So, I have a few images in my status:deleted, and I get most of them, but I wanted a little feedback on post #787728, specifically. I'm wondering which holds more weight towards deletion: The quality of the pixel art, or the fact that I animated the artist's sprite sheet myself? I guess what I'm getting at is, if I had just uploaded the original sprite sheet, would that have been more likely to meet with success, or is this piece just straight-up not for Danbooru?
I think the issue is that the sprite simply lacks charm (coupled with the fact that the animation is pretty stiff). And even though I'm a big, fat TF2 fan(atic) myself, I don't really find anything appealing about the sprite at all.
Try looking at some posts tagged with pixel_art (or pixel_art gif), and contrast them to the Heavy sprite to get an idea of what I mean - being able to consider a sprite "charming" is of crucial importance.
It's an above average image, but the lack of amazing-ness and interesting emphasis killed it for me. Plus she's not that pretty. So yeah, personal preference plays strong in this one. I honestly don't know why nobody else approved it.
It looks fine to me, nothing spectacular, but definitely undeletable. I must have passed it over as borderline before, but I think she looks nice. I've undeleted it for you.
Just a quick note not directed at anyone in particular: Remember, this thread is for asking for feedback in a general sense. Not as a fallback plan if your deletion appeal thread post didn't get you anywhere for a given post. Most people shouldn't be posting in this thread repeatedly.