I have finally decided that I am going to give myself something to do on the weekends at this funky new spot I got when I'm not busy. I don't imagine it'll take that long to do, so it'll be fun.

The idea is this:

I will pick a random deviation by clicking this here "Random Deviation Link"

I will critique it if it is an actual work.
Actual works are pictures, drawings, modelings, and other contributions that are more common throughout the art medium and not dA specific, such as stamps and customization of smileys.

I like to think I take an objective, yet stern view on what is considered "Art". While this is dA and not a museum dedicated to the culture of the 1800's, this is a locale for the supposed combined works of our present culture. I think it's a good place to analyze and pass a few thoughts on.

I am aware that some of you simply do not care if your work is good - Take a look at my crap and you'll see that it's just that, crap. However, there are a few redeeming qualities about it and I will mention these qualities as standards for my critiquing.

The Most Important Thing - Originality.
Stenciling in a pose of Sonic and then redrawing a few lines to give it a new look and color to make it your own character is Really Poor Form. Really Poor Form. It's great for practice, I'll warrant that - I'm all for practice. But as art? No, no and Super No.

While you could make the argument that everything everyone has made has already been made, I think that characters that don't appear lifted from elsewhere and tweaked are original enough to not get the brutal clubbing of my razor wit.

Also, I do not judge age or raw ability as a factor. If you can't draw a lick but at least have a cute or cool idea, I'll gladly give you tons of praise for it.

However, if you take someone else's character and give it a new spin or a fresh look and do it REALLY well, then I'll certainly praise you for your ability.

Things That I Find Too Much Of:
If you're a victim of being a part of posting items that are included in this non-exhaustive list of "Things That I Find Too Much Of" it's perfectly ok. I however, will immediately dismiss and most likely skip over your work. Lucky you! It's just that I find that what I am including below is so overdone that there's no possible way anyone could make any other posting any different than the other. They're really all the same.

Female Self-Photos:
Are there that many insecure girls out there that they feel the need to plaster themselves over the internet for all to see? "Oh my God, I feel ugly and I'll feel better if someone tells me I'm pretty, hee hee."

Stand up for yourself. From the pictures I've gone through, there has been nary a time where there was a self-photo of an UGLY girl. You already KNOW you're cute, you just want the pat on the back! Grow up already!

Naked Females:
I like naked women as much as the next guy. However, taking a picture of what appears to be your plastered girlfriend laying herself out on a car is NOT art, it's just exploitation and sexist. The female body as an art form has somehow transcended even "Art" itself and now resides in it's own little smut-shop of sorts around the nearby corner, giving kids with inattentive parents another outlet for their inquisitive little minds and grubby little hands.

Over Emotional Writing:
If you can't write a sentence that uses less than two metaphors and thirteen adjectives, please stop writing. Over-saturating an idea just involves a lot of self-prattling that doesn't really get the reader anywhere. Also, whining and gushing I'll completely lambaste and tear apart, as any sensible person will tell you to shut the hell up. If you want to project your love to Mr. or Mrs. Pretty Awesome or send out some hate toward Mr. or Mrs. Absolutely Filthy, send an email or a note. Writing your emotions out and filling in thirty adjectives per sentence isn't Really Good Writing, it's Really Bad Writing.

Poor Spelling:
Ok, I get Internetese. lol and all that. Use it because you want to, ok, great, that's cool, I'm moving on. But dA even has a self-running spell checker that goes for you while you are typing. There really shouldn't be any excuse for fairly obvious mistakes during writing. I can't take a writing half-way seriously when something is written with such laziness that you can't even bother to look up to see if you messed up that t in Stupid. Supid.

Guy And Girl Kissing:
If this is supposed to evoke some sort of emotional tear to our faces (Oh, it's so special! What a moment!) Then you really haven't been paying attention to anything your entire life. I don't care who you match up, whether it's Axel and Tifa, Velma and Zangief from Street Fighter II, it's really the same emotion being accessed to and it's incredibly boring. I can easily hit the "Random Deviation Link" and most likely end up with one of these in less than 30 seconds. Isn't there some other Great and Epic Emotion that Anime (Where this trope is most likely found) that can be tapped into? There's tons of McScreamy Final Attack Raar kinda dealies in those things, how come there aren't more of those?

Oh no, we gotta have Princess Toadstool and Kenshin totally making out on a rock under a full moon by a waterfall, because that's makes us feel pretty fuzzy inside.

Cats:
I don't think I need to elaborate on this one. We all know it's not art, but those cats sure are cute!

If you're still reading this you may be thinking to yourself that I'm a pretty harsh guy. No no, this is not the case. It's more we have set our standards so low on creativity that it's incredibly easy to bash anything you manage to click on.

Most of my Flash Animations are terrible, but I had fun making them. They are pretty original, though! The Demotivator I have isn't something I made exactly, and a few of the other pictures aren't good either.

Also, my name in itself is rather boorish. However, in my defense it was a nickname given to me that I would rather not have. What's more important is that I will gladly play the part that I have been assigned.

I love my writing though. That's originality there. I dare you to find another Flow In Thought 3rd Person Multiple Personality Story out there. I dare you.

However, I maintain my point in that if your work is good in my opinion, I will say so and give reasons why. If I find your work lacking, I will say so and give reasons why.

Anyway, let's do this. I personally do not care if you respond at all to any of my contributions.

This is purely for my own amusement.