Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Should there be negative ratings in the galleries?

gagnonrich opened this issue on Jan 06, 2008 · 47 posts


Stepdad posted Sat, 12 January 2008 at 3:53 AM

Quote - Well...If we never get any constructive critique, then how are we to improve? When we don't even know whats wrong?  Little bit of critisism might help us.( "Hey. You need to actually conform the hair figure to your V4 character so she wont look bald...etc") Or else Im just gonna keep on rendering my retarted faes that are posed like, oh hell I dunno...like car crash victims and people are just gonna go :"This is so cool!", because  they are too afraid to tell me what they really think. And what they really think is: "Oh God. Another car crash fae by Peelo. And now I have to think of something good to say about this God awfull render...."
    Now how does that help anyone? Is that the proper mindset? Render anything you wish and people are gonna like it just the same. Is it just me, or does that sound pretty damn stupid?

P.S. this isn't directed at anyone particular. Just needed to get it off my chest.

Nothing wrong with criticism.. if it's constructive and if it's asked for from the outset.  No point in being critical of someone elses work if it's not going to help them improve,  and it certainly won't help them improve if they are not the sort who can deal with that sort of criticism.

So yes, for me that is the proper mindset.  Helping an artist improve there work is a laudible goal, but when you run the risk inflicting a significant amount of pain and dissapoinment on someone for no good reason then it's only proper to err on the side of caution. 
So if an artist asks for critical feedback I give it when I can, in the most positive and constructive manner possible.  If an artist doesn't make such a request, then I simply move on to the next image, because  I have no idea how the artist in question might receive a criticism of their work.

I have never seen a work of art so terrible that it would be worth inflicting emotional pain on someone, not to me anyway.  If I don't like something and the artist hasn't asked for critique I just move on to the next image.  I don't post something nice just to be posting, nor do I feel it's necessary.

Nope, I just keep looking till I find something I like, or someone that asks for a critique and has an image that I think my critique might be helpful in improving certain areas of there work.

To me that doesn't sound stupid, it sounds more like common courtesy.  I guess I'm just old school that way though.