Donāt read this thread in case you have a sensitive artistic soul. Meow.
So. Artists flooded the Episode Forums.
I might sound like a stuck up bitch with the egoās size of mighty Russia, but maybe Iām not the only one who thinks that like half of the art I see on daily basis here kinda sucks? Like it-was-drawn-by-a-drunk-five-year-old kind of sucks? Okay, we all gotta start somewhere, and we improve with time. And some people just wonāt be able to do decent art, even if they practice for many years. Itās just how it is. You canāt be good at everything, and sometimes you canāt be good at one thing, no matter how hard you try.
But I see how a lot of people praise these artists, which encourages them 1) to stick with the same work quality and 2) to do a LOT of requests.
Sometimes when I see these praises I canāt decide, is it me who was dropped on my head when I was a baby, and canāt adequately judge this art or people are so focused on being nice and afraid to offend someone, that they just keep on lying?
So questions for you.
Do you think Iām being fair or just obnoxious with the things I said?
What do you expect from your art requests?
Have you ever had a request done and been really unhappy with what you received?
Did you use it? Mention you arenāt happy? Or did you just thank them and say it was good?
Maybe your art sucks and you know it? How do you deal with it?
I always take art from artists who give examples, because if I donāt, and their art isnāt to my liking, I donāt want to upset them by not using it. I am always honest. Of course, I point out the positives, because there are always positives if you look hard enough. I also point out what they could improve on, if theyāre asking for an opinion. However, me being me, I donāt think I could straight up say, āit sucksā. Iād be structured like so:
last every single artist I ever meet(including myself) think their art suck.the people who think they are good and brag about how good they are usually are the one who suck most at art
Being nice, and being a liar are different things. You can say truth, while staying relatively nice.
Thatās wasnāt the subject of the thread, to be honest. Like, I can receive a lot of things for free, but it doesnāt mean they will be satisfactory.
Well, I donāt agree. I consider myself decent in art, purely average but decent, and yes, I have bad days when I canāt get anything right, and I know itās the thing with a lot of artists, and I know it cause I have friends, who are artists. The second part of your statement is half ridiculous tbh. There is that thing as adequate evaluation. You look at other people works, you compare it with yours, you listen to the critique and make a conclusion. Some people can do it, and some canāt.
I donāt think itās fair to say that people who think they are good and brag about it are usually the ones who suck most at art. There is nothing wrong with being proud of your art work.
I am pretty proud of quite a few pieces of my own art, Itās not the best and thereās room for improvement, but I believe thatās the case for everyone. Thereās no barrier where you can no further improve.
I donāt believe many artists think their art sucks, if that was the case they wouldnāt post it. They may not love the piece and they might realise that it can be made better, but I think people who offer to do art for other people and post their art everywhere saying āit sucksā usually want people to keep saying it looks good, or they wouldnāt post it.
I am not saying this is the case for everyone before that gets twisted.
Also to address the art being for free comment, there is plenty of incredible art work for free, and not just on the forums, it shouldnāt be a case of you can only have something rough that someone spends ten minutes on just because you arenāt paying for the piece. Itās an artists choice to either do it for free or charge money. Of course you can have more impressive pieces that use different technology and incredible detail etc when you are willing to pay for it, but that shouldnāt be what determines quality.
I put all that I can into all of my requests, I will just charge for pieces that will take a lot longer to do as itās then taking up a lot of my time.
This reminds me actually of girls, who post their pictures with caption āuglyā. Likeā¦ Can you be more obvious in fishing for pathetic compliments?
Well, not all of us are natural born artists, thatās why we do request for people that are not that good or too lazy to do them. So, I think your point is fair, though some people will get offended.
I rarely request from others, except for background or overlays, because I like to get things done myself. But most of the time Iām okay with what I get.
If itās not that good, sometimes I would suggest a few tips but mostly I just say thanks. Some people are sensitive.
I know compare to others on the forum/whole episode community my art is definitely not the best, but I do have a bit of pride in it. I just constantly stalks otherās art and try to improve with what I learned from looking at otherās art.
I get what you mean. A lot of the art I see around here is, no offense to anyone, not the best. There are plenty of detailed tutorials on youtube to help you improve and tips to make sure your work makes sense in the real world (talking about shading. Sometimes the shading on Episode is illogical.)
I know you canāt be born an amazing artist. I know a lot of people ask āHow do you draw??ā a lot. And I did. My art was crap. But Iāve learnt a lot from real
life references and tutorials on how to properly shade things. I find most work on Episode sort of lazy. And the topics posted are like ādOnāt ReQuEst MOrE tHan OnCe.ā or āpLeasE sEnd Me tHe DeTailS thIs REaLyy aNNoyS mE wHen peoPlE dOntā Iām not trying to offend them lol. I just find that most Episode artists are a bit nasty with their work, or theyāre a bit cold. And sometimes a bit too happy with pieces that look like theyāre done with nothing but laziness. Please do not get offended by this - Iām just being honest. And the requester is like āthanks! Itās so good!ā Like, people arenāt going to improve if you donāt be honest. If you donāt want to come off as rude, just give them tips. However, it is called constructive criticism for a reason.
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There is always something that is āyour thingā.
