Why should an artist receive a not so favorable comment?
Umm because there is no such thing as making something EVERYONE will like, or think is great. That is ridiculous! Why doesn't the person who thinks 'it sucks' have a right to say...'it sucks'?
And I am sorry, as much as I do like this site--there is little room for the TRUTH. If someone actually said, "This is really awful" to a fellow artist it would be uproar!
Bottom line is; EVERY artist makes SOMETHING that someone will think is AWFUL! And that person has the RIGHT to say what they feel.
Why should someone be humbled? Everyone experiences something, somewhere in someway that is humbling.
| who decides why or when someone should be humbled? |
Well to be quite honest I don't think on a level of, "Well Joe Shmoe is getting a lil too cocky--think I'll kick him a notch or two." I don't work that way. However if you get a comment on a design and let's say this person says, "to be honest...it's pretty mickey mouse.I don't see why everyone's raving about it, because fact of the matter is I think it's pretty awful!"
Now if that artist, then turns around after reading that, suddenly becomes appauled and wonders how dare this person say such a thing. That artist NEEDS HUMBLING! Because that implies that they feel that they are that darn good, and that is just rudeness!
I had a negative feedback on a wall I did over at DA, and it caught me off guard at first sure. Positive feedback one after another. Then BLAM! one hit...that was not so great. And I found it humbling! I didn't think that person was rude.
In fact, I started at the image looking for what this person saw. And went to their page, and thanked them for checking out my image, and noted that I read and considered his comment,respected his opinion and thanked him for his honesty.
That was a HUMBLING moment for me. And did I like it? Well no. But I respected it, and reminded me that everything I make is not always so great.
