Actually, the lack of feedback has been a big reason I just drifted away from drawing. I've been working for a complete and utter void for nearly ten years now and damn is it hard to push myself forward after that long. No working relationships with other artists or writers, no qualified criticisms, no help or advice, nothing at all.
Post more to WFE or something. I'm kinda sad to read to read this, your art was always pretty great(Pedovan and GOOOOOAAAAAAAAL, right? Two of my favorite pieces.) Although it is pretty standard for total silence to crush creative input, it is a shame you have received this from DeviantArt.
Yeah, no word of a lie, the sketch thread is the most feedback I've got on anything I've done in maybe... four years?
I mean I could play the game, and post endlessly on other deviantart guys' pages, but that's a hell of a lot of effort posting things I don't particularly want to bother with just to get an uncertain result (increased traffic may just mean more idiots hitting the 'favourite' button, or more of the extremely occasional "LOL AWESOME XD" posts).
There's more professional sites, where most of the posters are big names making a living doing amazing things, but those guys don't have the time of day for someone who only made it to 'half-competent', doubly so for a guy who's the same age as most of them rather than an up-and-coming 16-year old.
I actually wish I was a lot worse sometimes, because then I could just quit forever with a clean conscience.
artists ain't necessarily website programmers, chief.
I realize that. But some of them ARE graphic designers, layout experts and other things of that ilk.
Yeah, but not UI designers. Usability and aesthetics are generally at odds with each other, so when you get a clusterfuck of people calling themselves "artists" trying to design an interface, what you're probably going to get is some dadaist piece that you have to "appreciate" in order to even be able to use.
Oh that's more than fair. It just amazes me that there isn't even one admin who actually thinks the layout and design of that site is indescribably awful. I mean, if nothing else - who the hell picked that
colour?