Critiquing work online

Interesting post over at Conscientious about posting critiques online. I won’t regurgitate the whole thing here, but I will say this in response.

It’s a sad reality that many artists, professional and otherwise, take unfavorable critiques as personal attacks rather than constructive tools for improving their work. The fact that online discussions are open to anyone to read, negative comments about someone’s work become interpreted as a form of public humiliation.

Having said that, I can understand the reluctance to post critiques online. Piss off the wrong person and you could close a door forever.

I do, however, agree that there needs to be more public discussion online. So let’s get discussing!