Okay, because there are so many differing points trying to be made here, a good rule of thumb is; 1. Preface your comment with,'In my OPINION, blah, blah, blah....' if you don't have any technical expertise with which to aid the artist, and as everyone is entitled to their opinion, and no two opinions will be the same, those you don't like, take with a grain of salt or just ignore... 2. If you don't have anything constructive to say, don't comment just to comment, there have been alot of images I just didn't like, but I also felt no compunction to leave a comment to that effect either....trashing someones work only makes you look bad...no matter how bad the artwork is... 3. If you do have something constructive to say, do so tactfully and offer alternative direction or technical help if you can, as artists we are tender in the feelings department, art is what we 'feel' internally, it is a very personal expression of oneself to be putting out for the world to critique, good or bad... I was at a gallery opening that featured three of my works in Aspen, a very tough crowd, and was standing nearby while two well to do ladies were discussing one of my paintings, one saying how -she- would have used this color here, that color there, and maybe rearrange the objects, and that would have made the painting better...The other one did the same thing saying it was all wrong, and should have been done in all pinks, because -that- was the color she liked most, it took every bit of my control to keep from choking the living sh*t out of both of them, this was my personal vision, not a painting by committee, so think about what you say before you say it, how would you feel getting that type of comment on -your- work......

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