Whats the deal with denying my design with no additional information as to why? All I got was a form letter.

And I quote:

"The reason your design was declined is: Unfortunately, your design did not pass the pre-screening by Threadless and therefore was not accepted into the running. We want every submission on Threadless to have the best possible chance at becoming a tee. The reason your design did not pass the pre-screening is we feel it could use a little more work to be up to that standard.

We now have a feature that allows you to have your design critiqued before you submit it for approval to be in the running. We're certain this will help you improve your design! Learn about this new feature here.

Good luck!

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Here are some other reasons we sometimes decline a design:

- The number one decline reason is that your design did not pass the initial panel of Judges. Each submission must be approved by 3 Judges before being put in the running. Due to the large number of submissions we receive, we cannot accept every submission into the running.

- Improperly sized thumbnails and designs
- The design has too many colors
- The design has a gradient or halftones
- Submission did not use the templates
- Inappropriate material within the design
- The design is too large to print
- The design contains copyrighted material

Thank you for submitting to Threadless,
The Jakes"

Now if they could tell me if it was a technical problem I could resubmit it. I don't submit to the critique area because I don't believe in design by democracy.