So I recently posted an image that was a sketch of Beerus and Champa together. It was flagged for "not meeting guidelines" and deleted, though I'm not sure how exactly it didn't meet the guidelines? There are plenty of other similar sketches.

https://rule34.paheal.net/post/view/6566165

^ image in question.

Can someone explain how it doesn't mean guidelines, especially when there are pictures like:

https://e621.net/posts/4557246?q=sketch
https://e621.net/posts/5121774?q=sketch
https://e621.net/posts/2485772?q=sketch
https://e621.net/posts/2482956?q=sketch
https://e621.net/posts/6333?q=sketch

Genuinely asking, cause I don't really get it.

Most likely for the photo quality if I had to guess, but the deletion should have a reason attached usually

I’d assume it’s based of the lighting, how the light blinds out some of the lines.

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Edit:

https://e621.net/posts/5122429

[DELETION] Does not meet minimum quality standards (Bad digitization of traditional media, Lighting)

See your deleted posts and the deletion will give further description.

Does not meet minimum quality standards (Bad digitization of traditional media, Lighting)

The digitization and lighting are quite poor, there's a giant glare of light on the paper, it's quite clear this was taken with a camera rather than a scanner.

I'm not a janitor, so I can't give you an answer for certain, but the art is good enough I think it would for sure be approved if not for the bad digitization.

llewell said:
https://e621.net/posts/4557246?q=sketch
https://e621.net/posts/5121774?q=sketch
https://e621.net/posts/2485772?q=sketch
https://e621.net/posts/2482956?q=sketch

All of these examples are digital sketches, so the digitization standards obviously don't apply.

llewell said:

https://e621.net/posts/6333?q=sketch

And this one is posted in 2007 - anything before 2015 was generally approved much more leniently, and isn't indicative of the quality standards today. This especially applies for grandfathered_content.

post #89483 post #355724 post #9719

It has nothing to do with being a sketch, if you want to know about a deletion the vast majority of them will be very self-explanatory.

Does not meet minimum quality standards (Bad digitization of traditional media, Lighting)

Flags are generally not staff judgments. On occasion a moderator will flag a post so that a janitor deletes it, but this happens less often than you'd think. On its own, a "Does not meet the uploading guidelines" flag means absolutely nothing, but also that one flag reason is intentionally vague because it has to satisfy a whole bunch of different flag reasons (human-only images from after 2015, photos of real people, screencaps of dollmakers, etc.)

Instead, if you see the deletion reason, that reveals what's actually relevant about this case: the digital capture of your traditional artwork isn't quite up to snuff. There's a harsh glare in the center-bottom-left that obscures a not insignificant part of the linework, and on the other hand the corners are abnormally dark compared to the rest of the image (on a scale of 0-255, the corners are around 150 brightness, while most of the image hovers around ~210 brightness instead.)

post #6333 has some smudging but that's a consequence of pencil-based artwork, and the lighting is much more consistent: that is more or less how the art would actually look if you were to have it in your hands.

The other examples you linked appear to be fully digital pieces to begin with, so none of the digitization-related concerns apply. Aside from differences in monitors, that is exactly how the files appear.

Alright, thanks! Also didn't know you could check to see the reasoning lol.

I've contacted the artist and will hopefully have it digitally lined soon.