i admit i may have been a bit rude, but as an artist who's heard those "compliments" in person hundreds of times it does indeed aound more like a pity party than a compliment; those "compliments" are much ruder than anything i said. the polite thing to do when someone insults themselves is to reassure them that they aren't as bad as they think they are; this turns the complimenting around, & now the artist who did all the hard work is left complimenting someone so they don't feel bad about themselves. pity parties & reverse compliments are exactly the reason i don't show anyone my art - all too often, the person who readily admits they can't draw ends up being the one receiving compliments because they start insulting themselves. the artist is left knowing their art makes people feel insecure about their own skills, & that any time they want to show something they're proud of, they have to be prepared to compliment others for doing nothing. it's soul destroying.

These drawings and progressions are both amazing. Sleazy - when you say "artist here", are you saying you're the artist of these drawings? Or are you simply saying you are also an artist? If the latter, did you really just go off about "art comment etiquette" without even saying anything about the actual artist's work? Seems far worse with than self deprecating compliments.

Aren't you making a pity party by pointing out you're "an artist but the reason you can't even share your art is because of ppl like Oktopus"?

Get what u mean. But I think u're taking it too seriously. Not everyone means that. It just like saying "wow this is so amazing, I can't draw as good as that". It's more of a compliment than a self-pity rant.

You don't sense any irony here?

Wow, I bet you're fun at parties 🙄 You assume they were complimenting the artist when they may just have been commenting on their own lack of talent. After all, this page is just a collection of completely disparate tweets and memes from various sources. Its unlikely the actual artist is even going to see THESE comments.

I'm having some mixed feelings going on here. You really are a talented artist but. Lecturing someone about how to give you a compliment is not just rude it's bad form. I totally get what you're saying and your not wrong. But coming from you sounds ungrateful and condescending. Just sayin.

Amanda: I am artist too and I agree with sleazy. You shouldn't be complimenting anyone's skill by comparing it to your own. Obviously someone willing to spend in hours and work for years over art will be better than someone who doesn't really do art. That isn't bad form. It's reality. If you want to compliment, make it genuine. Not this weird, guilt-trippy s**t

Wow, not only did you miss my point completely you doubled down on what was already inappropriate behavior on both your parts. I believe I’m safe to say, absolutely no one who follows a compliment with something like “I can only draw stick figures” expects you to make that person feel better about their lack of talent. You and Sleazy need to learn how to be gracious and just laugh along with the people admiring your work. This kind of -you have to compliment me the “right” way- bs is exactly that, bs. (That is what is getting you downvoted, btw). Please, I hope you take this as constructive criticism and not an invitation to argue with you. I hope you do well in life and good luck in your future endeavors.

Sleazy - Idk why you got down voted. People really don't know how to compliment artists without acting all insecure themselves, and that makes the compliment really awkward and sad honestly.

Oh, I love how you guys speak for all the artists. I'm a artist as well; as a concept artist, I do it for living, so I'm far more concerned on how much people are paying for my work instead of which words they use to compliment it. When people say "oh I couldn't do this", well... Thank you. That's our job. Of course they could not do our job, just as we probably couldn't do theirs. It's ridiculously egocentric to think they're provoking you to pity party them. Also, if you "compliment them back", the flaw is on you; your "complimenting back" isn't even genuine as you're doing it as an automatic response. Now fake compliments are far "less genuine" than bad choice of words... Anyway if you're so concerned about "how" people compliment your work, just keep hiding it. Np.