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Whiney Artists

Nov 10th

Posted by Kris in Life

Ok so I’m getting back on track with things which brings me to another one of my pet peeves!

People who whine to me about how nobody takes interest in their art, they never get comments or favs, or the big one pageviews.  With me I really couldn’t care how many or how few I get.  I do appreciate any and all feedback, well some more than others depending on what is said I will admit that, but it always helps to get some kind of feedback.  It’s what has kept me posting my stuff online.  Anyways, I get really tired of artists that come up to me and whine about how nobody looks at their art and comments and then beg me to come look at it.  Or the ones that “befriend me” just to get page views and attention.  I think the latter annoys me more than the whiners.

I dunno really what they want to obtain by coming to me.  I’m not like net famous nor am I able to give them the attention or fans they desire.  So it’s pretty much fruitless.  It’s also a really good way to never get to know me as it does nothing but annoy me.

Most of the time there’s a good reason why these people lack popular artist title.  One they whine TOO much and their art doesn’t make up for it.  Otherwise known as, they don’t draw well.  Two they might draw well enough but their attitude towards everyone will come off as either drama llama or that they have a huge ego.  I have seen this happen even in a grown man about the age of my father.  He was even a published artist, but people weren’t bowing down at his feet online and he threw a fit about it.  I was really amazed.  Then he was saying he didn’t have to act professional on the site but you should at least retain a bit of professionalism or remain nice to people regardless of where you are.  You never know when one of your coworkers or future employers might find it.  It’s the net, it happens.  The major problem I have with these people is though, it’s the INTERNET.  This is not real life!  What do they expect to obtain from getting their name splattered all over the web with hundreds of butt kissing fans?  Sometimes, just sometimes it’ll lead to a real job, but most of the time it’s more of an annoyance for those who do have it.  Interwebs fame, most who have it in the art world don’t want it and the ones that do want it should really be more careful what they wish for.

AND the last little blip of annoyance, people that get into art just to get attention online.  What?  What is the sense in that?  You should draw if you enjoy it and have a passion for it, not just because you want attention from it.  This is where uninspired art comes from.

So that is my little blip about that.  Now I’m going to enjoy some apple cake.  :P  I’ll add in my random question for the post: If you draw or write what is your favorite thing to draw/write about?

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Annoying Comments

Nov 2nd

Posted by Kris in Life

Nothing is more annoying than BAD critique when it comes to art, unless it’s when you give a good critique and the person rages at you. I get it often that someone will post a negative comment about my art but it’s not so much that it’s negative that annoys me. It’s HOW they say it, sometimes they just do it to be “mean”.

“You don’t know what the **** you are doing with this piece, the angles are totally off. Did you even try?”

Harsh much? Although this IS an opinion it is really written in a nasty tone. If you are going to state an opinion about something it’s best to say something like oh it’s not too bad but I think this could have been improved on. Never just bash something if you want to remain on the artist’s good side. Unless you’re a troll and have nothing better to do with your life than to piss people off.

It’s also really annoying when someone attempts to critique but they don’t know how. The art of good critiquing has been lost.

“The face looks wrong”
“Ok how should I fix it?”
“I dunno the face just looks wrong.”
“Ok well… what do you think is wrong about it?”
“I don’t know it just doesn’t look right.”

That’s about as helpful as headphones are to a deaf person. Seriously. If you can’t help, don’t say anything at all cause chances are the artist already knows of the flaw just doesn’t know how to fix it. I know some people want to help, they can see a flaw they just don’t’ know what to suggest, but regardless it’s still pretty annoying.

The other that really annoys me is when an artist either says they take critique or they don’t mind it and then they rage at you for trying to give them help. I get this often enough. People will enable critique on their deviant art account or say in the comments they want critique then they either get angry at me and yell, delete my comment, or they say oh thank you for the critique, then they finish their piece and totally ignore everything I have suggested. The last one annoys me the most, they know of the issues, they even say I have good points, but they refuse to even try to better the piece. It’s either their too lazy or too arrogant to take any kind of help from anyone.

If you ever critique a piece of art, or just want to give an honest opinion, my tip is always say something positive to balance out the negative in it. It’s ok to be blunt, but just make sure it’s not mean or won’t come across as you are just trying to put the artist down. Granted there are some artists out there that are WAY too sensitive to even a blunt but still nice critique and they kind of need a kick in the pants, but there are many that like a good critique so long as it’s balanced.

I know I have blabbed about this before but this is just something that annoys the spit out of me. I have another rant but I’ll save that for the next entry.
So now my question of the week for you folks, what is something that annoys you badly and why?

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