Art Not Approved
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Category: The Lounge
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Printed Date: 11 September 2025 at 9:06pm
Topic: Art Not Approved
Posted By: Faherya
Subject: Art Not Approved
Date Posted: 19 April 2018 at 3:18pm
As was suggested in this message (https://imgur.com/a/q6oHbtk), I would like to ask what the problem is with http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/120351.htm - this image . Since I have simpler jobs in the gallery, I could not identify the problem.
Ps: The purpose of this topic is not to disagree with the moderation of the gallery. I just want to know the problem so I can fix it.
Ps2: The link tag is in trouble.
Ps3: I do not speak english, so, sorry for the topic grammar.
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Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 20 April 2018 at 4:47am
Hiya, thanks for posting here :).
Piece in question for those reading along:

I sent that back because it is very minimal, and I don't think it contributes much to the gallery. We want to see work which shows a degree of effort and thought put in, and are of some artistic and pixel art technical quality. This is probably harder to show with really small works, or icons and logos, and yours is a combination of both.
All artworks are individually approved by different moderators, having another "simpler" work approved in the past is no guarantee for others making it in.
I hope that clarifies it a bit, if not let me know!
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Posted By: Faherya
Date Posted: 20 April 2018 at 4:58am
Ok, I got it. Thanks for the clarification.
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Posted By: eishiya
Date Posted: 20 April 2018 at 8:03am
When submitting work to the gallery, try to think: "would people care to spend more than a couple of seconds looking at this?"
If the answer is "no", then don't post it, or post it in a single image with many similar pieces, so that viewers have plenty to sink their teeth (eyes?) into.
Small pieces can still be interesting and solo-post-worthy in their own right, through very interesting design or top-notch pixel/colour work, but most of the time, they're just not. That's why people posting e.g. item icons usually post them in batches or as parts of mock-ups. Even though they're well-pixelled, they're just not interesting to look at on their own.
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