[GFX]Taking Criticism

[Warbsywoo]

How do you handle criticism of your work?

Personally, I take it very seriously but not in the way that I develop a grudge for the people who say negative things about one of my signatures, or avatars, or banners. I use this criticism to channel my efforts into improving my work, even if I disagree with some of the comments.

I expect the same from people who I do critique. In the end, you can't please everyone so a couple of negative comments here and there pretty much just tells you that your work is legitimate and that people are taking a close look at it. Of course, you might have to filter out some comments.

 

[L]

Honestly, I make nothing of it anymore unless it's clearly constructive.

 

[Lebreau]

It depends on who it is criticizing me, and how they're doing it. If it's someone who I think does the exact same thing they're yelling at me for, I have a hard time taking them seriously. (Aka I'm an elitist bitch) Or if it's delivered in a really rude way, I have a hard time listening to it.

Otherwise, I love it. I'd rather have someone tell me they hate it and how to fix what's wrong than hear "Oh my god it's gorgeous, I love it so much!!!!!!!" As long as they tell me why they hate it/love it/are neutral about it, then it's all good. Overall, I prefer the balanced comments that touch on a few good and bad aspects of things, and try to take them into account... if I can. (I still don't understand topaz, so when someone says I've overused it, I get confused. I don't even have it.)

 

[Exoskeleton]

I really like indepth criticism to tell you the truth. I'm always looking for techniques to improve on and I want to know what should I keep/quit doing. All criticism is fun for me. When someone just posts something I usually prefer for them to tell me why it's good/bad and give suggestions. I like criticism that helps me improve overall. Anything else I'll take all the same out of respect though

 

[alec]

Honestly, I make nothing of it anymore unless it's clearly constructive.

Same.
Although, sometimes, I disregard them completely.
I guess it has to do with the fact that I like doing things differently, and when people criticize, it's like they're judging it based on some conventional-rule-of-graphics thing.

Like, I remember one time, some girl criticized a tag I made because "it didn't have enough effects". Uh, it's a photomanip and I purposely didn't want it to have some flashy effects.

But if it's a criticism about, say, me over-sharpening a tag, choosing a bad font, or something like my tag lacks depth, then I'd really listen to that.

 

[Sexy Beast]

I honestly will take any Critique I can get; doesn't matter what kind it is. But most of the time, I pretty much prefer if someone is just bluntly honest with me. There should be no reason to sugar-coat it. Like for example:

Sugar-coated cnc:
"Oh it's absolutely geogous, love everything, and its perfect"

Blunt honesty
"You need to work harder, cause with this, it looks terrible"

But of course, I wouldn't say I like it that honest, but something like that in a variation. how else will I, or anyone else for that matter, learn to expand from his/her skill level if not told honestly how good or bad their work is.

 

[Bei Bei]

I self-criticize a lot of my work so usually when others criticize my work a lot of the times I've probably already said it to myself. My work is no where near perfect, but how am I expected to improve it without a little criticism?

It's easy to differentiate between criticism and someones opinion so it makes it very easy to brush off some of the negative comments on any of my work since most of the time I can tell it's just someones opinion. But criticism you can tell someone has actually studied the work and can see all the strengths and the faults. Now sometimes they're right, but not all the time.

I take best direction from constructive criticism, especially geared towards beginners. Someone who is a pro who has had great work probably doesn't need as much constructive criticism because they're more adapt to be able to improve. But a beginner like me probably needs more constructive criticism to understand and learn the faults in my work.

But not everyone is going to like the work that I do, and I really have to pay attention to the type of person that criticizes my work, and really how knowledgeable and experienced they are.