C+C And Style Discussion (Split from Nayr's Thread)

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Well you guys seem to be giving him hell about him not wanting to change his style. "Do something else" isn't critique; it's a demand. Now actual critique would be: "Not bad

i stopped reading here.

critique does not entail complements. this is something that comes up often, where

whoah whats up, somebody said something about critique not being compliments and i was literally summoned. my browser actually opened itself right to this thread. i'm really upset at you guys interrupting my videogame

I want to contribute to this discussion but I thought I would use a simple webcomic to express my views rather than words:

I wish you didn't.

the important thing is to realize that people come to tSR to improve as (pixel) artists and expand their abilities;

I think we need to make a new topic now.

Because that right there annoyed me. When did this happen and how? When did tSR become a place to just become better artist and not some place to do all sorts of pixel related stuff?

In case you forgot there are people who rip here... there are people make customs for the site (very rare something I'd like to see more of)... and there are people who like to work together and make something.

the thing about this that doesn't matter is that criticism is criticism. you have no control over the type of criticism people will post when you show them a piece of art. tsr is a nice place in attitude; but we should get over this foolish idea that you have to be "nice" to give criticism.
it is the artist job, not the job of the person critiquing, to determine which bits of criticism are going to be helpful to them in the long rung. irrespective of what is posted, doesn't matter if it's an edit, a custom in a style, criticism in this board should be deserved, and demanded of every single artist. i have given gorsal criticism; i said things that were likely not nice but he was a man about it, he didn't ask a friend to rally to his side and defend him because fuck you it's my style. i've done the same thing for crappy blue luigi, much as chris2balls and neorice have done for me and countless other artists.
you see, the thing about art as a creative medium, is if you continue making the same thing over and over again the creativity will eventually die and you will look to either become better at your expression, which falls in line with getting outside of your comfort zone so you can improve. either that, or you do like countless artists that have come through tsr through the years and give up your craft because you're just not up to it.
why is the discussion even getting this long; some of the best artists here have already made points that go well and above what people defending nayr have to say.