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

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jay19 said:

No, you’re not doing anything wrong. The thing is… it does depend on what approver sees the image. And images aren’t deleted, they just fail to be active on the site. That’s what happens when an image isn’t approved. Anyone can appeal them or an approver can go back and undelete them so to speak and make the image active.

And there are a few approvers that like sfw bishies/shotas in particular Otoko no ko shotas. So if you want to maximize your chance probably go with that? But yeah all I can tell you is keep it up and you’ll get a feel for what type of bishies you should appeal or not upload to the site.

And remember if you ever think I’m not sure about this image. Don’t upload. Would be my advice.

Thanks so much!! Will keep this in mind!

zddf said:

care to explain? poor-quality fanarts still won't pass. I admit I have no idea how many get uploaded every day and maybe 3 days are too short for auto-approval but everything I uploaded and got deleted was seen by at least 3 approvers, the average is 8 so just hit the poor-quality button for something you don't think belongs here.

The vast majority of deleted art never gets a "Poor Quality" disapproval, those are the exception not the norm. Disinterest is the default approval reason, and most approvers don't even bother clicking that (which makes it seems like only 10 approvers reviewed it, when more likely 20+ did). If it was good enough, they would click Approve. If everything not Poor Quality was auto-approved, it would lead to a drastic reduction in the overall quality standards of the site, which is a non-starter.

What you and other newer users typically don't understand is that deletion is the default for uploads from non-unres users, and this is intentional. "It isn't awful but no one liked it enough" is the main reason for deletion and that is by design.

Popular copyrights have more contributors who upload for them and they upload a lot of decent to even very poor-quality which got me very confused until I learned they bypass the quality check
while less popular copyrights/characters/artists have it harder since mostly normal users upload for them so I think this will reduce the bias a lot

This is just false. There are tons of unres users posting ultra niche copyrights.

and to stay on topic, this got deleted yesterday and I dont see why post #6209133

I'm not convinced on that anatomy. Also, abuse of chromatic aberration is a big strike against. The feet/face/hair are well drawn, so I'm going to bite the bullet and approve, but it's right on the border of approvable and I could see it getting flagged.

Bionicman76 said:

post #6212740 this one? Is it just big boob / lactation discrimination again? If so my next uploads are probably gonna have the same fate. We need more pervy mods lol.

The more sexually explicit the art, the more that the personal tastes of the approvers come into play. The more niche the fetish, the less approvers who will want to approve it. As a result, explicit art effectively gets held to a higher quality standard. Breasts that are that nonsensically large are going to always have a hard time getting approved because most current approvers think that's gross, and because that type of fetish art almost always sacrifices overall artistic quality to the all-consuming need to draw ludicrously huge tits.

HydroBottle said:

Hello,
Got a question regarding this one: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/6203332?q=user%3AHydroBottle. It was doing really well and was liked by people and yet it was not approved. It even got more likes than the post with only left side visible. What could be done to have it approved?

It's not terrible, but it's just not really great either. The biggest flaw would probably be the strangely large gap between her thighs, but that could be overlooked if the art was just more professional overall.
Also, please keep in mind that score/favcount is completely and utterly irrelevant to approval. Tons of terrible art gets 100s of favourites and vice versa.

Barbatos_Rex said:

Can I get some feedback on why these didn't get approved?

post #6208490 - broken back, exaggerated anatomy, not terrible but not fantastic either. On the borderline of approvable, I'm in a generous mood so I'll give it to you.
post #6181885 - this pose is infamous for being used by artists who want to show both ass and tits, but lack the understanding of anatomy required to do so properly. Avoid it.
post #6129516 - I don't think bodies can do that. Overall, not terrible but not very good either. See my comments above to Bionicman76 about explicitness and fetishes
post #6086061 - pretty much same comments as the others, not awful but not great either, also something's off with Miku's upper torso

Soberoatmeal said:

Need some feedback over this one as it didn't get approved on time

https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/6211013

This IMO was genuinely overlooked, approved it. Worth mentioning that some approvers avoid anything even remotely 3D, so be careful there.

NPEE2003 said:

Still waiting for this

post #6163869 - not terrible, but fairly amateurish. Right arm in particular. Detailed shading on her side juxtaposes poorly with the bluntness of her face. The uncensored version was posted by an unres user and it probably wouldn't have passed the queue.
post #6175321 - guy on the bottom's legs are too short. See my comments to Bionicman76 about explicitness and fetishes. Less approvers like yaoi, so it's harder to get approved. Fair? No. But that's the way it is.
post #6180337 - honestly? not badly drawn at all. But only a few approvers appreciate porn of underage-looking boys, and I am definitely not one of them. Either they didn't like it or they didn't see it.
post #6180181 (no source) - you have correctly identified the most glaring problem. I replied to zddf on the previous page about why sourceless posts are harder to get approved.
post #6171542 - it's good. Approved.
post #6139219 - see comments on the chongyun post

NPEE2003 said:

post #5941774
Still waiting for this

As above, plus I have some doubts about the anatomy.

Anknover said:

Hi, i wanna ask why post #6206702 was not approved. It was looked by 14 approvers and for some reason it was not approved. I did not understood actual reason.

Faces are pretty well drawn, but Clownpiece's body is just kinda amateurish, as is the background. Also, I have absolutely no idea what is happening in this image / what it is about. Humour can increase the likelihood of a post getting approved, but only if it makes sense without 5 minutes of googling. If the joke doesn't make sense or isn't funny it will have the opposite effect. Why the fuck is kermit there? I have no idea.

SayS said:

Is there any reason why this one hasn't been approved? Feedback will be appreciated since similar drawings have been approved before from the same artist, just recently 3 of them have been "deleted". (I have permission from the artist to upload their drawings and source link is always there)
post #6197003

See above comments on exaggerated anatomy. Additionally, it's very sketchy (in its lineart), but without the charm of a real sketch because it's also trying to be porn. Once again, not awful, but just quite good enough either.

zddf said:

Any reason this and its parent was not approved other than the art style? (NSFW) https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/6200554

This art style is disliked by most approvers, myself included. You'll always struggle to get it approved. Add in an awful watermark? No way.

SolRush said:

post #6200907

This artwork was ahead of its time. So why did this got rejected?

"This artwork was ahead of its time." I have no idea what you mean by this.
The image is pretty meh, just too amateurish. Also weird shoulder/neck anatomy.

CoreMack said:

It's not terrible, but it's just not really great either. The biggest flaw would probably be the strangely large gap between her thighs, but that could be overlooked if the art was just more professional overall.
Also, please keep in mind that score/favcount is completely and utterly irrelevant to approval. Tons of terrible art gets 100s of favourites and vice versa.

Ok, thank you for explanation. Need to get rid of that score mindset

pablo.gonzales.2007 said:

doesn't understand why this was called poor quality
post #6219682

- the anatomy looks fine to me
- there's lighting and shading
- it's not a sketch

i hope someone who have better critical review than me can give me feedbacks why it's deleted and tagged poor quality by the approvers.

- the anatomy is the main flaw i see tbh, body proportions are fucked up; part of it is because of very clumsy perspective but the connection between her lower body and torso is fucked up, and the head size compared to shoulders and breasts also is
- Lighting and shading being present doesn't mean it's good lighting, the better part of it is in the background, which seems to have been taken from somewhere, and it really contrasts with the messy shading of the image focus: the character
- sketches can be good and whole fully rendered pieces can be mediocre, a post not being a sketch isn't really relevant even if sketches in general are statistically a bit less likely to get approved (those are sketches: post #6025290 ,post #6220962), an artist's fundamental skills tends to show a lot in the sketch phase

Mayhem-Chan said:

- the anatomy is the main flaw i see tbh, body proportions are fucked up; part of it is because of very clumsy perspective but the connection between her lower body and torso is fucked up, and the head size compared to shoulders and breasts also is
- Lighting and shading being present doesn't mean it's good lighting, the better part of it is in the background, which seems to have been taken from somewhere, and it really contrasts with the messy shading of the image focus: the character
- sketches can be good and whole fully rendered pieces can be mediocre, a post not being a sketch isn't really relevant even if sketches in general are statistically a bit less likely to get approved (those are sketches: post #6025290 ,post #6220962), an artist's fundamental skills tends to show a lot in the sketch phase

i see, thanks for the answer.