But..if you look in the EGL profile, it clearly states:
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Respect the wishes of those who ask for it. I asked for no crit, I know artists need constructive criticism, but I feel as if I always get it, and never any positive reenforcement. That's all.
Well the reason I left that is because last time a few of the crits were problems I was already aware of. I guess I was scared of people being harsh on me, so that's why I requested for no criticism
If you're already aware of them, wouldn't it be not a very big deal? People post crits so that the artist can learn from them, and you seem to not want to.
Improving it isn't going to make it "popular" as you say. If anything, the overly-anime-style is popular. You can take crit and add it into your art without completely changing it.
What exactly did people say that was critical or cruel? A lot of people are pretty gentle when it comes to crit here. Also, what would you consider to be the "right" way of teaching?
popular manneristic and renaissance art didn't have skinny women. In fact artist from Vennice love women who had overly large waists and bozzoms because it was a symbolism of fertility. At the same time they are beautiful pieces of art because they were well drawn.
People can still draw cute lolitas who are not overly skinny. They just have to be in proportion.
Perhaps next time you might want to ask them for "constructive criticism". I did that when i posted my art and it worked. It wasn't negative at all. I was able to get a lot of good critiques. None of them were bad. Probably, they would just say, I agree this needs to be fixed and that needs to be fixed.
Ah ok ^^ And even so, I don't consider the cute lolis I drew as voluptuous as the Vennice women or Renassiance art at all, I consider them to be a pretty normal size. I just prefer not to draw stickpoles, because that's not the norm, and not something I approve of.
*nods* Ok constructive criticism is fine, and I did say if they intended to leave it, to be considerate. ^^; I may just refrain from posting art here.
Yeah I know what you mean. One has to be really careful when posting something on EGL because it can easily create conflict upon certain lolitas that kinda love to think they are so high up the diastole.
don't mind it. Keep on posting :)
Just be careful on your wording. I suggest putting the important words in bold. Not all Lolitas read the fine print :)
There is a HUGE difference between constructive criticism and cruelty. I've seen a few people being rude and mean on this post, but the greater majority of people, like those in this thread are giving you constructive criticism. This means giving you tips on how to improve. There is absolutely nothing cruel, or overly critical, in trying to help a person improve their craft. You are taking it as "overly critical" and "cruel" because they aren't saying that your work is perfect and aren't flattering you without mentioning your faults. I fail to see any rudeness there
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If you already know that what you've posted has flaws then you can't be scared of people pointing them out. People are generally honest(and no matter what you post, there's always going to be some people who don't like it) on here, if you want people to be nicey nicey then I'd suggest posting them in your own journal so your friends can comment on them :P
I would post a lil crit and then say I like your overall idea, but I'm not going to post a completely sycophant-y type post.
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Respect the wishes of those who ask for it. I asked for no crit, I know artists need constructive criticism, but I feel as if I always get it, and never any positive reenforcement. That's all.
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And I can't learn when people are critical and cruel. There's a right way of teaching and a wrong way.
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What exactly did people say that was critical or cruel? A lot of people are pretty gentle when it comes to crit here. Also, what would you consider to be the "right" way of teaching?
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People can still draw cute lolitas who are not overly skinny. They just have to be in proportion.
Perhaps next time you might want to ask them for "constructive criticism". I did that when i posted my art and it worked. It wasn't negative at all. I was able to get a lot of good critiques. None of them were bad. Probably, they would just say, I agree this needs to be fixed and that needs to be fixed.
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*nods* Ok constructive criticism is fine, and I did say if they intended to leave it, to be considerate. ^^; I may just refrain from posting art here.
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don't mind it. Keep on posting :)
Just be careful on your wording. I suggest putting the important words in bold. Not all Lolitas read the fine print :)
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I would post a lil crit and then say I like your overall idea, but I'm not going to post a completely sycophant-y type post.
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