A.D.1492
CandyTheCat09
Read and Refute
If everyone was nice in their career people wouldn't be complaining about how much of an a*****e their boss/work partner is.
I agree with panoplies because someone who lies just to be nice to people has either never grown a spine or is manipulative and most likely to screw you over later.
Same with critique.
People can give their critique without embarrassing the artist.
Instead of saying "Your shading sucks, it's just big blocks of darker color."
You could say "Maybe you should try blurring your shading a bit more, that would look a lot better!"
See the difference?
If you are posting under the badge of 'artist' and 'experienced', people will threat you as such.
People won't threat you as a child, they won't swoon and sugarcoat.
They will assume you want to improve. They will assume you want to work in the field.
Harsh critique helps in both with the improving and preparing to work as an artist.
And know that many of those who critique with some authority of experience in this forum got much much harsher critique on their work in their life. And are still getting them.
I think though that people might be forgetting that there are a lot of beginners in here that aren't in the profession and aren't quite ready for that sort of judgement. A lot of the people I have seen get just hammered with negative and non productive comments aren't saying they are experienced. A grade school art teacher isn't going to have the same harshness in their critiques for their students as a college would or a boss. Do you see the difference? If you look at someone's art and you can tell they are light years away from being ready for the profession it's probably a good bet that they aren't ready for the harsh ripping apart of their work.
All of my teachers have made it a point to talk about how to give good productive critique so I imagine that most people who have gone through artistic training have also had that same notion pounded into their head, but have seemed to have forgotten.
be honest, be respectful.
That being said, I have seen some really awesome critiques here from people who know what they are talking about, have tact and are actually trying to help someone improve. Go you!