wtf. seriously.
Okay, I'm seriously no great artist and am not about to delude myself into thinking about being one anytime soon but seriously what the effing eff????
If you ask people to critique your work and to be honest about it, DON'T TELL ME THAT ITS LIKE THIS OR LIKE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR STYLE. And I don't care if that's anime/manga style because I definitely don't agree with that reason or whatever.
Just because drawing the cartoony style or anime/manga style doesn't excuse you for making your OCs' faces look like they have lethal mumps. Or that they are stick-thin and really, really looks ready to be blown away by the tiniest breeze this side of the east. Don't act all too bristly when I say that and be defensive. How about you accept what I said as it is because you did ask for it.
And, your anatomy is all wrong, I mean, you say you are trying to imitate the style of CLAMP with their long bodies and such well, guess what. You're not even close. Even if that's the way CLAMP draws their characters, it's still right proportionally and they certainly look like they are healthy and didn't miss any meal to look so slender. Their arms don't actually look like a chimpanzee's because they're way longer than they should be. Damn it.
I'm not saying I'm a know it all but if you want to improve, listen to what others actually say and don't dismiss them as mere opinions that you don't give a sh*t. There might be a grain of truth to what they said.
Drawing might be stuff that we have to practice over and over again to improve but there's a system to it. There's no denying that. Creativity is all well and good but don't make yourself seem like an overbearing idiot.
Seriously, don't get all butthurt. Be thankful I don't say the whole of it.
*a stupid rant that the person this is addressed to will never read at all*