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| The Art of Critique; Giving good critiques | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 6 2011, 12:28 PM (252 Views) | |
| IrisFlower | Dec 6 2011, 12:28 PM Post #1 |
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Honestly, I have no idea where I should put this. It's about giving critiques but it's also a tutorial...whatever. To my point...my point is that in this fandom I've noticed there are just as many people who can't give "proper" critiques as there are people who can't take it. I myself sometimes give really terrible critiques. ._. But while I can't totally help those who cannot handle critiques I can help some of us give good ones, right?(and maybe assist people who can't handle them very well) Let's get started! The Definition and Purpose of Critique Critique - a method of disciplined, systematic analysis of a Digest that for a second will ya? Although it says literary work, it can involve artwork, videos, designs, or voicebanks in our case too. But the key words that I love there are disciplined and critically. Which means to give a truly good critique one must find faults in a piece of work and deliver those faults to the author in a civil manner(big words whooo!). No where does it say that a critique should be a personal assault on the author or their work now does it? If you think when someone critiques your work, or when you're giving a critique yourself, that you are being attacked or should attack, please think again. Because that is not the purpose. The purpose of a critique is to help someone improve and get better by pointing out their faults and telling them how to improve next time. The Sandwich Critique Style Now, knowing what a critique is about is only half the battle. Let me tell you a pretty good method of giving a critique that's been taught to me over and over again. I call it the Sandwich Critique. It's basically when you you take a piece of art, writing, or voicebank and say something nice about it. Something that you like about it. Everything has something nice about it right? Say something nice and also include why you like it. Then you find a fault about the piece and tell the author how to improve. Once you do that, say something nice again. You can repeat yourself but I think it would be better if you found something else that you find nice about it. Understand? You "sandwich" your critique between two nice statements like this: Nice thing Critique Nice thing Like that! Example I'll be using my own piece of artwork for an example: http://princesstoadette.deviantart.com/#/d4hpxry There we go. That's my most recent art piece. I'm going to pretend to NOT be the artist and sandwich critique "Grayscale Bordem". I really enjoy the shading in this piece. It's very soft and gives off a calm and cold feeling. However, her top could use some more darker shades around where her arms are and underneath her chest. Her eye is very well done. It's the perfect amount of color to draw the viewer in without distracting from the entire piece. Okay, so you don't have to do it all pretty and proper like mine. But I'm sure you get the point right? When you place your critique in between two kind statements it makes it seem a little less harsh and painful which I think is the problem with some people. I do it too sometimes. Sometimes people will point out nothing but flaws and it makes it feel like your work is just that bad, right? I've done this before too. But with this method the critique is there but you also make the person feel a bit better with those kind comments. Kindness =/= Ass-kissing Saying something nice does NOT mean buttering the author up and making them out to be the best in the world. This is why I said to say why you like something. Please do not do this: "Oh wow! I like this it's really good!" Critique "But seriously! Amazing job! It's really good! The reason being, if your two kind statements are super sugary sweet, your critique may come off as more harsh than it would alone! The author may just feel like, 'Well damn, if they like it so much why would they say something like that?!" and it may seem like your two kind statements are nothing but bullcrap. You want to be sincere in your kindness and you want to come off as sincere, right? So find something you genuinely like and give a good reason ^^ The End I hope this helps some people out a little bit. If you guys have anything extra to add please do so! I'm willing to take critiques on this critique tutorial thingy. (irony? yes? no? I dunno.) Good luck and if there are any questions please ask. Edited by IrisFlower, Dec 6 2011, 02:24 PM.
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| mystsaphyr | Dec 6 2011, 07:35 PM Post #2 |
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*casually links this all over the Critiques board description and rules* |
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