Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=40173

I don't usually visit the forums, so I would have missed this thread entirely if I hadn't read about it from someone else's comment on Niti's latest. I just have a few points I want to add, and then I'll leave the thread to end or continue however it will. 1. Like Moonshade, I received a comment from Niti on one of my images not too long ago (link provided). I've found that he's consistent with his comments, which are usually of the negative-but-not-helpful variety. In general, this doesn't bother me because he has a right to his own opinion and, as someone else has pointed out, it's just like getting a short but unenlightening "it's great" comment (which *can* be just as annoying, by the way). However... on to the next point. 2. While I wasn't upset or offended, I *was* a little miffed that he didn't elaborate on his comment. Just *what* exactly didn't he like about it? I strive more towards commercial art than towards fine art, which means I want to create images that appeal to the general public; so if someone doesn't like it, I need to know what to fix, how to improve it, or what to keep in mind for my next image. That's the difference between constructive criticism and just plain criticism; you get something useful out of the former and absolutely nothing out of the latter. 3. I visited Niti's gallery after reading his comment -- to see if I could maybe learn from his great artwork if not from his uninformative comment. That's when I found out how truly uninspiring his gallery images are to me, and I realized just how meaningless and unimportant his comment really is for my purpose. In that case, why even make a big deal out of it? The whole fuss is pointless. I'm not even sure how this thread got so long. Anyway, I'm not for banning people who make negative comments. I'd like Renderosity to be as close to the real world as possible -- where some people will love your work, some people will hate it, and the rest will be indifferent to it. That's why I leave rankings and comments on in all my images; it helps me gauge how my work would really fare out there. If someone whose work I admire leaves great comments, it's like having Boris Vallejo endorse some other painter's work; and if someone whose work doesn't mean anything to me leaves negative comments, it's like having a nameless nobody disparage a painting already bought and hung on somebody else's wall. At this point, I'm just glad if people view my images or leave comments/rankings, good or bad. In the real world, it would mean that people are at least looking at it and/or buying. :)