Hello all!
I've mentioned giving feedback on my streams, and I figure I'd mention it in some official capacity!
The subject of offering feedback / criticism comes up now and again! Over the years, I've learned that most people are terrible at offering useful feedback!
For feedback to be good, one needs to follow some good general rules that work for almost anything!
- Get permission & consent first! Feedback given is only useful if it's wanted! Obviously if the answer is "no", don't proceed. A lot of people fail this first step!
- Understand what the artist is trying to accomplish! I've had people give feedback that conflate personal taste instead of trying to understand what I'm doing. Like, way back when the site ArtSpots was a thing, someone red-lined my art to make a characters' boobs smaller. No, that's personal taste. If they had advice to draw the characters' big boobs better, sure, go for it!
- Review and acknowledge all the stuff the art piece is doing really well! It's so the artist doesn't change or fix stuff that doesn't need changing or fixing!
- Review and acknowledge all the stuff the art piece is NOT doing well.
- The last step is showing exactly how to improve the the piece! I am a visual learner; red-lines help! Text descriptions are pretty much useless!
A lot of feedback also just "here's all the stuff you messed up on" and offers no useful advice. Great, I honestly don't care.
So!! Unless I specifically am asking feed or criticism, it's safe to assume that I don't want it.
INKBUNNY: I'm thinking about pulling down my ArrJaySketch and Tremaine galleries there, because of the far right folks there, and the fact that the site owner is a huge transphobe.
I pulled down my art off of Derpibooru and e621 because they allow Nazi art. Fuck that shit.
If you're upset that I don't like the far right nor nazis, I am not the artist for you.
You can always find where else I post at https://arrjaysketch.carrd.co
FUTURE PLANS!
I'm currently working on a Sherri & Kyle series! I've been wanting to work on this since 2000!
About the Tremmie & Evan series: it isn't perfect, and it doesn't have to be! I just wanted to do something with it to get it out of my head. Now that I got it done, I wouldn't say I'm happy with it! Anatomy, spacing, stuff I wanted to do, lots of things! There's a LOT of room for improvement! Let's just say I'm happy to be drawing at all, after burning out badly and nuking all my art in 2012!
I'm also going to resume regular streaming going forward! Dates and times TBD, but I'd like to keep doing Friday evenings for sure at the very least!
I've resumed billing on my Patreon and SubscribeStar! Going Forward, I'm hoping to have updates at least once a week starting on Saturdays, starting next week!
Please, no roleplaying and no creepy comments!
Please do not offer feedback or criticism unless it is specifically asked for. Most people are terrible at giving useful feedback.
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/c/ArrJaySketch
SUBSCRIBESTAR:
https://subscribestar.adult/arrjaysketch-s-art-and-stuff