Quote - I was under the impression that this thread would help me grow as an artist and learn valuable techniques and possibly see stuff about my work i havent before.  

Instead I feel as if Im being scrutinized and "nitpicked" by people who don't care to investigate anything more than what they glance at, and don't really care.

Yeah, you'll get teched to death by people saying "this is wrong, that is wrong" but don't expect any advice on how to actually fix it.  People who critique are idiots and their work usually sucks.