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My favorite comparison is this: Say I was a chef, and I serve you a bowl of soup. You go, "This soup is too salty." Now you obviously don't have to be a chef to tell that. Similarly, you don't have to be an artist to critique the art. If the arm's off, it's off
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First thing I have to say is, this is very true. I strongly agree with this statement.
Second thing is, I love the way this stamp looks. I myself hardly ever make stamps, because usually the image I want on the stamp is too big for the stamp template. Anyways, I simply LOVE the background! I've always been a fan of dark turquoise, it's a beautiful color that can make art look more impacting and bold. The font you selected for the text is very good, it seems to "fit" the stamp. Honestly, I love the stamp, and I most likely will use it. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/sā¦ " width="15" height="15" alt="
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I'm not a very good artist and I find places people need to improve all the time.
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Yes, this stamp is nothing but the truth.
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I agree with this statement 101%! 
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You can say when it's good or when it's bad. But you can't say what to improve on it. That, in my eyes, is not a critique. That is a rating. A judgment.
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Definition for Criticism: "The analysis and judgment of a literary or artistic work."
Although mentioning how to improve something can be helpful, it is not necessary. For instance, if someone has a habit of drawing heads too big, simply pointing out this flaw will alert the artist to consider this problem next time when drawing and improve.
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But, it's utterly unhelpful because often the non-artist doesn't know how to improve. They just see what's wrong and know that it should be different. It's rarely constructive and, after all, the first questions to come after "The arm looks off" will be, "How? Why?" A non-artist can rarely help after that.
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I don't know. I include things such as 'you might want to work on establishing a definite angle for the lighting' and 'your piece might be better if you adjusted the anatomy here' etc. I think that's okay.
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Not to mention that the best professional art critics can't draw for shit
I'd love critique from anyone, whether they can draw or not.
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True point, and I agree with you entirely, but I find that more experienced artist are certainly better, because they are better at pointing out what is wrong, than what seems wrong to them.
I could say the soup is too salty, but that would be my opinion. It could be the perfect amount of salt, but I just don't like salty soup.
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Agreed, which is why one has to take critique with a grain of salt. Artist or not, they might just be being a jerk lul
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Lol you don't have to be an artist, but you should at least know things like how anatomy works, perspective, ect. Know what you're critiquing.
Saying just "This soup is too salty" or "The arm looks off" isn't critique, it's just complaining. xD
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"The arm looks off" is valid input.
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Of course anyone could say that, but only a critic or an expert in the field would know why it's wrong and give proper input on how to fix it, backed up by facts.
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You don't need to be an expert to tell someone that they drew the hands backwards lmao.
On a more serious note (not that my previous point was invalid; it is very true), art is meant to communicate. When I say communicate, it comes off as a little "deep," but it really isn't.
Put plainly, art is generally supposed to express what it was meant to express. It is like language or math, in that it communicates symbolically (especially when stylized), but is far more intuitive and intangible thus eliminating the immediate necessity for a base of knowledge. Art elicits responses as primitive as our fear of the dark, our attraction to reflective surfaces, and other cultural universals. All people operate on the same functions (senses, feelings, basic logic, etc). It is because of this that we can share ideas. This also applies to art. It is completely natural and justified for someone who does not draw to find a defect in a piece. I'd say that it's almost comparable to how one can tell that another person is sick without being a doctor. Something strikes us as "wrong."
Like I said earlier, it doesn't take an expert to point out that the hands are drawn backward.
A non-expert could easily say, "the colors are too bright, there is too much orange present, something about the placement distracts me, etc" and suggest remedies. I've seen it with my own two eyes!
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it's true, but I usually don't critique something I don't understand, unless someone directly asks me to. Because I rather have critique from someone who knows what he's talking about as well ^^ but it might be different in photography than in drawing/painting...
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That's true. But I still don't like people telling me how to do what I do...if they can't do what I do.
Its better when an artist crits you - they can give red lines instead of just saying, that part's off.
Its true though that really anyone can tell if somethings wrong. Its just that they can't then tell you how to fix it. Which is....rather irksome, if you ask me. xD. I think that's why when non artists make such a comment, people get annoyed. xD
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I find that someone just pointing out what's off can make you look at it in a new light, and help you find what's wrong. Not as good as an artist telling you exactly what's off, but still useful.
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That's true. But me, I need a redline. xD If someone points out a problem area but they don't know how to fix it, I just get frustrated because I don't know what to do about it. xD
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