/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3384563
Yeah I understand how portfolio work is basic performance at its highest level. What I do find interesting though, is you've got people such as Craig Mullins who specifically attribute to periods of major improvement, as periods where they shut all outside feedback out, and worked in secret, not even showing his work to his wife- for 6+ months at a time. I do believe those people are likely creating work from a more personal place, and do potentially find the critique to be white noise that may serve to either homogenize the artist's work, or create a situation where the artist can be confused instead of reaching their own understanding and way of troubleshooting. Not saying you should reinvent the wheel, but it does feel great improvement often comes from shutting out all the white noise and progressing according to ones own intuition.

The comments going on are neat but I personally think it would help a great deal of people if we eventually (re)implement an in-site comment section where people can request feedback if they're looking for it.

This might be something where I differ from the norm a bunch, because I rarely like the idea of critiquing a singular piece an artist does (unless it is a performance piece, and needs to be top notch for a client or portfolio). Instead I generally find critique to be most valuable when you look at a collection of pieces an artist has put out, and look for recurring problems. At that point actual long-last insights can be made, instead of the daily "spot the mistake in this guys doodles" that tends to occur in here.