Pixel Joint - A gripe...

[radiowaves]

And some noobs like to call others noobs...

An artist should never overestimate his skill and work.

[Huw Dawson]

Darth... MrMister was trolling. You should have ignored his posts and moved on.

That way, you don't decend to their level. Its like politicians heckling in the Houses of Parliament - the PM ignores them because it serves him no good reason to respond.

And I respect that you were being criticised for "zomg its got too many colours", which is just plain pathetic on their part.

- Huw

[Domino]

What a complete ASS!!! He was definitely trolling.

also, MrMister is giving a good band a bad name.

[Nightfable]

Remember that Darth started this thread because he felt the need to vent to his friends on here (people who understand and can put themselves in his shoes) and not feel attacked, lectured or criticized -- some people are way too into the technicalities and forgetting that they might be rude and hurtful in the process.

I thought his piece on Pixel Joint was beautiful and handled with a lot of care and precision (6 to 8 hours is a lot of time dedicated to such a small image, I would never be able to achieve something like that). The one reason I rarely vent on public forums is because of how painful, hurtful and judgmental the replies may be; you open up only to get kicked in the face.

Same with posting a piece of your own art, it's like having spent so much of your time and effort only to get it violently shred apart. I understand that constructive criticism is needed to help us advance and get better but sometimes an insulting attitude can have the opposite effect; discouraging and alienating. Darth clearly explained in his posts that it's the way people replied to his pixelart drawing that bothered him -- the lack of respect, the snottiness as well as the insulting attitudes.

Anyway... we're not in Critics Lounge here, can't we just be supportive?

[Darth Mandarb]

Domino - that was funny (about the band!)

I just want to re-iterate.

This isn't:

[whine] nobody liked my art!!! [/whine]

It's:

[sick n tired] there a lot of bad attitudes over there [/sick n tired]

I appreciate the support you have offered (some of you!).  It's good to know I'm not the only one noticing!

edit - just read Nightfable's post... she nailed my sentiments quite nicely

[InCreator]

It's weird. I know that I can rate someone's drawing fairly when I'm able to make it myself. Or atleast, get close.
Because that means that I can understand the workload and effort, understand difficulties and detect laziness.

If you get negative, anal crits from someone, better see who it is. Artists are weird. Maybe someone, who's launching attacks at your palette/whatever, happens actually to be a moron who can only draw same thing in same colors and that's basically concludes his skill.
I know alot of people, who have mastered - for example - drawing Mickey Mouse and call everything else pointless and stupid. But never dare to draw anything else, to cover their actual lack of talent.

What I don't understand is that holy aura around term "pixel art".
Hey, those are lit lamps on your screen, not a damn religion. Rules? What rules?

Anyway, that's a magnificent picture. What are they bitching about, anyway?