Oh ok, well that's fine then. :)

"I like how the right side looks like she has a man back with a big dent in it! Like her man back side was in a big bar fight one night because this one guy took all the pretzels and one thing lead to another and ole' half man back thought she should get up and do something about it but then the other guy had a friend who usually doesn't come to that bar, no he usually goes to the 4 U lounge, but he went there this time and when ole' half man back stood up he knew he had to have his buddy's back... his buddy was a man so his whole back was a man back, not like this lady's back, but anyway, so he saw ole' half man back get up to do something about something an he slammed her upper right shoulder area with an extra 4 inch lead pipe he happened to be carrying around, not his good one that he had in his coat pocket for something else, but his extra one. So that's what I like about this picture when I look at it."

I'd just like to ask Zack one last question here. Is this what you call, 'formal criticism'? Of course, you could be referring to criticism given to terracotta by people besides Axil. But I'm pretty sure terracotta's posts were in response to Axil. Although, I haven't had 50 yrs of experience myself, I've never heard of giving criticism in 'tell-a-funny-story' form in any of my classes. And I can assure you, if that were the case, I wouldn't waste my money or time on such an unprofessional school.

No. What I was agreeing with Axil about was the issue of sexual abuse re: his cartoon. His critique was informal and absurd. I do not consider the issue of the picture being finished relevant to an analysis of the motivation behind any critique, formal or informal, since critiques on finished pictures are just as legitimate as critiques on works-in-progress.

The absurdity of Axil's comment speaks for itself, and to imply that he was being meanspirited for pointing out flaws in a finished picture demonstrates to me a lack of understanding of the nature of artistic critique in a learning environment. That is to say, Axil may have been meanspirited in his comment (I can't tell), but that has nothing to do with the fact that he was criticizing a finished picture.

wow, thas impressive. something about the nose looks awesome. so smooth.

omg, this is beautiful! very well done my friend! good detail and all

Her face looks real, her hair, kimono, and hand look painted, and the folded up thing looks like it was done by a kid.
Don't get me wrong or nothing, I think this is a beautiful picture. That's just what it looks like to me.

yay john lennon!

Awesome, absolutely awesome! You are my drawing idol. :-)

This is a really nice drawing of Harry Potter. ALAKAZAM! (Edit* I was drunk when I wrote this comment. Nice John Lennon Drawing. Amazing! Sorry about that.)

Someone better archive this.

Gorgeous, gorgeous work. wow

It’s still going on to this day (‘:

Very beautiful. I think I know the difference between me and many of the other painters here, now.For example, this is very smooth,finished,and slick.It' very professional. Good job. I do not tend to like going all the way to smooth,finished,and photo-like. I like the paint(figuratively) to look and feel like paint.I even like it similar to paint, messy and gooey. And there seems to be a tendency here, to like everything very smooth,slick,and finished. Guess I am out of the groove. I just like allowing for different styles,and different veiwpoints of what painting and drawing is.

Actually, Dot, this is quite impressionistic compared to the photograph, not an attempt at photo-realism at all.

I wish more were drawing

How did I miss this? Now I feel like I'm copying you with the speedpainting thing. :P Geniuses think alike. Fantastic drawing.

OO a fantastic backside greta, wished mine looked like that..heehee Lovely skin tones, you do them so well :O

omigawrsh! stop doing the old-axil thing! dont cover up your beautiful work O_O

whoa...what happened here?

yeah but instead of a black out its a white out

I think this is my favorite one of yours so far! I love the stunning detail that you did in the hair, lips and eyes. It's breathtaking! You also made the makeup look like makeup, that is, you gave it loads of texture for not much color detail to work with.

wow...

Oh wow greta..those eyes are hypnotizing. Love those little bits of grey in her hair too. She is beautiful..lovely work again :D

fabulous.

perfect.... absolutely....

this is exceptionally good..I love the way you used the textures...perfect!

"same thing but uglier," lmao.

man, I praise you people who have saltwater tanks. I get frustrated just cleaning after beta fish lol Beautiful job terra! I'm glad you stuck with it and were finally able to finish it so you could post it. Thank you for keeping at it!

BEAUTIFUL!