Quote - > Quote - No one wants to have their images bashed, my motto is:  "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." 

For the most part, practice makes perfect.  I think that people will eventually improve their techniques on their own without "constructive criticism" if they keep at it.  If people are discouraged, they are more likely to give up, and that would be sad because creating digital art can be a very satisfying hobby.

I didn't say anything about "bashing" anyone's images.
Your response seems to indicate you equate the honest pointing out of flaws with "bashing".
If someone checks the little box that indicates he wants critique for improvement he should be grateful, not offended, when someone points out he has no shadows, or shadows that conflict with the direction of the light, or dead looking eyes in his figure, or any number of other things.

And so by your logic, being "nice" by saying nothing is actually "nicer" than offering the criticism you know an image needs, and what the person wanted? That makes no sense.

If people are so easily discouraged by negative comments to their imagery then perhaps they shouldn't post it on a public digital art website. Either that or grow a tougher skin and live with the bad comments along with the good . If they're so easily discouraged by a few negative comments, they probably ought not be using any 3D software at all, let alone posting their work. Forget about any comments - the learning curve of various software itself is enough to discourage allot of people, particularly the easily-discouraged.

Either that or uncheck the comments box. But then they also shut out the fawning and the mindless praise from their clique. But that's what it comes down to, really - most of the people who post art here allot really don't want the honest criticism, they want to see the fawning and the mindless praise from their clique.

Collecting stamps or bird watching can be very satisfying hobbies as well, and there's much less chance for someone's feelings to get hurt. ;-)

Actually, constructive comments with information how to improve have no need of appearing negative or de-motivating.  Trouble with a lot of people wanting to make critical comments is that they don't know how to deliver them without demotivating negativity.

I'm yet to see someone whom doesn't want to improve their skills.
I'm also yet to see someone whom likes to go through feeling like crap while trying to learn something, or read other people's comments.

If an image is not a succes, it still doesn't mean that saying something to the effect of "It looks bad" is the right thing to do. Better approach would be to not comment at all, or say, It's nice, I wonder what it would look like with (insert suggestion here).

People whom want to dish out advice of sort with negative delivery aren't any better then people whom don't want to be exposed to it. Most of those whom like to dish out advice with bad delivery are often just as sensitive, if not more when the tables are turned. I've seen that about a milion times.

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