I just had my recent post deleted for minimum quality standards. I really don't get it since I've been getting complements all day today. Even have a comment here saying they are not so sure why it got downvoted before my post was deleted and i have seen worse Latias/Latios drawings that are still up here.

thepest said:
I just had my recent post deleted for minimum quality standards. I really don't get it since I've been getting complements all day today. Even have a comment here saying they are not so sure why it got downvoted before my post was deleted and i have seen worse Latias/Latios drawings that are still up here.

Because it is easier for people to give compliments rather than criticism (unless you are really really terrible at art).

As a beginner artist, I would say uploading on e6 would be the easiest way to get your feelings hurt, due to the strict uploading guidelines imposed.
E621 is not your own private gallery (like FurAffinity or DeviantArt), but rather a public imageboard where the artworks you post will be subject to everyone's scrutiny.
You can ask the janitor who deleted your post for more details as to why it was declined and they should be able to provide an answer.

If you want an advice from me, I would only post my art here if it looks like the majority of approved posts already here on e6. Not just that one or two drawings that look worse than mine.

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Your linework and coloring is rough and unsteady, and the size of the head suggests to me that you either drew it separately or something's funky about your perspective/anatomy.

E621 is not a personal gallery site. If your uploads aren't up to a certain artistic quality (good coloring, steady lines, a grasp of good anatomy, an understanding of perspective, among other things), they won't be accepted, regardless of how much heart and effort you put into it, much less whether or not people like it. Please refer to this thread for more details.

Pointing at other pictures and insisting "these are worse; why do they get to stay?" typically doesn't hold water as they're typically old ones (about pre-2015) that are grandfathered in after a big rules change back then, are higher (picture) quality reuploads replacing grandfathered content, or are still in the approval queue.

Lastly, here's something useful from Gelbooru. It's not official policy here, but it's good advice:

Uploading One's Own Art is a Good Way to Get Your Feelings Hurt

Posting one's own art is severely looked down upon, and there are two reasons behind this:

Firstly, artists tend to be biased when it comes to judging the quality of their own work. What looks good to you may be regarded as mediocre to Gelbooru moderators.
Secondly, more suitable sites to upload your own art to include Deviantart and Pixiv.

Admins and moderators are especially harsh on self-posting artists, lashing out penalties without remorse. The surest way to feature your art on Gelbooru is to show immense talent and skill elsewhere, and with that, captivate some fans on the other side of the Internet into uploading your art.

We're not so harsh on self-uploaders here, in fact, we're quite okay with them, but you should only upload your works if you're capable of accepting they may not get accepted. That's something beginning artists still have to learn.

"Every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them, and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them out."

"All of you have one hundred thousand bad drawings in you. The sooner you get rid of them, the better it will be for everyone." ~ Chuck Jones

You've got potential, so you'd best get drawing.

lafcadio said:
and the size of the head suggests to me that you either drew it separately or something's funky about your perspective/anatomy.

like I said in the description that I was use to only scratching the heads out on paper and rarely drew with the body. I was getting little frustrated when I started scratching from the neck and working down to the body as the body didn't look right me in prospect to the head. after like the third or forth time of erasing and redrawing I thought what i was doing wrong was that i was drew the neck too long and that was what was throwing me off. It didn't help I also gave myself a short timeline/due date since it was kinda of spare discussion to try to draw a piece for pokemon day and kinda forgot when pokemon day was until 2 weeks ago.

I still have a later versions of this saved inculding the base scatch and a unshaded version with no text so I can add it to a group picture that i want to do. At first i wasn't going to upload it here but decided to do it anyway just only to see if I can can get tips/tricks/suggestions on what i can do to improve my work.

thepest said:
At first i wasn't going to upload it here but decided to do it anyway just only to see if I can can get tips/tricks/suggestions on what i can do to improve my work.

1) That old saw: practice. You'll never get away from that, no matter how good you get. Even Ken Sugimora practices.

2) Draw the basic shapes of the body first, then add detail. Fundamental flaws in your posing and perspective are easier to correct at the foundation stage than later on. This is when you get that neck to look right before you start refining the head and body.

3) Draw head and body at the same time, together as one unified entity, rather than as different pieces that you hope can be stuck together and look right.