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03-07-2012 06:49 PM |
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Originally Posted by Ryong
(Post 1187777)
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Well, hopefully you aren't into The Dreadful because you don't find it interesting for genre reasons or whatever, not because it sucks. I think there's a difference.
Example: I have no interest in the Mass Effect series. I tried playing the first one and couldn't get into it (I played it on PC). That doesn't mean the games suck though. They just don't spark any interest for me. (not that The Dreadful is on a quality scale of the Mass Effect series or anything, that was just the example I came up with off the top of my head).
However, if The Dreadful IS sucky, I'd appreciate some feedback in the comic's thread and hopefully I can improve it. I think the comic is getting better all the time. I definitely feel like I am improving writing-wise.
EDIT: I need to stop mentioning stuff about my comic in other threads (it just happened to fit into what Osterbaum said). Anyway, I'll try to respond to the actual topic: I think when criticizing someone's work you do have to be careful that your problems with it aren't simply a matter of taste. I remember back when I was learning to draw in an anime style friends of mine would critique the way I drew, yet weren't anime fans. I figured they were just trying (in an unconscious way) to "lead" my drawing toward a more Western style (which they preferred). This was kind of a problem considering that wasn't how I wanted to draw at the time...Writing is the same way. Any good critic ought to be able to tell what is a problem with technique and what is simply a quality of genre/style.
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