Its not like it hurts the artist to hear small crits on anatomy and such much, but it does tear them down a little since flaws do happen. If you have any musical training...its just like how a young ensemble may have a few missed notes, but smoothing out missed notes doesn't make it better (of course it would be nice if they weren't there, but it just happens sometimes!). An ensemble can sound good by being together, being in tune, and doing dynamics well, and even with a few slips of wrong notes, still sound good. To point out that the french horn accidentally hit a G, sure it would be nice if they didn't, but it happens. To someone who barely knows music, they may think that a missed note is an important thing to point out. To someone who knows it well, they know that those things just slip out sometimes, and as you get better, they slip out less often, but they still do happen. Good artists may make an anatomy mistake or perspective mistake every now and then, but it becomes less often as they get better. Unless it is a repeated problem, where the artist may have learned it wrong instead of just making a mistake, just consider it like you would a wrong note. Again, because of my significant background in both, I feel that this is a very accurate comparison!
I do think the fandom needs more reviewers that know what they're talking about. I myself have been thinking of getting a private LJ group together(or something along those lines) because I know a number of us who can give and take criticism well, and since generally the fandom (including artists) are easily emotionally injured by such things, it would be nice to have a safe place for this. We use a private LJ for the WWC and strongly request artists to critique other's works while they are in progress, and I think that its created a great environment...for those who are welcoming of the critique. There are still those that are not, even good artists.
So yes, if that existed somehow, I think that'd be nice, PERSONALLY. However, the artists in the fandom are sometimes unwelcoming of it. It makes an environment for all of us where we are afraid to offer it to each other, because there are so many people who won't take it. If that group ceased providing it to those who were angered by it, then great. Unfortunately, alot of people in the fandom feel like its their duty to hound artists until they resign and "take" the criticism. Everyone works differently. So yea, if it was done respectively, I think it would be a good thing.
Then the question remains...are we going to start critiquing fursuits that suck? I'd like the general standard of our fursuits to look nicer. Of course, that would hurt feelings, even if aimed at the makers, it would hurt those who commissioned the suit. Its worth considering this when considering whether or not to critique commissioned work. ;)
Yep! Sorry for missing that, GR pointed that out.
Its not like it hurts the artist to hear small crits on anatomy and such much, but it does tear them down a little since flaws do happen. If you have any musical training...its just like how a young ensemble may have a few missed notes, but smoothing out missed notes doesn't make it better (of course it would be nice if they weren't there, but it just happens sometimes!). An ensemble can sound good by being together, being in tune, and doing dynamics well, and even with a few slips of wrong notes, still sound good. To point out that the french horn accidentally hit a G, sure it would be nice if they didn't, but it happens. To someone who barely knows music, they may think that a missed note is an important thing to point out. To someone who knows it well, they know that those things just slip out sometimes, and as you get better, they slip out less often, but they still do happen. Good artists may make an anatomy mistake or perspective mistake every now and then, but it becomes less often as they get better. Unless it is a repeated problem, where the artist may have learned it wrong instead of just making a mistake, just consider it like you would a wrong note. Again, because of my significant background in both, I feel that this is a very accurate comparison!
I do think the fandom needs more reviewers that know what they're talking about. I myself have been thinking of getting a private LJ group together(or something along those lines) because I know a number of us who can give and take criticism well, and since generally the fandom (including artists) are easily emotionally injured by such things, it would be nice to have a safe place for this. We use a private LJ for the WWC and strongly request artists to critique other's works while they are in progress, and I think that its created a great environment...for those who are welcoming of the critique. There are still those that are not, even good artists.
So yes, if that existed somehow, I think that'd be nice, PERSONALLY. However, the artists in the fandom are sometimes unwelcoming of it. It makes an environment for all of us where we are afraid to offer it to each other, because there are so many people who won't take it. If that group ceased providing it to those who were angered by it, then great. Unfortunately, alot of people in the fandom feel like its their duty to hound artists until they resign and "take" the criticism. Everyone works differently. So yea, if it was done respectively, I think it would be a good thing.
Then the question remains...are we going to start critiquing fursuits that suck? I'd like the general standard of our fursuits to look nicer. Of course, that would hurt feelings, even if aimed at the makers, it would hurt those who commissioned the suit. Its worth considering this when considering whether or not to critique commissioned work. ;)