AsherD opened this issue on Nov 03, 2003 ยท 39 posts
Gossamyr posted Thu, 06 November 2003 at 11:30 AM
In Regard to SoulEatar, you definitely have some great points...But the limit, in my opinion, in a nutshell, might tone down the hiney~kiss game and the sheer load of stuff that does need some more work. Specifically, you mentioned about artists helping eachother. I think we both know, as do many others that most constructive criticism is met with anger and is taken way too personal, even by the other viewers of a piece. So, we don't really help, in that regard, for fear of retaliation or god forbid comments deleted, so, it's a double edged sword. Artists should be able to post in freedom whatever they want, but bringing a work into the public eye requires a sometimes thick skin, since the basis of art is expression and instilling emotion in others thru that expression. You must be mature enough to handle that someone might not slap a bunch of SWAK stickers on yer booty. Unfortunately, most people do not have this maturity. Any assistance, i.e. constructive criticism, can be sent via email, instant messaging, etc. Mega postings on the 'what's new' gallery only serve to inflate the ego's of people who probably need the most help, artistically. And since the mega posters are only going to get a ton of "wow, great work hon..." for fear of the aforementioned retaliation, it only serves to dillute the gallery as a whole. A gallery after all, kind of assumes maybe possibly some sort of final render, etc. The forums are the place to post something in work and get immediate input, and I don't think the 1 a day applies to that. If it does, that might actually be an issue, but with $, as always, you get more. Anyway, don't take me personally, cuz I don't know you. I talk to inspire creativity, thinking, and artistic freedom. To the renderosity staff, my thumbs up and my thanks for nifty place.