rokket opened this issue on Apr 30, 2011 · 260 posts
ShawnDriscoll posted Mon, 16 May 2011 at 10:03 PM
Quote - a bit of encouragement goes a long way toward motivating more effort. When I first started posting on alt.binaries.3d.poser several years ago my renders were awful, but they represented the best I could do at the time. If I'd received scathing criticism, it might have been easier to give up the hobby than continue. What purpose does that serve?
I'm talking about far worse comments that are not anywhere near as bad as the two you mentioned. :)
Quote - The only time I get more than 100 views on ANY render I create is if there's a "nudity" tag on the post. That means a large number of people who peruse the galleries are not necessarily looking there for purely artistic reasons.
So nudity cannot be artistic? Or yours just aren't artistic? And why are they coming to Renderosity to look at CG nudity when there are sites with actual nude photos they could browse instead?
Quote - So, let's not get too sanctimonious here. Some of us are better at creating 3D art than others. Some of us are learning. When I get comments like: "You don't have the lighting quite right," I think: "Well DUH! You don't think I KNOW that?"
So is that a "bit of encouragement" or a "scathing criticism" in your view? And if you knew about the lighting already, did you post that in your description for the upload that you wanted help with the lighting?
Quote - Telling me how to improve is constructive. Telling me I'm wrong is likely just stating the obvious . . .
They didn't say it was wrong. They said it wasn't quite right. You can always ask them how to improve your lighting? In your culture do both of those statements mean you should pack up your things and give up doing computer art? And do you think that by displaying your work in galleries that somehow you should have a right to receive only rave reviews? You can disable ratings and comments for your uploads you know.