Post by dvandom on Aug 16, 2008 11:09:16 GMT -5
One of the purposes of this forum is to get useful criticism from others on your art. To that end, here's a few things to keep in mind.
1. Just posting "that's great!" is nice for the ego-boost, but not necessarily useful. Try to be more specific about things you think worked well.
2. Just posting "that sucks!" is not only not helpful, it's unfriendly. Constructive criticism means pointing out how things might be improved, not just saying something is bad.
3. You don't need to be able to do better in order to offer constructive criticism. Even someone who can't play a violin can tell when someone else is playing poorly, eh?
4. Negative criticism will always be inherently confrontational, so try to be gentle. Words like "sucks" and "horrible" are needlessly hostile, don't use them.
5. Just because you want brutal criticism doesn't mean anyone else does. The Golden Rule ("do unto others as you could have them do unto you") tends to break down here.
---Dave
1. Just posting "that's great!" is nice for the ego-boost, but not necessarily useful. Try to be more specific about things you think worked well.
2. Just posting "that sucks!" is not only not helpful, it's unfriendly. Constructive criticism means pointing out how things might be improved, not just saying something is bad.
3. You don't need to be able to do better in order to offer constructive criticism. Even someone who can't play a violin can tell when someone else is playing poorly, eh?
4. Negative criticism will always be inherently confrontational, so try to be gentle. Words like "sucks" and "horrible" are needlessly hostile, don't use them.
5. Just because you want brutal criticism doesn't mean anyone else does. The Golden Rule ("do unto others as you could have them do unto you") tends to break down here.
---Dave