Submission Declined

lately i've submitted multiple deviations that i've done to the bestofanimegirls group, at least the new ones, but each time i get declined. and i just don't get it. i know recently ive gotten better on the technical stuff, but still being declined? wtf?

so this time I tried to submit this: soranisasayaku.deviantart.com/…  to their chibi folder, but you guessed it, i got declined again. so i figured no more trying with not knowing! i simply just asked, "can you let me know why this was declined?", and this was the answer i got:

"Of course! This was a super close and tough decision to make! And unfortunately it was declined this time as we felt that although there are some wonderful qualities to your artwork submission, such as your amazing eye for drawing perfectly in proportion and your lovely imagination for character design, we felt that overall perhaps some of the shadows could be more deep and involved with the nature of the light/texture/material
For example the shadows on her hair seem a little bit blurry and although there certainly would be shadows running down each strand of the hair, perhaps also consider the horizontal ?  And highlights on the hair too would be nice and really add an ambiance and sparkle to your already cute character!
We felt that the lineart was a little too thick, and although it did not matter on her hair, in closer drawn places, such as her hands, it looks not very elegant and clumpy, which is the opposite to the actual drawing of the character as she is very feminine and delicate!
In other parts the thick lineart also looked odd, was the blue top where her chin would be, perhaps if there was some form of shadow on the skin on top of this, it might make it look more connected ... but we feel the skin in general could use some more colour! I can see when squinting that there is a hint of this along her jawline, but perhaps if this was more dominant and maybe also a blush tint on her cheek, this would just help make the lineart less overpowering!
Overall we truly loved seeing your artwork despite the decline, and we can see that you are very talented so we hope that this does not put you off submitting in the future as I have no doubt we will be accepting soon!
many thanks
-yupon"


....um. ok thanks? i felt like this was more on stylistic choice. For example, i didn't want the shading to be "deep and involved" because that makes the image look more flat. and I did add highlights but for both of these things i wanted to make them subdued because that's just the style i like. i don't like horizontal highlights that much, also.
2nd) i like the thick lines. that's part of the style choice i made. and having a shadow so that the top part of the dress doesn't look awkward isn't possible since there isn't much space for that. the dress neck is ontop of the face, not the other way around.
3rd) there is not much space to make deep skin shadows on skin since there isn't much space to do that. again this is a style choice. does this (bestofanimegirls.deviantart.co…) have many skin shadows and more color? shouldn't this one bestofanimegirls.deviantart.co… have more skin shading and more color and more highlights and tint on the cheeks?
4th) i tried the cheek thing but i didn't like how it looked, because i didn't want her to look like she was blushing or wearing make-up.

plus this is the only thing they point out, regarding on what they accept: bestofanimegirls.deviantart.co…


i guess i'm just frustrated because i felt they were being too picky compared to some of their other deviations which i know my work is better.
i appreciate that my question was answered, but if their workstaff is being that picky then its time for me to look for another group that accepts different stylistic choices. just like in the anime/manga genre, not all manga styles look the same.
and that's that.