I just re-read my post - yes, it looks like I focused on the word "criticism". Didn't mean for that to be the case, as I really do believe in the word "critique" which encompasses BOTH sides - not just saying "what's wrong" with something. Yes, I believe every artist (if you're going to leave comments) deserves FIRST to hear what they did right. It's successful for a REASON, and this is why, and I try to make it go beyond, "Dude, you ROCK!" THEN make a constructive statement as to how an element might be made better. A comment on one of my last images pointed out that the city in my background might be a little too big - basically I've got nothing to give it a sense of real-world scale - THANK YOU BGHART!! There was something I couldn't figure out that made it "off" and now I know how I can fix it - I REALLY appreciated that. Most people have the primary goal of getting better at what they do, but some people DO get bent out of shape if someone suggests that something they did might have room for improvement. I think that's the general notion in this thread, so the goal should be to be tactful when leaving a response or comment, and be mindful of what and how you say something might hurt their feelings. Again, "Helpful" (this was noting the very first sentence in this thread which was the basis of my original response)politely means "Don't just say it sucks". -Lew ;-)