We are getting started!

The critique web-ring for artistic nudes is going to start next week!!! You have until day 22 to read this journal and read these tutorials, in case you feel you need to (i.e.: if it is the first time you give critique then you probably should read it).

Don't want in on this? it's ok, you don't have to... but... can you please make us a stamp?
Thank you...


If you don't know what this is about, please check these links first:

ArtNudes Critique WebRing;

To-Critique - the collection of works to be critiqued;

Pledges & the beginning of the idea;


The advanced critique is important, providing the deviants involved, critiqued and critiquing, an opportunity to increase their artistic capability.

There are four elements of giving a good critique: Description, Analysis, Interpretation and Evaluation. All of which should flow seamlessly into a critique and I feel doesn’t need to fit a certain template. The most important thing to remember with these above steps is to never discredit the artist by belittling them. This is achieved by always complimenting the good and helping to try to fix the negative!
~ words by `flesh in the critique tutorial:





What a Critique is NOT

1. Critiques are not something that can be rushed. You must take time when writing them, or they will come out haphazard and of no benefit at all.
2. Critiques are not written ENTIRELY IN CAPS. Since the age of IM and chatrooms, using caps has been held synonymously with shouting. Caps may be a way to get someone's attention, but caps do not hold attention, especially if used continuously.
3. Critiques are not written in chatspeak or leetspeak. An example of a bad critique would be: “OMG!!!!111 FYI, I <3 ur art! C I BTDT, and u r0x0rz imho!”
4. Critiques do not use emoticons solely to express feeling as these do not explain why the deviation is desirable or undesirable.
5. A critique is not a summary. A summary reports what the deviation is about. A critique, on the other hand, analyzes, interprets, and evaluates the deviation, and searches with the goal of answering the questions why? what? and how well?
6. Critiques are not just limited to positive words. Critiques are a synthesis of positive and negative points.
7. Although they may run contrary to the thousands of other comments you get, critiques are not a form of flaming. Flaming is destructive; critiques are designed for the improvement of art.
8. Critiques will not always be agreed upon by everyone. Art is very much a matter of taste and not everybody likes everything.
~ words by `cypher-neo in the tutorial:





Remember one important thing though: always be yourself. No matter what formula you use, nothing means more to an artist to receive an honest comment from somebody who shows that they care about what a piece means to them.
~ words by ~bringbackart in:




[Pledges so far:]

a) To give critique: ~RocksteadyandBebop =Mollinda *VelvetEchoes `snowmask ~Cornucopiaoflov ~hawthorne-cat *phydeau =TrickedOutTumnus =selizabeth ~vgaer `astarsia `RockstarVanity *Gildir *bewarecalamity =KickStart011 `feetpeet `synconi *LadyAnubis ~EatMyDreams *JennaBlack *pacsaman =IBinsanity =zombierap21 *onceuponatime08 =Shy-Too-Shy

b) To receive critique: *VelvetEchoes *phydeau =TrickedOutTumnus *Gildir =stix46 *Aluccia71 =selizabeth =KickStart011 *LadyAnubis ~hawthorne-cat *JennaBlack *TheHarlequinsMask *pacsaman ~PreciousLittle =Shy-Too-Shy

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