dA's New Critique Features, and random bullshit...DeviantArt has a new Critique System!
I've noticed that dA has a new critique feature. Personally, I think it's about time that something like this was added. It is way better than the old system and in my humble opinion, its probably a good way of teaching users the proper way of dispensing critiques. You even have the ability to rate whether or not a critique is fair—which I also think is a good idea because I've seen some critiques where it was pretty obvious that the person doing the critique might have had some good points but on other points was essentially talking out of their ass—for example assuming that every deviant who has critique enabled is going to use the deviation in question for commercial use. That might not necessarily be the case, especially when an artist hasn't indicated that the piece is for a client or portfolio. It could be something that they did for fun but might feel that it could be improved upon. I guess that is the whole thing to consider when giving a critique; try to think about what the artist might have intended when creating the piece—which is probably a little harder if the artist hasn't included a "back-story" behind the piece. Also stay away from making remarks, like "oh, there's already [insert-number-here] photographs/drawings/etc. of [insert-cute-animal-here] on dA; that's hardly original." My advice would be to stay away from making remarks about originality in general; all of us have taken an idea from someplace else and reworked it until it fit our own personal styles; a lot of times, our own personal styles are usually an amalgamation of the things that we've liked in other artists' works. If you really think about it and observe not just here on dA but in the art world in general—you will find that no artist works in a vacuum or on an island.
With that, have fun critiquing!
Silent Shadow News
I've finished out the script for the rest of Chapter 2 and have started working on Page 20. With whats left of Chapter 2 (or Issue 1.2) and how I currently have Issue 1.3 laid out in my mind, I might be able to wrap up Issue 1 by this fall. Seriously, I should have had Issue 1 finished three years ago but school and working full-time and the little scares I've had about my health back in '07—not going into detail, that was two years ago now. Anyway, I'm hoping to have Issue 1 finished by this fall because I plan to go back to 16 credits so I can finish by next spring. I also have to start looking at internships—which I'll probably do this spring and summer—as well as find a part-time job since it seems like I'm not going to get hired full-time anytime soon.And...meh...now I'm rambling xD
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Like I was saying though, I'm just worried about people thinking they have carte blanche to be douchebags just because they have a billion page views. There are definitely a lot of artists I respect and can handle an accurate critique, but if some con circuit fan artist thinks they can tear my characters to shit, they'd better have something tangible to back up their knowledge beyond a number. Style comments are something that really bug me too; yeah, you can't see every strand of hair on my characters, but that's the way I like it.
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...they have carte blanche to be douchebags just because they have a billion page views...
Hate to contradict you but most people who have page-views 100k and over usually start ignoring everyone else on dA—at least that's what I've observed. The danger-zone, imho, is in the 0-10k range; and usually it's someone who is in their mid-late teens to early-mid twenties and—no offense—generally male; and is usually done because they don't know any better and/or it's a way for them to get more page-views—in their mind, increasing their popularity. That's just from my experience based on the last three times I had to deal with idiots who thought their opinion was somehow valuable.
...if some con circuit fan artist thinks they can tear my characters to shit, they'd better have something tangible to back up their knowledge beyond a number...
I hate to say it but with a community like dA, there is always gonna be that problem—some idiot who thinks he knows more than everyone else; or worse yet, some very insecure idiot who probably feels intimidated by certain people and so feels the need to attack what they do—remember the last idiot who accused me of thinking that I "know everything there is to know about web design?" I believe he was a very good example of what I've been talking about. You'll notice if you've dug through my gallery, that I've decided to remove all of my deviations that had to do with web design. I realized that as far as a showcase goes, I really don't need dA to show off my web design skills and for that last few years, I've been using dA for my 3D/Vector/Photography work and my Photoshop resources. And since you mentioned style comments, that was apart of that little fight a few months ago. I think the fact that I was willing to step beyond the normal, cookie-cutter Web 2.0-style bullshit that's here on dA is probably what prompted that fight in the first place. I had a really cool design instructor back during my first year at Ai who basically said "Do what you like; if it works for you, go with it." I think a lot of people tend to get caught up in thinking that their opinion should somehow matter to everyone else and they lose sight of the fact that everyone else is going to do what they like, despite what others may say or think about it and imho that is how it should be. Imagine how boring the world be—how sterile our lives would be—if we did something because everyone else told us to do it? Not to go on a tangent but in a way, the world is almost at that point—if you don't conform, you're ostracized for it. If you're not one of the sheeple; then oh gasp! you must be one of the wolves and you must be avoided like you're a leper. Hence why I tend to rebel against any form or hint of conformity
I guess the whole point is that no matter what new features come about, there are always going to be douche-bags and idiots on any community web site *shrugs* I just don't let them bother me or distract me from what I like to do
What you said about style got me thinking about a Cracked article I read recently on messed up fetishes like balloon popping and stuff. They even admitted in the article, hell, the people making these weird ass videos are doing what they want and they don't give a shit, heehee.
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In the last six years of browsing around dA—and from running online communities in general—that's what I've noticed. In fact, have you ever checked out Flame Warriors? That describes the characters of most online communities perfectly.
I learned early on not to care about popularity contests here on dA— perhaps that's just a holdover from my teen years when I absolutely hated and despised cliques—I'm really here for fun xD
The balloon popping thing...it's odd. I couldn't really believe it and there's nothing overtly sexual, it's just people getting -really- into videos and pictures of people blowing up really big balloons. I'm sorry..I really couldn't even begin to explain. Lemme try to dig up a link to the article, it's pretty funny... [link]
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Oh, that's all it is. Thank god
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