Personally, I think it is wrong to publicly criticise someone's work in a negative way. It's embarrassing for the artist. It's much better to send a personal IM. The artist is more likely to listen, understand, learn and appreciate critisism and not take it personally. If someone is continually uploading images that appear un-appealing because of their colour, then is it possible that their monitor is not calibrated correctly? If so, would it not be a good idea to point this out in an IM? How can we improve our artwork if we cannot get honest critisism? How can we give honest critisism if we are constantly afraid of offending? Send an IM and take time to point out the positive as well as the negative. After all you've taken the time to look at their image so there must be something positive before you decided to click on the thumbnail. I'd prefer to have honest critisism than to be constantly living in a bubble uploading images I think people like when in reality they dislike. How about we all help one another to improve and stop being afraid of offending.

Message edited on: 03/17/2006 19:43