BornToResist

DeviantART is a simple, beautiful idea. A community for sharing your art, your passion, with others. 

Therefore, we must make sure everyone feel wanted and appreciated in the community. Mean, stupid comments at otherwise beautiful artpieces are common. For a young aspiring artist, having someone put you down while you're still struggling to find your place in the art, can be a traumatic experience. I say, there is NO artist out there, who deserves just that. Some people think that putting others down will make your art seem better. It won't.
Maybe you'll feel good for a moment, but putting others down never result in lasting happiness. Compassion and kindness is the true way of optaining happiness. 

Feedback and critisism is extremely important for an unexperienced artist. Support is equally important. We should do our best to help each other to improve. Therefore I present you a quick guide for giving good critisism: 

The Art of Giving Feedback 

I do not claim this is the only way, but here I'll give you some tips for not hurting the very artist you tried to help.

1) Always start with a compliment
There's always something nice to say about the piece. Starting out by saying "Wow, her hair is beautiful!" or "Great piece" gets the artist more interested in hearing what else you have to say. You open up for communication. Starting out with saying "I hate this" or "Her face is weird" is both insulting and hurting for the artist reading your comment.

2) You're not all-knowing
Saying things the right way helps a lot. Instead of saying "The hair should be softer" say "But, maybe you should consider softening up the hair?" It seems like a small difference but it makes a big difference for the artist reading it. They'll easier accept your comment as a suggestion and not view you as arrogant. Remember, you're trying to help!

3) Explain what you mean
Often, when you rush a comment, the artist will get confused to what you mean. If they don't understand your comment, it'll be easier for them to write you of as just a hater or something similar. Therefore, details, always details.

4) End with an encouraging word
Ending the comment with "I think you're really improving" or "Great work!" is a good method of getting the artist to like you. If they like you, they'll take your advice more seriously. 

I had a weird experience yesterday! I hung out with some friends for a while, and suddenly they all seemed annoyed at me. Guess why?

In their own words: I way annoyingly positive and loved too much for my own good. I had to learn how to hate people, or at least, not like everyone for something.
I must admit, I've never thought about it that way. Should one not like someone simply because they don't like you? Wondering...

I've always done my best to be positive and love all that I can, but maybe that's not the right thing? I'm not even sure I'd be able to stop! Maybe people are just different, and it's a part of my personality to be like this. I see, it can maybe be a bit annoying to be happy most of the time, for others in particular. They might think I'm trying to act like H. H. Dalai Lama, but come on. Can't a person just love it all?

Have a lovely day, all of you!

So, I've been a deviant for 6 months now. And I stil haven't figured anything out yet. I'm in here for constructive critisism and feedback, and I'm not stopping before I achieve it! So I'm gonna do my best to figure out how to get it.

Yesterday, I got a comment! Yay! Seriously, I think I did a little happy dance. I've been commenting on stuff I like like crazy, faving lovely stuff and joining groups, and finally results! Yes, yes, I know it's nearly nothing, but let me have my moment here please

Well.

Only now I discovered a bunch of people faving my stuff. First I want to say; Thank you, like a gazillion time!! I love you! Live a lovely life from now on, I wish you love, and care, and wealth and love .. and .. um .. what was I saying again?

Oh, right. I'm not sure if I have the time to actually thank everyone of you. Gosh, I sound like someone famous now. That's not the point .. What I'm trying to say is: I'll try my best to get to thank you. And for now, I will do anything it takes to answer a comment. Gosh, I'd love a comment. Please comment my stuff. I beg you. No? Well.

Actually, I do appreciate everything you do to me in here, but comments are like the holy grail. Please comment. All right, I'm done begging.

(Please)

Have a lovely day out there! xx