When People Criticize Your Work It’s Not Always about You Let’s face it. When people criticize your work it can really suck. Whether you’re a beginner artist or a professional artist, you’re bound to come up against criticism eventually. If you have a formal art education, then you’ve gone through your fair share of class […]
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Dealing with Haters
Dealing with Haters How to Rise Above Now, more than ever before, dealing with haters is becoming the norm rather than the surprising, unexpected circumstance. Today’s world seems to have a surplus of trolls, haters, and harsh criticism. Everywhere you turn, someone is there to judge and criticize for no reason other than to just […]
Art is Subjective
Art is Subjective Keeping Criticism in Its Place As an artist, beginner or veteran, it’s important to remember that art is subjective. In today’s world, the internet and social media makes it incredibly easy for people all over the world to comment on your artwork. In general, most comment favorably and are encouraging. But we […]
Trolls, Haters, and Harsh Criticism
Trolls, Haters, and Harsh Criticism How to Rise Above Today’s world seems to have a surplus of trolls, haters, and harsh criticism. Everywhere you turn, someone is there to judge and criticize. USA Today reports that among students, cyber-bullying has risen from 11.5% in 2015 to 15.3% in 2017. Those are just the reported instances. […]
Never Apologize for Your Art
Never Apologize For Your Art But Be Prepared… Never apologize for your art. That was on a button someone gave me once. I think on some level I always knew how profound that statement was, but never as clearly as I do now. For the purpose of this post, I’m approaching this from a subject […]
Constructive Criticism Gems vs BS
To round out my criticism posts, I’m including one from August 2018, Constructive Criticism vs BS. Do you know the difference? They’re both criticism. But one is a gem and the other just stinks of BS. The last two posts on criticism would not be complete with highlighting the difference between the two. One can […]
Criticism Revisited
Two weeks ago, we touched on the topic of having a Thick Skin. Let’s face it, with social media, criticism seems to abound. I’m willing to bet that the vast majority wouldn’t say a thing if you were face to face. They feel safe in the relative anonymity of a screen name. Still, their comments […]
Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?
Are You Your Own Worst Enemy? Why We Are So Self-Critical & How To Turn It Around To Your Advantage Have you ever asked yourself if you are your own worst enemy? Most of this planet’s population have been conditioned by family, peers, and the media to be self-critical and self-doubting. And as such, we […]
Criticism
Criticism How to Handle It Criticism. Nobody likes it and some people love dishing it out. Some critics might say that they’re just being honest and trying to help. But there’s a vast difference between a critique and flat out criticism. What’s the difference and how do you handle it when someone criticizes your artwork? […]
When Your Work is Criticized
When Your Work is Criticized It’s Not Always About You How do you handle it when your work is criticized? Whether you are an artist working for a company or you’re an independent artist taking on commissioned work, you’re bound to come up against criticism eventually. If you have a formal art education, then you’ve […]
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