/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>Freshmen year, bright eyed and bushy tailed
>Can't cut or draw in a straight line to save my life
>Craftsmen ship is a hot mess and honestly idk how to fix it.
>Get roasted everyday by old lady teacher who is the head of the department
>Golden boy, John, does everything right.
>Decide to be a Graphic Design Major to make my parents not hate my life choices
>John does as well.

>Utterly bored with it and hate staring at a computer all day
>John immediately picks graphic design and is praised like a God.
>One thing I noticed though: John doesn't take criticism well.
>Older Graphic Design teacher points out flaws and John flips shit.
>Ask around and find out apparently John does that with everyone who tries to criticize anything he does

>I change my focus to printmaking
>Craftsmenship improves like you wouldn't believe
>Finally have a teacher who I respect even though he uses to "tough love" approach to get us to improve
>Almost two Johnless years until he decides to take screenprinting for shits and giggles
>Don't care. I'm at peace with him and myself.
>John tries to draw all of the stencils for screenprint
>Out of all the things he's good at, boy can't draw!
> Me and 4 other John-haters in class roast him for his drawing abilities during a critique
>After class I see John by himself
>He is crying!
>He tells me he knows he can't draw and everyone was mean to him.
>He also tells me he is depressed af and his dad has cancer
>Feel Bad
>He wants a hug and a shoulder to cry on
>I allow it
>Don't hate John anymore even if he is a little bitch who can't draw

Sorry if that was long. I thought chopping it up into two posts would be too much

>>2272738
brother

>>2217708
I know this feel.

>>2042549
I understand all to well.

Though, it'd be nice to see a group get together and go about trying to improve.