Feedback Policy/Invitation

I was reading the IB Philosophy wiki page and noticed the section on critiques:

"	Unless an artist asks for public critique of their work, it is better to point out mistakes or make suggestions via a Private Message.

So I wanted to publicly say that I appreciate critiques of my work. I want to improve my art and one of the best ways I can know what works and what doesn't is by getting feedback from other people.

I'm still relatively new to making visual art and am not always able to notice when something doesn't work. Often I can tell that something isn't right, but have trouble figuring out specifically what. After I step away from a piece for a few days I start to notice things that could use fixing, but inevitably I won't see the same things as other people do.

I'm not going to ask you to spend hours writing a detailed art-school-level critique (although if you want to, go for it), but if you notice me doing something that either really works or really doesn't, let me know! You can send me feedback either in the comments of the work or via PM, whichever feels right to you. (If you PM me make sure to mention the id of the submission you're talking about.)

My general guidelines for feedback are:

Be polite
Negative criticism is useful, negative attitudes aren't.

Be specific
The more specific you can be about what you're referring to, the more useful it will be for me.

Keep it recent
If I'm doing things right I should be gradually improving, so critiquing something from six months ago isn't going to be very useful. Let's try to keep new critiques to things that are no more than a month older than my latest post.

Don't overthink it
I'll let you know if I need more info. I'd prefer you take a chance and let me know what you're thinking than worry it isn't helpful enough.

Thanks for reading this far, I appreciate you taking the time! Feedback on my feedback policy is also welcome!

--- Examples ---

Let's take a look at

for some examples. I've had a few days after finishing this and I can make more accurate observations. Some feedback I'd give myself is as follows:

"I think her left (screen right) eye looks off." This is the minimum level of detail I'd expect. It's focusing on a specific area I can look at as opposed to saying something like "Her face doesn't look right" which encompasses almost the entire image. It also clarifies which eye I'm talking about, as opposed to just saying "the left eye" which could be interpreted as either her left or screen left (her right).

At a more detailed level "The left side of her face is skewed towards the camera too much, it should be rotated away and pulled in closer to her nose. Her left eye should also show a bit more rotation and probably be slightly larger." If you have trouble describing things in this kind of detail, don't sweat it; just let me know what you're thinking and we'll chat back and forth and figure it out.

Positive feedback is also welcome, as it lets me know what works. For instance, "I think the minimal shading/highlighting on the scarf does a good job portraying folded fabric" and "I like the inclusion of crease lines under the right eye, it gives her a more aged characterization."

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