Personally I do not believe that comments should all be praise, how would anyone develop further? Nor do I believe that Poser images should be viewed as that. They should be viewed as art regardless of the medium used. Lighting problems can be addressed in postwork and by rendering in a different program. His comments on my art weren't really taken personally - I could personally care less. He gave his opinion and stated what he thought would look good, he preferred draping vines or some such thing and reflections - I did not, my choice. But to know that he charged into the gallery with no intent other than to criticise the works posted there and that so many turned off comments and to have read many of his comments and to see that there were several that were similar (historical reference) is quite frankly what I found annoying. An Art critic may look at an image and note that it breaks "artistic rules" but realize that it works for that image (how many of the greats originally broke the rules?). An image may not be historically accurate (all those pictures of Christ with milky white skin for instance) but it is no less a valid expression of the artist's imagination. It was his consistent manner of looking for something to criticise even if it wasn't about the art itself but instead about the artist's perception. As in the image "Persephone" and "Egyptian Queen". Troll or not - his opinion and mannerism is not one that I respect. A professional art critics opinion becomes more respected with time and after perceiving his comments, this ones behaviour didn't leave a lot of room for respect. If his attitude/persona aren't respected he could be the best artist in the world and I still could care less about his opinion. Essentially a "critic" of any kind does just that - gives their own opinions. One may love something while another hates it. Will it cause me to turn off comments? No, because on occasion a member here will give me a comment on something that they notice as "off" and I will look at it and say "yes, I can see how that would work" they will do that without trying to change teh "vision" and "concept" of the image. Those comments can often be invaluable. Do I care if he comments on my work - nope not at all.

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