super graphic ultra modern living dead girl

You can call me Cryptid. Full grown adult. I like to write, make gifs, and yell about fictional characters. || Bluesky: CryptidAfter || AO3: CaffeineAddict94 || (Minors DNI) 

[cryptidafter]

Welcome to my Stupid Baka Blog

✨GL Fic Recs

✨Gif Series:

She Loves To Cook and She Loves To Eat (in progress)

Word Of Honor (in progress)

Rise Of Phoenixes (stalled)

✨Other Gifs

✨ My Artwork

✨ My Fics

✨I hardly ever make meta posts but here are some if that's your thing:

The Loyal Pin & Class Dynamics

Playboyy & Voyeurism

Call Me By No Name Thoughts

[veliseraptor]

honestly i think people should describe women as "handsome" more often.

[oeing-oeing-clay]

omg did you seriously invite the torturer 😐

[pamrak]

LENÉ and RANN // LOVE BEYOND DREAMS, EP5

[khaoala]

P'Le! Don't tease me like this.

How am I teasing you?

Getting me turned on but doing nothing!

MIE PHATTARANAN as LENE LEDARIN and AYA ORAPAN as ARAN KRETKHAEW episode 5 of LOVE BEYOND DREAMS

[despazito]

It's actually super unethical to keep a peeve as a pet

[aphel1on]

never stop being obnoxious about fictional character online. you will find like-minded people and it will literally save you

[aoya]

[glconnoisseur]

I get it Lal. I'd be obsessed with her too.

[grimalkinscribbles]

Circe from Burn the Midnight Oil 🫶

[menloathe]

when the song tackles you to the ground and starts beating the ever loving shit out of you

[mallowmaenad]

in my culture not only do we hate family and food but we also leave our plastic bags loosely strewn all over the floor and we don't even have a quaint little name for a small local convenience store you can buy sandwiches at.

[lal-wine]

maetkk: Loud & proud💜🌈

[joseopher-deactivated20260418]

(about a problematic ship) actually i think the power dynamics should get more unbalanced and they should have less respect for each other's autonomy and they should violate more boundaries and commucate worse and fuse together in a tangled mass of tragedy until the lines between them blur and vanish and they are one single unified embodiment of unending worship

[dogpuppy]

[lal-wine]

Jan Ployshompoo and Jingjing Yu for Gentle Monster

Bonus:

(What's the outfit theme today?)

Jingjing: A gardener.

Jan: And the gardener's faen (girlfriend).

[professorbird]

Constructive criticism: to comment or not to comment?

That is the question!

Many artists are always pushing themselves extremely hard to better themselves. So what’s the harm in affirming what might seem slightly off? Or rather, what’s the harm in giving tips to an artist that may help achieve a desired look or effect? You type in a comment and hit submit, smiling while knowing that what you wrote may help the artist become even more amazing.

Enter Criticism

As it turns out, not all criticism is the same and as a criticizer you may be hurting more than helping. There's Constructive criticism, which provides a positive or negative look at the artist’s work while offering some kind of info that can benefit the artist. Then there’s what I call Destructive criticism, which provides only a negative look at the artists work with no helpful intent.

Both provide the artist with an observer’s opinion, but in a different way. You may notice that internet trolls tend to use destructive criticism for obvious reasons. However, many people provide destructive criticism without even realizing it. 

Before I continue I should say that I’m not an expert at criticism and have made mistakes with criticisms before and still today. However, I have been on the receiving end of heavy and harsh criticism myself through teaching. It can really mess up your day when you read an evaluation and a student you had really lets you have it regardless of the reason. For that reason I sympathize with many offended persons. So let’s dive into those cold waters, eh?

Criticizers - ABC (Always Be Constructive)

This seems like common sense to some, but I still see comments out there that are blatant and harsh. Here are a few real examples of “bad” criticisms:

“The head looks weird.”

“WTF is her leg doing?“ 

"I don’t like the way the shading is on the feathers.”

In all of those cases, there is nothing positive to be said about the art and there is nothing to be gained. The criticizers may believe they are offering the artist good criticism, but really this is the destructive criticism I mentioned earlier. The comments only put down the picture and don’t offer anything at all to the artist for improvement. Furthermore, never express such blatant general disgust or disappointment. Now to show the opposite, here are some real examples of constructive criticism:

“The head looks a bit disproportionate to the body, but otherwise this looks great!

"The background makes it too hard to focus on the pair in the pic.”

“You need to lighten up the image. It’s too hard to see some features.”

Notice the difference? In those three examples there is a reasonable point a comment is making and there is info the artist can use to improve. It is important to remember that constructive criticism doesn’t have to be positive, but it helps. If you are going to comment on a particular issue you see within a picture, just remember to Always Be Constructive!

Artists - Be a good sport

Criticism does not only invoke responsibility from the criticizing party.

Any criticism is not just a post, but a conversation between one person and another. Likewise, a receiver of criticism is also responsible for interpreting criticism in the appropriate way. This is something that isn’t understood by many folks and it took me years to even grasp the concept. Just like a joke made at your expense among friends, you must react the appropriate way and how you react will affect your friends’ view of you. 

The internet makes interpretation of criticism a bit difficult, but most can tell the difference between lighthearted remarks and malicious trolling. As an artist, if you wish to place your art on public display you also have to learn how to handle criticism, even the bad kind. You may be tempted to get offended at all criticism you receive. After all, you’ve put hard work into your craft. However, you have to remove yourself from your work emotionally when reading comments. Remember, regardless of how harsh a critical comment may be, there still can be something to gain from it as long as it’s constructive. Try to look past any negativity you see. It’s hard, but can be done.

Criticizers and artists - Opt out

This is a valid option if you really just want to avoid criticism as a whole.

Many artists wish to not receive criticism. This is fine. Artists don’t always want to improve themselves based on their observers’ comments. They may wish to just be left alone and figure things out for themselves. Or perhaps they are just happy with their skill level. Regardless of the reason, when an artist says they don’t want any criticism you should respect their decision. Don’t play the “I can say whatever I want,” or “I’m just helping you out” cards. You will only offend the artist more.

Likewise, perhaps an observer sees something that seems a bit off in a picture, but doesn’t want to offend the artist or isn’t sure how they will handle the comment. Even if the artist welcomes criticism it is perfectly acceptable to say nothing at all regarding the picture’s flaws.

Remember, I say artist a lot in this post, but this applies to writers as well.

Cheers