I really hate it when a poster writes something like: 'all those with positive or worthwhile advice may comment'. I think to myself, frack off reproductive organ face. The line is usually from someone whos work is lacking, mostly because they are busy with trying to be what they think an artist is instead of making and…
nice article EQ. Overall its very constructive and positively written, but the wording of a couple things I'm not a fan of and may throw the tone of the write up off a bit. Gonna be nit picky here: "Is X software/tool/workflow cheating? No, shut your mouth" Seems unnecessary. I don't think you want anyone to feel bad or…
I think all kanga is trying to say is that any discussion is good discussion (what forums are all about), and even if people post "umg i luv u" posts, that still means your work is getting recognition and can be a nice boost for people. He does seem to be overreacting though, remember that this thread is just guidelines,…
I really appreciate you for taking the time to write this post up EQ. I understand wholeheartedly that people feel this way when they start out and feel the need to ask such FAQs. I am probably guilty of this myself. However, I'm not trying to collectively piss in everyones cheerios here, but why weren't such things common…
michalczyk: I thought that was the funniest part! lol. EQ's taken a lot of time to write up this article and he clearly isn't trying to hurt feelings... he's just joking around because obviously its become an annoying question for him. Like he said earlier, he's showing his personality a bit, and frankly I think I have…
Yeah, I am confused where that came from as well. Can you quote something specific which made you think I was only suggesting people leave positive feedback? I just re-read the post and I didn't say anything like that. Polycount is and always has been a place for objective, critical feedback. Unlike a lot of other art…
Most of this makes sense but I don't really get this one. How are you supposed to discover new tools and processes if you can't ask questions about how people have achieved things? As an example Snefer's recent threads about his weapon and environment speed models are amazing and introduced me to the power of modo and…
EQ knows what he's talking about, obviously. The only advice I would add is if you want to get feedback and people to pay attention to your work, pay attention to others', especially at your skill level. A lot of us old timers keep in touch and comment on each others' work because we were around and getting better at the…
First off, thanks for all the comments you guys! I'm really glad that people are finding my little rant useful or at least interesting. To the comments about harsh words, I've addressed this once here: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2221814&postcount=14 but I feel like I should say a little more. Yes, some…
Now, to touch on a couple interesting topics. RE: Praise is better than no response: In the general sense I agree, however, lets look at what I wrote again. Bold added for emphasis on this particular point. Praise is all well and good and often deserved, however, mindless praise serves no purpose what so ever. Here are two…