https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=50685458

https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=50594010

https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=44625527

these artworks are on a level of aesthetic development, care and individuality most of those in this site will never ever reach. theyre not SUPER MASTERPIECES, but they arent massified pieces of shit either. they have the artists attitude within it. they are extremely enjoyable. they honor anime style with this renewed development, this kind of artwork is that what makes anime and manga have hopes for a future which isnt brainless shit of today progressively going downhill.

its much, much above the medium level. totally the contrary of subpar.

just on the first page, i found a post i believe that is subpar, and has absolutely no element that "adds" anything. its just another plain image in the flood of millions of others. not only that, the anatomy is terrible and its overall bad looking.

https://yande.re/post/show/401023

^this is subpar. (no offense to the artist, im criticizing the piece, not the person)

and its not just this one. we all know theres a fuckton of pictures like that here. its the rule.

i know i see those pictures as an art student, and you see those pictures as anime fans. i know you probably will ignore me and keep doing the same judgement as before, and think this is "not the place" for this.

but i think EVERY PLACE is the place to discuss about this grave problem that is the current state of things in anime and manga culture. and in the image mass production nowadays generally speaking, anime isnt free from this mass manipulation. you dont want to see unpleasant facts thrown at your face, the unpleasant facts that are permeating every corner of your anime world and you refuse to assume it. you want to be closed in your comfortable little world where everything is all right the way it is, and it will keep being the way it always were, because youre fine with it. youre fine with the moeshits and the false intelectuality of pieces that intend to be smart and different, but at the end of the day they are all the same as the ones that came before, and they add nothing to your life, they dont mean anything at all to your life. they just reinforce the ideas you already had previously. they arent truly questioning or critic, seriously compromised with renewal. youre fine with the misogyny. not your problem, youre not a woman, and hey, its all 2d, it doesnt affect people in the least and men totally do not build fantasies based on fucked up standards from hentai and porn overall, and dont build a violent culture oppressing women! the female characters are getting more important, they are even strong now! the fact that theyre just props to make the males shine more is unavoidable, after all thats why women exist. theyre all exaggerating, they should all shut up! those feminazis are rly annoying lol. if you do really think like that: you just silenced the girls because they said something you didnt like or agree, how fucking childish is that? how many times in your life people say something you dont like or agree with? its unavoidable. ppl are all different. conflict is a basic part of life. do you criticize, nullify and dismiss ppls speech every time? immature brats. and you think you have all the rights to do that. just because youre a man and theyre women, and you know everything better than them, they cant judge for themselves, their opinion isnt as important and correct as yours. this. this is sexism. and youre the irrational and insecure ones that just have to look down on women so you feel less shitty and miserable.

youre free to criticize and ignore me, saying "this is not the place for this kind of picture, this is not the place for this kind of discussion, youre being impolite and inconvenient" but then:

dont fucking complain about the state of manga and anime nowadays, and how shitty the anime standards are, because YOU are the ones causing and supporting it.

this site has been rly important to me for years, it was my foundation, my starting point. and i know here there are a lot of dedicated people. the functioning of the site itself is good. i rly saw potential here. it is so sad to see it become this much closed, this intolerant, just allowing a few more common pictures to enter, almost all illustrations with little to no aesthetic value.

im not against those pictures, i just think there should be room for pictures like the 3 ones i posted above. we need them.

and come on, your eyeballs wont fall from your face if you happen to see those thumbnails. theres nothing really shocking or disturbing about those pictures. and they ARE, undoubtedly, anime styled. really, what necessity there was in deleting those 3 pictures. the server wont collapse because of a few different pictures whose forms are rather uncommon. what harm does it cause? before asking why, ask WHY NOT? there isnt a single reason not to. except "i dont want to". do you really wish to be just another average imageboard?... we lost a lot of important members too through the years, important members who contributed a lot, including quality scans by themselves... what exactly do you want this site to become?...

finally, i apologize if you dont think as i assumed many people do, i didnt mean to insult you, but i meant to criticize the ideas spread among anime fans, and people in general.

because i love anime and manga and i want to make the best of it.

it could be so many things, and i will give my all so i can at least start something different, and create a place where people from after and after and after can contribute and truly create.

this was kinda corny and long and pretentious but i couldnt really do it in a better way.
SOMEONE HAS TO SAY IT...
this post will be soon lost among many others, and nobody will read or remember it, and it will make almost no difference. but i know at least 1 or 2 will read this, and at least they will remember they read a shit ass long text that criticized manga standards. so they will remember there are room for critics, and i think thats already something. i hope that can be carried along to other people too.

man, im just so upset with this. im fed up. the "subpar" thing was just the icing of the cake. the problem isnt the deletion itself, its what underlies it.

there, i said it, i tried to do something today about it.

but my actions will go much beyond this. its work of a life time. my work will speak for myself.

I read it and certainly think that you have a point (SJW stuff aside).

I suspect that the recent resignation of a certain mod and consecutive addition of 3(?) new ones might have something to do with it.

Nah I deleted them.

Stop writing walls of texts.

I don't see the appeal of watercolor artwork example in your pixiv link. Ok I'll give comparison other artist that using watercolor style. It is Kishida Mel.

https://yande.re/post/show/217885
https://yande.re/post/show/126216

If you really insist posting this pixiv, I suggest you using another booru site. Yande.re is more selective. This is known since this site name still moe.imouto.org.

I've had some rejected as subpar. I enjoy yande.re and I respect the moderators decision on whether my submissions meet their standards.

Other boorus have also rejected my submissions, so all in all I try to learn and upload whatever makes the cut.

I agree, lots of other boorus. Life is too short to take it personally.

well... they do looked abstract rather than subpar...

too bad today's aesthetics steers to a specific formula...

even worse when i see responses that compare it with artworks on a different artstyle rather than skill level...

it's not like a medium can only possess one type of standard in style as if they're comparable in the first place...

So is abstract euphemism for shit?

well... i don't know... but i'm sure your response is...

Oh so you can't describe what is abstract and telling me I am a mean and shit person. Thank you.

As far I know in yande.re those kind artwork never seen here. I doubt you can find 100 similar style as OP posted in here.

your words... not mine... i'm just saying your response lacked substance to support your claims...

well... i guess an easier way to find and compare this artstyle with others that most people in this thread to find in par would be looking through the landscape tag...