Quote - > Quote - I just feel like going and kick the guy in the nuts for being such a pompous ass...

I really think you should re-read his comments. I haven't looked at the image, I don't need to to know that his comment applies to a lot of Poser art.

Here, hear, for a good succinct analysis of what's "wrong" with Poser art. Or rather, with a great deal of mediocre art. I have looked at the picture, and I've been biting my tongue ever since. The only thing that stands out about the picture is the size of the mammaries. Otherwise, it is little more than a imitative visual cliche. That is, not only is it a cliche, but it is a cliche of a cliche.

I would state that opinion more gently if the artist had not announced his desire to harm the critic. That reaction suggests a misplaced estimate of the picture's worth and an inability to accept criticism that is preinfantile. If the artist is so thin-skinned that he can't endure even the most objective criticism, he's foolish to post his pictures in art forums, where people who actually can assess them might see them. Fire up the ole' Epson and show them off to the boys smoking outside the school. "Duuuuuude! Look at the tits!! [snort] [choke]"

PS: On the subject of "putting yourself in the art:" On the one hand, I agree that great art has a "self" put in it, as in "self-expression" (which does not, as some folks believe, mean "doing what you want" but "transferring your self into something else..." a bit like making love as opposed to masturbating). On the other hand, I think all art does, in fact, express the self, but the self it expresses may not be one we meant to express. And it may not be one the rest of us care to meet. And it may, in fact, be a self characterized by lack of imagination, creativity, or charm.