Quote - > Quote - Once in awhile (more often in amateur art sites like... well like this one) the image really, truly, deeply, madly... sucks a big ol' pile of fly-encrusted goat feces.

 

That is the difference between the internet and real life. In real life, a jerk can walk up to a complete stranger and tell them they suck and risk getting a beating.

So you would commit violence upon someone who gave your artwork a "1" (or any other sort of low score) in real life? Maybe you need to not enter any contests anytime soon. Incidentally, we're not talking commentary here (that's a whole other mess), we're talking number ratings. Think of it as a polite way of saying something sucks. Sure, it would be hella impolite to comment "Man, that inmage sucks more than a hole punched through the Space Shuttle at orbit! Really - shouldn't you master the challenge of fingerpainting before you tackle Poser!?" OTOH, there are images in here that fit that description very nicely. A "1" allows the expression to come through while showing some tact. Now a very tactful and helpful person would also add the comment "okay, here's why IMHO you got a '1' out of me: The lighting is mushy, the composition needs work, and the character needs some more life put into it. Try this, this, this..." /P