Stonmann 2024-10-19 16:34:03

How can you ask for things you need to improve on while also saying no negative feedback?

Stonmann 2024-10-19 16:37:51

@Simoes1000 I'd say you're a good person, except for the fact that you freak out over 1 person blocking you. It doesn't matter. Who cares what that person thinks?, and you shouldn't be creating a whole series of posts over one person blocking you.

Gekkotsuki 2024-10-19 18:40:55

Hmm... Being 'openly' sincere with you, though that it's more than obvious that I don't consider you a 'bad-person', I think that you have some quite severe 'flaws', such as being 'immature', 'impatient', 'disobedient' (putting aside that you tend to delete a lot of your own news posts when 'nobody-is-looking', as they could be polemic and negative regarding your own reputation and the reputation of your account...)

...Look, what I'm trying to say is that you're a good person, that's for sure. Nonetheless, let's be honest with ourselves too; you still have to mature a lot, learn a lot about life, and specially, learn to 'control-yourself', Simoes. Despite what others could say, for me, you aren't a 'kid' anymore. You're 13 years old, and I think that with that age, you should be able already to behave yourself a little, and know what's appropiate to do or not. And by that, I'm referring that you can't just provoke a tantrum because you didn't get invite to a collab, or say stuff such as, for example, "Do you want to become scouted on The Portal of Art? Then you must have to make 'quality-art', there isn't any other secret..." (I mean, it's not like you were exactly wrong in that case, concretly, but still.) It's just not okay, alright?

Try to 'polish' those flaws, now that you're still able. Be assured of that, in case that you 'achieve' it, people will notice and praise you for it (me included.)

...And... that's pretty much it, I guess.

Having said all this, remember that you have me here, and don't doubt to 'contact' me via PM, in case that you need it, at some point. I'll be glad to try to help you with anything I can, as far as possible. I'm always 'lurking' around these 'grounds', after all o7.

Yatsufusa 2024-10-19 21:50:07

As others have already pointed out: You're 13. You will be treated by different standards as a person who's 9 or 16. A lot of intellectual and emotional growth is going to happen to you during the next few years - even if you might not always immediately become aware of it. (Unless you start smoking. Tobacco is going to stunt your emotional development, from what I hear.)

That being said:
- 'Overreacting' is a thing with you. If you are angry and are about to post something, take a short break and then read through your post or comment before you send it.
- "I'm a nice person." is not something somebody one should say about themselves. It's like writing "I'm eloquent", "I'm interesting", "I'm pretty", "My art is great", "My game is fun", etc.
What you 'can' say is something like "I'm usually a 'mild' person, but..." - especially if you have a reputation for 'not' being a mild person. That being said: Humor is subjective and carries horribly in a text-only format.
- "If there's anything I need to improve (that isn't a negative criticism) let me know." makes it sound as if you didn't want any criticism at all - which would be weird. The wording you were probably looking for would be "Only constructive criticism, please."
- Your Art Portal submission would qualify as 'sketches' from my perspective. You should get feedback from your peers in the Art Forum about this, but if the agree, there is an option you can use to hide the ratings and make it so that those entries would not show up in the Art Portal (just on your profile), should you ever get scouted.
The Art Portal is a _very_ crowded space. If you are "nice", you only show off the works that are above average that you put a lot of time into. Pushing every little scribble in there is kind of like pollution...