it's alot of minor reasons that can lead to a whole flawed image that is skipped because of that.

Tbh, I gave alot of feedback before I got approver and no one ever said something against it. You and Veradux are kinda the first and I don't really get why. How Indy handles it is kinda the way this thread worked for a long time; giving a reason why it MAYBE got disapproved. We never know what's inside the head of approvers, if they once approve complete garbage and then skip an acceptable image. This thread is supposed to be used as something, where we tell people what they maybe missed and why an image can be seen as bad for others.
It's not that we tell people "Hey, I can only see minor flaws, maybe it got missed by that one approver that would approve it." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

nonamethanks said:

I don't think you're helping by giving your opinion like this, because users of this thread expect a feedback from actual approvers. The alternative to "no approvers reply to this thread" is not "let's make up reasons why posts were rejected".

I only started posting here to reduce the volume of "pending" requests. There's a lot of stuff here and not all the four approvers who check here necessarily have the time (or want) to review them. Plus, isn't it all just conjecture in the end? Unless the person seeking feedback would want to track down each individual approver who passed on their image, which would be impossible.

It doesn't make sense to criticize post #4383387 for hair physics when we have an entire tag called floating hair.

That's entirely fair.

In general, posts aren't rejected for single errors unless they're extremely glaring and in your face. Most active approvers aren't going to reject a post because of small things like a neck being too off-center.

Thank you for taking the time to offer feedback on my feedback. Everything is a learning experience for me, and I appreciate different opinions to help me better contribute to the forum. :D