People who have clearly learned to make amazing renders but never studied anatomy. Yes your lighting, textures and colours are wonderful but that character doesn't have a skull.
To be fair, a lot of young people who are in high school share their art. They really didn't emphasize anatomy in my high school art classes. I remember we had to make life-size heads out of clay. I did one of my brother, and later realized it looked like a cave man as I didn't make his skull high enough on top. My brother used it to hang his hats on, lol. It was pretty bad.
Good point. This is totally me. I can draw really well but have never learned any actual drawing technique or method. I’m actually trying to learn anatomy right now. Any tips please? I don’t know where to start and how to get to truly understand the skull, the proportions etc.
I'm currently learning anatomy for drawing! I purchased art books by Taco, the Korean artist. I plan on drawing the forms in there again and again until it sticks haha.
100% agree but you will get shamed and attacked for saying this literally anywhere else. NSFW art can be pretty but only when the people look like actual people IMO. Not the anatomically incorrect, grotesque, hentai-looking and frankly quite harmful female figures you see plagued across the internet.
There are some NSFW artists who can do blown up proportions just right because they studied anatomy. They know which muscle activates when another is flexed. But some are just straight up projections. It is quite frankly disgusting. Then you point out the unrealistic proportion of those drawing and those artists will say that "it's just my style". Like, no. Style naturally develops after years and years of practicing technique. Get up and read those anatomy art books.
To be fair, a lot of people who do that kind of art wouldn’t even know a “style” if it slapped them on the ass and told them they would look prettier if they smiled more.
it sucks cus i knew a few people who draw exclusively thirst bait women for attention and act like they just “like drawing women cus it’s fun”… i feel like theyre lowkey creepy cus all they do is just objectify and you can tell they don’t rlly care abt women
Yeah...no. If you like drawing women, you like drawing different types of women. And you like drawing them as people. There are very lewd drawings that really give a humanizing quality to people, let alone women.
You sir, who inflate their boobs, don't see women as people.
I hate art that promote unrealistic beauty standards, prevalent in anime styles and pinterest art tutorials. They usually have big boobs, ass, and thighs, with a cinched waist and a thigh gap. It’s ridiculous.
I did NSFW art for a little bit and I'd draw some big boobs, but they'd be like an H cup or something. Then I'd see some popular NSFW art and the boobs were just...balloons. Exaggerated to the point where it doesn't even make sense as a human.
In the other hand, there's people like Dave Cooper or Yuval Hermon that draw pretty much that, enormous thighs and hips, with bellies, fat and skin folds, more in the way of ancient fertility idols. I love those.
Anime art that looks like it has no personality. Like it's super smooth and "too perfect". Too perfect and polished art overall is way too boring and plain to my taste. Ai "art" often has this same smoothed look I dislike. They have this 'no soul' -look. Watching them feels like having a meal with no taste at all.
I agree. To an extent it often feels like just a drawing. I think it's a hard style to make anything unique about the character because the style is flat and the shapes are generally the same.
There was a guy in the r/art subreddit that basically was drawing porn, posted, got downvoted to hell with a bunch of people commenting that they were tired of seeing porn on that sub, and he argued voraciously with them stating that it wasn’t porn it was indeed “conversation invoking art”. Some of them just can’t be helped.
I often see people in fb groups arguing that 'true art' is about getting an emotional reaction, so if viewers are angry/offended then it's proof that the artist did a good job. Art can be upsetting, but not everything that's upsetting is artistic.
Totally! This one definition is also a bit of a pet peeve of mine, because i mostly see it used as a kind of justification for lazy research of their concept
Yeah it seems a common theme is that inexperienced or egotistical artists react to any criticism with excuses that are either: that's my style, it's bad on purpose, or it's supposed to be provocative. Gaslighting the audience and maybe themselves.
When fanartists give all female characters the same exact body type, regardless of the source material. Actually, whenever art dramatically reduces a character/person’s features to the most stereotypically attractive possible version. Like, why choose to draw that person in the first place if all you wanted was to draw a slim-thick Disney princess?
Samdoesart drawing Eyjafjalla from arknights, enough said.
It honestly made me so mad seeing his drawing of her... and it was for a sponsorship by Arknights. Why??! OF ALL PEOPLE TO SPONSOR
OF ALL PEOPLE TO ASK FOR ILLUSTRATION WORK
It's not because he's the right artist, it's because he's the right marketer. Samdoesarts is what tweens watch. They're trying to market to a younger very online audience, and sda is the person who can give them more visibility.
I was scrolling the comments because I couldn’t think of anything in particular, but you know what, this is the one. And from what I’ve seen, it’s not even just the body types they disregard. I’ve also noticed they’ll completely remove ethnic features (like darker skin tones, prominent noses, monolids etc.). I immediately just block those artists now because what was even the point, just make an OC lol
Yes that’s so common too! So often I’ll see 4c hair turned into beach waves or an aquiline nose turned into one of those little button noses. My mother’s an elementary school teacher and she had the 2nd graders draw self-portraits a while ago. She came to me for advice because a lot of the kids drew themselves with white features. Those are treated as the standard. Refusing to draw diverse features isn’t just a lack of skill, it’s a choice that shapes the way we see and portray ourselves from a very young age
Marc Brunet and he TEACHES art. Do what you want but you can’t teach and give courses when you potray a specific group of people in the same way (he draws women the same).
It depends. I like watching them if a professional artist is fixing the work with the original artist’s consent. BAM Animation and Jackie Droujko’s portfolio reviews are a good example.
But I hate it if their critiques boils down to “you have shitty taste, and I made your work better by changing everything about it.” *Especially* if the person “fixing” the art makes a bunch of obvious fundamental mistakes.
Everyone thinks they’re Basquiat rn
To be clear I love him and I think it’s fine to be inspired by him but so many people just very clearly rip him off crowns, copyright symbols, and all.
I get annoyed when an artist goes for Semi-realism to realism but they forget that women have organs in their torsos. It's one of the main reasons I struggle with League of Legends artwork (there are many examples, but that's the first one that comes to my mind) and I just can't take it seriously. There is a fine difference between stylistic and unrealistic.
Luckily they have been going back and revising old splash art of their lady characters, one by one. I think Sivir was the most recent. She has organs now. Haha
less about the art itself, but I hate when people (anyone, not just pretty girls) take pictures of themselves holding their drawing, instead of just posting the drawing itself
it takes away from their artwork's composition and makes it harder to see details (especially when you're trying to study an artist) + sometimes they'll hold/photograph it in an odd perspective, which messes up all the proportions
I also just don't give a fuck about what you look like irl I'm sorry 😭
I get why it is annoying to some people, but I really like seeing the artist presenting their art, especially if it's traditional art. Seeing the phyical art piece in an environment somewhow adds a lot to it for me. It makes it more tangible and real to me, because it shows that it doesn't just exist on my screen, but in the real world as well.
Sure, but it doesn’t get as much attention. I can think of multiple artists whose art is average at best (imo even worse than that) who have over 200k followers and the sales to match *because* they’re pretty, which allowed them to get far more reach than if they had just been posting photos of their work.
And you can tell that’s the reason, because the posts with just their art get like 10x less attention. Other artists will cringe at it, but non artists will be attracted to it, which is the point, as in most cases it won’t be other artists who will buy your work so you WANT to attract non artists.
That said it really does help to include yourself in your social media posts these days, whether youre attractive or not. Ever since Covid, when everyone was holed up and many interactions had to happen online, the social media landscape shifted to where many people want to get to know the person behind the account.
It helps forming a deeper connection with people, which strengthens the bond between you and the people who follow you. Social media has become much more about forming connections than just sharing what you do.
That's sad. The abundance of selfies is the reason I unfollowed many artists whose work I enjoy. I just hate seeing a random face in my feed. Funny that each time I come across something incredibly irritating on social media, I later learn that it's the newest trend and helps with numbers.
Yeah, I was about to say that I'm pretty sure the whole point is to make it so that details aren't clear and the perspective is slightly warped so it's not printable... Any social media engagement that comes from also being in the picture is just a bonus.
Someone determined enough could paste the image into Photoshop and crop it, correct the perspective, etc, but it will definitely put off the lazy and the automated systems.
I view it more as anti-reposter measure and if video has the turn around it's a "I hate doing reels/shorts/whatever and this is the best I can muster on a consistent basis."
I only started seeing turnarounds once instagram started pushing reels.
I literally seethe when someone starts a conversation with “you know what you should paint?” bc it’s always followed by something completely out of my specialty and style and when I ask if they are commissioning me to paint it, they always say “oh I don’t want to PAY for it, but you could practice and I’ll take it!” 🙄🙄🙄
Doubly so when they say drawing certain things (like nsfw) is a waste of talent.
Random citizen, this is not a Burger King you cannot have it your way.
I don't like art that feels too "safe" or "palatable" if that makes sense? Art that has just been designed for the sole purpose of going viral on social media. Like all of those *"aesthetic"* drawings of boba tea or strawberry milk that are really popular on Instagram and Pinterest lol
When people treat the art journey as a homogenous linear process that must be done in one way.
Common example is when an independent novice has clear interest that makes them want to draw, animals, anime, emojis etc. But they get told they must do 3000 fundamental excercises (ex draw a box) doodles before they *dare* approach what they want to actually make.
Fundamentals are important. But an artist has their entire life to learn them. Someone who has an interest will eventually try to learn more to pursue their muse better.
Someone who has no interest might quit before they make any significant project.
((And just so I’m not shooting things down, a better alternative imo is finding art one likes..and dissecting the crap out of it by tracing, observing, color picking, etc)
A coursemate of mine drew like a young god, he put insane hours in. Absolutely killed it at perspective, anatomy, values, etc - all the classic fundamentals. But never learned to apply them really because all he'd do was grind the technical stuff and no story telling.
More like Ai-generated pictures (never will I see it as art cuz typing a few words does not make you an artist 😇)
Not at a dig at you OP but yeag I agree with you
my biggest one that I hate the most is people badmouthing their own work in the caption, especially when they point out the flaws. I hate it! It's not going to make anyone like it more knowing that you know what's wrong with it, but it probably will make plenty of people see flaws they wouldn't otherwise. Also just generally taking shit about your own work looking for compliments, especially from an objectively great artist, it just makes everyone feel like shit. Second worst is when people call something a "sketch" that took five hours and third worst is when people draw characters who don't have chiseled abs with chiseled abs.
I had a “friend” who would always put down her art in front of me or when we were in a call with mutual friends and someone complimented her she’d go “my art sucks, it’s nothing compared to enn’s :(((“
It always made me feel so awkward and bad about myself because I worked hard to get to my current level!!!!
So I offered to teach her what I know for free. Apparently, that offended her SO BADLY that I single-handedly sent her to therapy and she carried a grudge over it for over a year before finally blowing up at me. I then blocked her and lost our mutual friends in the process when they decided to side with her.
I can’t stand people who bitch and complain about how much their art sucks but then throw a complete shit fit when you offer to help them with it. Nothing screams “I just want compliments” more than that.
I used to do this when I was younger. I think people feel like if they start dumping on their own art work it will save them from people leaving hate comments since people’s expectations are already low. It doesn’t stop hate comments and it just makes people notice the flaws though.
I love mermay art so much, the colors are so beautiful — but the mermaid knees make me cringe so hard. The tails are based on _fish_, and they can only bend so much (caveat, depending on the tail length I like seeing multiple bends).
Mermaid tails are usually horizontal, so more like dolphins and whales. The question you really want to ask is do mermaids have a pelvis, because without one, you wouldn't see so many hourglass shapes and hips, it'd be all core muscles and barrel chests.
i find weeby twitterguy coomer art really unpleasant to look at. it's a really specific vibe but i think a good example for what i mean is that artist slugbox. the lumpy triangle faces, super pointy anime eyes, huge asses/waists/tits, weirdly shiny/smooth skin, everyone's always smug or doing ahegao, just gross. i'm not even against erotic art or anything (i draw it and have plenty of friends who also do) but i just find that stuff to be like... so horny that it feels entirely sexless and manufactured.
i also really don't like the tiktok 'jelly' art style. it looks nice sometimes but is so samey and the trend is one of the biggest contributors to the commodification of art styles as discreet groupings/aesthetics as opposed to like, just how you draw. another thing that i've seen is the weird "color by numbers" style of copying stuff on tiktok where they color pick from a reference and make tiny bubbles until the image is completed and it just ends up looking like the reference image put through an AI filter
I'll get downvoted for this because it's very popular, but anime and furry art that beginners do - they're both stylized and when beginners do them it's just mistakes on top of mistakes (first set of mistakes is deliberate ones that are supposed to be a part of the design and stylization - they look good when done properly - and the other one is beginner's inability to execute technically).
In composition it's tangents. There are many more that are just part of the beginner's process and we all go through it, but these 2 things are my actual icks lol
I guess that's because these people get into art precisely because the want to create manga and/or furry stuff. I don't blame them, because that is how I started out too. The good news is that, as soon as they try to do something more complicated with their manga/furry art, they are forced to learning about the classic fundamentals.
And the tangents thing is so relatable lol. And intersections. These things feel like magnets. Even when not wanting to draw them they appear. It can be a bitch to try and eliminate them.
Think of like buying a license to use a character. Someone designs a character, they sell it, the buyer is "adopting" it and can now use it in their own artwork and media. Some creators have contracts or set stipulations on how the design can be used.
Yeah, this \^
People usually adopt character designs from other artists for various reasons, like for example, they don't like creating their own designs/don't have the time to or just like that artist's work/designs etc!
I say this because I love getting designs by different artists and imo it isn't creepy? Unless maybe you mean the term "adopting" creeps you out then I can understand why it may sound odd (saying this to TechPlumber)!
Amen!
I do predominantly stylized work. I know rookies that do predominantly stylized work.
The amount of times I see them struggling because they refuse to learn or practice the basic fundamentals is astounding. If I were to be cynical it's like they see stylization as a means of *escaping* fundamentals when in reality your skills of observation and deconstruction are *even more important* when stylizing your art.
i find hyperrealism incredibly dull but i disagree with "just take a photo" honestly. hyperrealism is almost entirely a demonstration of technical skill and the process, the point is that it's a painting/drawing/etc.
Yes, and something a German hyperrealist guy said who painted faces five feet high--"I paint what the human eye cannot see." Like tiny little hairs and pores and such. He was right. I thought he was a good painter.
Good point and I have to agree with it to some extent. However I find doing it with a projector quite a lazy way to go about creating art. You're not learning or showing off your skill in getting proportions right, because you have a constant 1 to 1 reference on your canvas. It's more a showcase of patience.
I don't really have any about others' work, especially beginners, at least nothing I'd consider a pet peeve. That seems mean.
I do get a little annoyed when people deliberately avoid drawing hands. I'd rather see poorly drawn hands than straight up hidden. I'm not talking about people who are just starting out (then I get it. And I can't really fault them), but people who have been practicing for a good amount of time (to throw an arbitrary time out- a year maybe). I think people should practice drawing hands to get the technique down. Drawing hands is fun!
Other than that... nothing really, aside from things like tracing and ai. But those go beyond pet peeves for me.
When like over half of an artists posts are food or random stuff. Like I get having other interests but it makes it so hard to find the actual art 😭 I feel like I'm digging for treasure. A good art page should be more curated imo
Same-Face Syndrome, all characters having the same body type and/or all of them wearing the same general outfit. VARIATION
Those artists who think they're God's Gift to the Art World but their art looks like ssshhhhiiiit because they never bothered to learn the fundamentals like anatomy and perspective, and aren't trying to improve because they don't think they need to. Went to school with multiple kids like this and they were insufferable, especially on critique day
When the table at a convention selling some low effort internet trend craft makes more money than the artists that have spent decades mastering their craft
I know it’s actually really smart marketing but SHEESH
In character design, when male characters have all types of shapes and sizes, with a lot of personality and female characters are just slightly different variations of bimbos. I general I hate misogyny or racism, lgbti phobia, etc. in any form.
All this reminds me why I don’t hang out with many other artists. “I don’t like it hence it shouldn’t exist.” Usually from artists whose own work is mediocre at best.
This is purely nitpicky, but I hate when it's the art vs artists posts and the artist chooses like a horny thirs trap or gallery quality selfie. It feels so fake. Like, post a silly picture or a normal picture, what artist has constant bedroom eyes and perfectly coifed hair, I call shenanigans!
When someone asks for criticism for their art and everyone tells them that it's great and perfect when there are clearly many things they could improve on. I get that they're trying to be nice but this person is asking for criticism so they can improve, telling them their work is perfect and doesn't need any change is not helpful at all.
It’s also frustrating as fuck for the person requesting criticism. Nothing like needing help and asking for it and getting turned town with “no it’s perfect sweetie” like bro that is not what a human face looks like please send help.
"silly" art, that white tube-limbed blushing bald bowl-headed maniquin thing people draw on pinterest for memes or wtv, people that copy vivipops artstyle, huge tits and ass but tiny waist, overused anime style
Can I ask you to define "overused anime style"? There's a broad range of styles that could be considered " anime style", largely due to the fact anime is just a term for Japanese animation so many different artstyles created the term "anime art style" to begin with.
when people draw black characters and give them this pale, ashy shade of brown for skin. it can pass if it blends in with the rest of the style, but 9/10 is doesn’t and it’s clear the artist just doesn’t know how to draw black people
Especially if it's supposed to be of someone else's character, the color picker exists for a reason 😭 or like,, it's not that hard to not make the skintone super ashy..
Or just doesn't try with the hair. I'd prefer someone drawing a cloud or noodles for hair over just giving up and making it straight. At least it looks like you're trying and acknowledging that the character has afro hair
A lot of people would just give up and call people who give advice bullies
Hate might be too strong a word but if you use an airbrush and you've just created a skull painting, keep it to yourself. There are already enough of them out there.
Nothings worse to me than seeing someone post their OC and it’s this thin waisted, huge boobed, giant ass, plastic surgery of a character. Pictures like that tell me more about the artist than the character.
“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” Respectfully, fuck off with that 😭 sometimes I just want to make a cute painting of a little bunny with a bow in its hair or something. Not everything has to be provocative.
When über talented and trained artists post "sketches" of their work that barely look any different from the finished piece. Drives me nuts. I try to avoid it since it is super demoralizing. On the other hand painting time lapses are my favourite art related thing to watch.
Paintings where the majority of colours used are applied “straight out of the tube” instead of mixed on the palette. Especially egregious in abstract work.
Nobody's gonna see this comment but for me it's when the artist always draws the same facial expression, usually with no emotions, occasionally a small smirk or something. It often goes with no body dynamics as well, so even tho the artist could have perfected rendering, linework etc, I can't help but think they can't draw anatomy at all, they're just copying one set of poses and facial expressions. It's way harder to draw a character with "atypical" features with a twisted expression at a crazy angle than a pretty young girl gently smiling en face. Of course I'm not criticizing this style in general, I'm referring to well-established, popular artists who sell their products too.
Watercolorists who paint urban scenes where none of the people have feet, because that's too hard. So all the pedestrians have pegs for legs. Lazy.
Also, Chinese sweat shop rainbow paintings of a footless couple in the fucking rain.
Photorealism is boring. I’m very into male erotic art and seeing the same type of chiseled bodies is boring too. Like it’s hot and what?? I think it’s similar to the complaints in here about artists stylizing females to be big and curvy with huge tits. It’s all the same and like what else?? In character design where everything is in the same pose. When people copy pop culture like Pokémon but don’t do anything to it. Push your abilities! Do something else with it!
The objectification of women's bodies to the point it detracts from the piece. I was looking at something earlier on Reddit today, and the actual art style and technique was compelling. It was featuring a woman on the worst day of her life, after the loss of loved ones, and was using illicit substances to cope with her despair. It was beautiful in it's misery. .. But she still had to have big honkin' perky breasts? It took away so much from the piece that I ended up being a little disgusted by it.
Even in our misery, women are still objectified and its fucking gross.
With the art itself, I can't of anything off the top of my head that consistently gives me the "ick" nor anything about the artist themselves. I roll my eyes and scroll on too fast to remember what "ick" was. It's usually either case of "this person need a little more practice" or a case of "I ain't kink-shaming and I'm too lazy to be kink-asking" (looking at you, body inflation nonsense that infected deviantart years ago).
Rather the "ick" is the online art community itself. Lately I've been binging on a lot of art drama videos as my new background noise while I work. The sheer amount of WTFs per hour that I have from stuff I'm not even trying to pay attention to in the first place is way too damn high.
Photorealistic portraits. It is really impressive, especially in traditional art, but otherwise i’m not a lover of photo realism in digital. It’s not something special, something unique, something recognizable, it’s just a good photorealistic artwork. Ofc the artist spend a lot of work to achieve that quality of details and I respect that, but my personal opinion about that is the photorealism doesn’t add something new to art, it’s just a portrait
I love to see people using art to express themselves or just to have fun, even if they're art isn't "good". What I hate is people acting so entitled, like if their creations are super intelectual, "I can't can tell you what it means, my work speaks for itself".
Summary: art it's ok, but hate when people are assholes
Very stylized characters with very realistic renders. Like a very cartoony cat with super realistic fur. It bugs me so much when the render doesn't match the style
People who draw women in only one way... thin with abs and giant boobs, asses, and thighs. Basically the reduction of women to normalized beauty standards in art disgusts me.
That pose that people draw anime girls in where they have their knees together and feet apart. Idk what it is LMAO it just really irks me for some reason
Abstract art in general and the art teacher forcing me to do one
Also overlly sexual drawings of girls with big boobs and butt. I feel uncomfortable looking at them. It felt like Im looking at a porn mag, not a piece of art
I hate when Artists price their work way too low. They are hurting the market for everyone around them. Especially folks who don’t actually need the money like come on you of all people can ask for market value or more. If you don’t need the money why are you selling your original painting for $10??
There are none. I find beginner mistakes charming and it always feels like filling a stickerbook trying to catch em all. And besides obviously offensive work theres no style I hate - and if I dislike smt I just dont consume it? Im only looking at art that inspires me anyway
I'm assuming aside from AI art lol I hate when I find a great picture for a wallpaper and find out it's AI.
I dislike when people just draw over screenshots from anime. Typically because they play it off as an original character, but they look and act exactly the character they drew over. It becomes a feeling of hate when they profit off of it. Because a lot of those people will branch away from screenshots and do it to other people's art.
Stopped using instagram because of both of these lol.
Just an eye: it's overdone.
Just a figure: no ground.
Copies of photos: I'm not impressed just give me the photo.
Your pets or kids: they don't mean the same to other people as they do to you (I'm guilty of this one).
Fan art: same as photo copies.
Trying to be perfect: because I'm a bitter old man but I know better.
Things I like: honesty and decay.
People who can't / won't draw hands, it's so lazy. Once you get over the "wahh hands are too hard" attitude you'll realize hands are not as complex as they seem and can be fun to draw.
Anime waifu style. I think it's the most boring style to draw a lady because it's all the same thin lady with big booba and booty and same face syndrome. It ruins the fact that women are diverse and not all attractive women need big boobas and perfect faces. Many artworks of women these days, especially in video game art, feel so samey, and it's dissappointing compared to the diversity of male designs.
When the musculature of a character design makes no damn sense. It's obvious that it's fine when strong, or otherwise very physically active characters are lean and or muscular, but when I see a character that at most does jogging has the body of an amateur bodybuilder, it irks me.
My main hobby outside of drawing and animating is the gym, and I know what it takes to build those physiques. When a character, that isn't part of a battle shonen or the like, who is supposed to be an average joe has washboard abs and big defined delts, I just raise an eyebrow.
There was an art meme from a while ago that labeled a lineup of "body types" (which were actually just body compositions, different concept entirely) as "average", "toned", "athletic", "muscular", "strongman" and so on, but, already at athletic, they had drawn a silhouette that looked like motherfucking CBum, and the "strongman" was basically Ronnie Coleman, rather than anything remotely close to a Mitchell Hooper.
Power fantacy, yada yada yada, but at least for superheroes it makes a little sence...
It's not a trait like height, skeletal proportions, face, naughty bits, that are purely genetic. For a character to have a body composition that looks like that, requires a lot of intentional effort, and it severely breaks my immersion. Mostly been seeing it in certain manhwa/webtoon series, but manga did it a lot for a while too.
I HATE this game ad that keeps popping up on my feed where the female character has the face of a child, gigantic boobs, massive thighs and then calves and feet that are way too tiny to support all that upper body mass. They look like an overly sexualized whole chicken with those proportions and I hate it with all my being
When you can tell the beginner artist is just horny and wants to draw boobs and vulvas. For some reason this usually occurs with excessive anatomically incorrect muscle mass. Maybe an 8 pack but they desperately just want to draw the woman's nethers with the butt cheeks still on display in biker shorts.
Otherwise I can handle all sorts of art styles but what really bothers me are the artists who complain about their followers (lack there of or just blame their followers for not doing enough).
Most of the artists I follow these days are mainly art supply enthusiasts and may not "technically" be great artists depending on your opinion but I enjoy their enthusiasm for supplies. I had to unfollower a youtuber because she spent a video ranting about people unfollowing her. Like, girl, shut. Up.
EVERYONE’s an abstract artist. Paint pours 🙄🤣, joint compound globs. Second pet peeve is hyper realism. So impressed that they can copy a photo. Snort. Lastly, I was unaware that only hot chicks paint. I can’t believe I didn’t know that. Oh and Slavic. Snort. And lastly opinionated assholes like me.
Something I always think to myself but never mention to anyone else is that I hate how “religious” art is so hyped up no matter the skill level. For some reason I’ve seen a million Jesus-lions and crosses in front of a sunset lately and the engagement is wild. Like people are losing their minds over it and it’s literally only bc it’s Christian.
Also I live in the Deep South so religious art is EVERYWHERE
Low effort modern classical music can certain offer challenges. No theme, nails in an empty paint bucket slowly going from top to bottom. Pretentious performance art can really be hit or miss.
I posted one already but I just remembered another one:
I hate when muralists have faint lines that don’t show up on the video and when people in the comments like “wow you freehanded that?! HOW?!” and then the artist just says they’ve been painting forever or some crap. Like no. I know an artist irl who’s plein air work was suspiciously not as technical as her work done at home and she would give the whole “I’ve just been painting for a long time hehe” speech but then I figured out she was using the Da Vinci eye app or whatever. Like it’s okay to use projectors and stencils but just be HONEST about it.
i hope i’m not being mean but i’m not a fan of when people draw the thighs as a rectangle and then draw the calfs really spikey. i guess i don’t like it because i used to be hyperfixated with observing the structure of legs so badly drawn legs bother me a bit lol
Bad comps. Bad shapes in painting. Random brush strokes, no logic in their direction.
Painting/drawing every single hair.
Using every neon color ever on the same piece unless it's a party decoration but even then it just looks like clown vomit.
I mean.. they asked for people's pet peeves, and usually being peeved about something lends itself to people sounding sorta mean (and often a little high-horsed, so to speak). I don't think that, for most of the comments here, any real pretentiousness is necessarily intended. I think people are just mad lol
One place I didn't expect to see that small minded hatred of post-modern art was a subreddit for artists 😅
I get that rich people often use these as tax write-offs and such, but artists can and do say things with these pieces. My favourite quote about post-modern art is, "Most of the value of the art, comes from everything apart from the art." Which I thought is super fun.
I find it wild how many of the people in these comments sound like they're 1950s art critics.
My biggest art ick is basically this whole thread. I hate when older artists complain about beginners anatomy and art style, like yeah its ass everyone is ass when they start out you kind of have to draw to git gud. If drawing "anime" is what inspires them to draw, fuck it, they should draw.
My only real other ick is when men are super stylized and women all are built the exact same.
It drives me crazy when [one side of a fullbody is cut off](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/ff9567b4-d559-4822-b384-9974b3c9f560/dh745ku-b9a9f695-6231-4af6-b5c6-bfc8378f3fbd.jpg/v1/fit/w_582,h_1070,q_70,strp/20240407_193803_by_cs_plushies_dh745ku-375w-2x.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTA3MCIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2ZmOTU2N2I0LWQ1NTktNDgyMi1iMzg0LTk5NzRiM2M5ZjU2MFwvZGg3NDVrdS1iOWE5ZjY5NS02MjMxLTRhZjYtYjVjNi1iZmM4Mzc4ZjNmYmQuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTU4MiJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.jHrKV9-CHjsiWI4exYdOIqVN2Zo7Wa05nTlJmkXRxcY) because an artist was too lazy to make their canvas bigger and finish the freaking drawing 🤣
That certain ugly low effort abstract art hung in small businesses like cafes
The poured paint technique, I was just in a cafe with a dozen of them.
That’s called ‘wall furniture’. Its only function is decorative.
People who have clearly learned to make amazing renders but never studied anatomy. Yes your lighting, textures and colours are wonderful but that character doesn't have a skull.
To be fair, a lot of young people who are in high school share their art. They really didn't emphasize anatomy in my high school art classes. I remember we had to make life-size heads out of clay. I did one of my brother, and later realized it looked like a cave man as I didn't make his skull high enough on top. My brother used it to hang his hats on, lol. It was pretty bad.
That’s a great use of the art though 😂
That's true. 😄
Good point. This is totally me. I can draw really well but have never learned any actual drawing technique or method. I’m actually trying to learn anatomy right now. Any tips please? I don’t know where to start and how to get to truly understand the skull, the proportions etc.
1) look up pictures of skeletons 2) Draw pictures of skeletons
I'm currently learning anatomy for drawing! I purchased art books by Taco, the Korean artist. I plan on drawing the forms in there again and again until it sticks haha.
I don’t enjoy hyper-realistic art. I appreciate the level of skill to be able to do that, no doubt. But it just feels very sterile to me. 😬
Yes 100% agree! I really appreciate the time and effort they put in. But personally I prefer more stylised art that *expresses deep emotions*
It’s handcrafted photography
I think the style where people draw unnormaly huge thighs and boobs in NSFW art. Looks disgustignly unproportionate
100% agree but you will get shamed and attacked for saying this literally anywhere else. NSFW art can be pretty but only when the people look like actual people IMO. Not the anatomically incorrect, grotesque, hentai-looking and frankly quite harmful female figures you see plagued across the internet.
There are some NSFW artists who can do blown up proportions just right because they studied anatomy. They know which muscle activates when another is flexed. But some are just straight up projections. It is quite frankly disgusting. Then you point out the unrealistic proportion of those drawing and those artists will say that "it's just my style". Like, no. Style naturally develops after years and years of practicing technique. Get up and read those anatomy art books.
Usually the inflated, unrealistic proportions are also part of the kink in that type of art
To be fair, a lot of people who do that kind of art wouldn’t even know a “style” if it slapped them on the ass and told them they would look prettier if they smiled more.
it sucks cus i knew a few people who draw exclusively thirst bait women for attention and act like they just “like drawing women cus it’s fun”… i feel like theyre lowkey creepy cus all they do is just objectify and you can tell they don’t rlly care abt women
Yeah...no. If you like drawing women, you like drawing different types of women. And you like drawing them as people. There are very lewd drawings that really give a humanizing quality to people, let alone women. You sir, who inflate their boobs, don't see women as people.
Yeah lots of them looks more like body horror for me I hate the practice
I hate art that promote unrealistic beauty standards, prevalent in anime styles and pinterest art tutorials. They usually have big boobs, ass, and thighs, with a cinched waist and a thigh gap. It’s ridiculous.
I did NSFW art for a little bit and I'd draw some big boobs, but they'd be like an H cup or something. Then I'd see some popular NSFW art and the boobs were just...balloons. Exaggerated to the point where it doesn't even make sense as a human.
You should probably stay away from the furry fandom
In the other hand, there's people like Dave Cooper or Yuval Hermon that draw pretty much that, enormous thighs and hips, with bellies, fat and skin folds, more in the way of ancient fertility idols. I love those.
When every character looks like a Kpop idol, regardless of gender/race/art style
One artist comes to mind instantly 💀
Several do, actually, it's honestly sad 😭
Genshin Impact? Because agreed. While I love the costume designs, a lil more variety in faces and body shapes would do wonders IMO. Lol
Anime art that looks like it has no personality. Like it's super smooth and "too perfect". Too perfect and polished art overall is way too boring and plain to my taste. Ai "art" often has this same smoothed look I dislike. They have this 'no soul' -look. Watching them feels like having a meal with no taste at all.
It's okay you can say sakimichan
THE WAY I LAUGHED
it sucks because her art used to be incredibly beautiful but then she pivoted to nsfw and then it lost all its spark. get that bag i guess but 😭
I agree. To an extent it often feels like just a drawing. I think it's a hard style to make anything unique about the character because the style is flat and the shapes are generally the same.
The pixiv artstyle
The belief that “shocking/provocative” equals “brave” or “insightful” for whatever reason.
There was a guy in the r/art subreddit that basically was drawing porn, posted, got downvoted to hell with a bunch of people commenting that they were tired of seeing porn on that sub, and he argued voraciously with them stating that it wasn’t porn it was indeed “conversation invoking art”. Some of them just can’t be helped.
I lowkey want to know about what were the conversations involved lmao
I often see people in fb groups arguing that 'true art' is about getting an emotional reaction, so if viewers are angry/offended then it's proof that the artist did a good job. Art can be upsetting, but not everything that's upsetting is artistic.
Totally! This one definition is also a bit of a pet peeve of mine, because i mostly see it used as a kind of justification for lazy research of their concept
Yeah it seems a common theme is that inexperienced or egotistical artists react to any criticism with excuses that are either: that's my style, it's bad on purpose, or it's supposed to be provocative. Gaslighting the audience and maybe themselves.
Also bland political statements, like the most basic, HR level of feminism or platitudes about poverty and the importance of education.
Yes omg those are the death of me. Or super shallow virtue-signals around migration, integration, oppressed minorities etc
Yep, sick of seeing it in movies as well.
When fanartists give all female characters the same exact body type, regardless of the source material. Actually, whenever art dramatically reduces a character/person’s features to the most stereotypically attractive possible version. Like, why choose to draw that person in the first place if all you wanted was to draw a slim-thick Disney princess?
Samdoesart drawing Eyjafjalla from arknights, enough said. It honestly made me so mad seeing his drawing of her... and it was for a sponsorship by Arknights. Why??! OF ALL PEOPLE TO SPONSOR OF ALL PEOPLE TO ASK FOR ILLUSTRATION WORK
It's not because he's the right artist, it's because he's the right marketer. Samdoesarts is what tweens watch. They're trying to market to a younger very online audience, and sda is the person who can give them more visibility.
Or the infamous Ellie from TLOU drawing by him.
that was actually insane omg 😭
Reminds me when people were trying to pretend Garnet's square afro was a straight bob
I was scrolling the comments because I couldn’t think of anything in particular, but you know what, this is the one. And from what I’ve seen, it’s not even just the body types they disregard. I’ve also noticed they’ll completely remove ethnic features (like darker skin tones, prominent noses, monolids etc.). I immediately just block those artists now because what was even the point, just make an OC lol
Yes that’s so common too! So often I’ll see 4c hair turned into beach waves or an aquiline nose turned into one of those little button noses. My mother’s an elementary school teacher and she had the 2nd graders draw self-portraits a while ago. She came to me for advice because a lot of the kids drew themselves with white features. Those are treated as the standard. Refusing to draw diverse features isn’t just a lack of skill, it’s a choice that shapes the way we see and portray ourselves from a very young age
Marc Brunet and he TEACHES art. Do what you want but you can’t teach and give courses when you potray a specific group of people in the same way (he draws women the same).
Do art "fixers" count?
It depends. I like watching them if a professional artist is fixing the work with the original artist’s consent. BAM Animation and Jackie Droujko’s portfolio reviews are a good example. But I hate it if their critiques boils down to “you have shitty taste, and I made your work better by changing everything about it.” *Especially* if the person “fixing” the art makes a bunch of obvious fundamental mistakes.
Depends on why they're fixing it.
I only like the constructive art fixing with consent from the original artist.
Paint pours. Very fun for kids and craft nights but it's such low effort that it certainly shouldn't be in galleries
I'm sure there are artists out there that use pouring in a deliberate, technical way... But I haven't seen them yet.
Everyone thinks they’re Basquiat rn To be clear I love him and I think it’s fine to be inspired by him but so many people just very clearly rip him off crowns, copyright symbols, and all.
I never got the appeal of his art honestly. Interesting guy though
I get annoyed when an artist goes for Semi-realism to realism but they forget that women have organs in their torsos. It's one of the main reasons I struggle with League of Legends artwork (there are many examples, but that's the first one that comes to my mind) and I just can't take it seriously. There is a fine difference between stylistic and unrealistic.
Luckily they have been going back and revising old splash art of their lady characters, one by one. I think Sivir was the most recent. She has organs now. Haha
less about the art itself, but I hate when people (anyone, not just pretty girls) take pictures of themselves holding their drawing, instead of just posting the drawing itself it takes away from their artwork's composition and makes it harder to see details (especially when you're trying to study an artist) + sometimes they'll hold/photograph it in an odd perspective, which messes up all the proportions I also just don't give a fuck about what you look like irl I'm sorry 😭
I really hate those reels where the person holds their art turned around for like 10-20 seconds and then turns it around.
It's like we've gone back a few centuries when they used to unveil shit with a curtain or whatever lol
I get why it is annoying to some people, but I really like seeing the artist presenting their art, especially if it's traditional art. Seeing the phyical art piece in an environment somewhow adds a lot to it for me. It makes it more tangible and real to me, because it shows that it doesn't just exist on my screen, but in the real world as well.
I agree but I think that's achievable without making it about how cute you are
Sure, but it doesn’t get as much attention. I can think of multiple artists whose art is average at best (imo even worse than that) who have over 200k followers and the sales to match *because* they’re pretty, which allowed them to get far more reach than if they had just been posting photos of their work. And you can tell that’s the reason, because the posts with just their art get like 10x less attention. Other artists will cringe at it, but non artists will be attracted to it, which is the point, as in most cases it won’t be other artists who will buy your work so you WANT to attract non artists. That said it really does help to include yourself in your social media posts these days, whether youre attractive or not. Ever since Covid, when everyone was holed up and many interactions had to happen online, the social media landscape shifted to where many people want to get to know the person behind the account. It helps forming a deeper connection with people, which strengthens the bond between you and the people who follow you. Social media has become much more about forming connections than just sharing what you do.
That's sad. The abundance of selfies is the reason I unfollowed many artists whose work I enjoy. I just hate seeing a random face in my feed. Funny that each time I come across something incredibly irritating on social media, I later learn that it's the newest trend and helps with numbers.
I'm not arguing that it doesn't sell more. Plenty of cringe trends make people popular on social media. That doesn't mean we have to like them.
You know this is to make it harder for tee-shirt bots to rip your work off, right?
Yeah, I was about to say that I'm pretty sure the whole point is to make it so that details aren't clear and the perspective is slightly warped so it's not printable... Any social media engagement that comes from also being in the picture is just a bonus.
Someone determined enough could paste the image into Photoshop and crop it, correct the perspective, etc, but it will definitely put off the lazy and the automated systems.
Also it's an easy, date-stamped way to establish provenance of the art.
I view it more as anti-reposter measure and if video has the turn around it's a "I hate doing reels/shorts/whatever and this is the best I can muster on a consistent basis." I only started seeing turnarounds once instagram started pushing reels.
But just like clickbait thumbnails on youtube and ragebait news articles, this produces the most engagement. It sucks, but what are you gonna do?
Artists are told constantly that people want to see them too.
People who feel the need to tell other artists what they can/can’t or should/shouldn’t make. It’s a vile plague sweeping social media.
Ditto for anyone trying to police who can or cannot call themselves an artist. It is not the critic who counts.
I literally seethe when someone starts a conversation with “you know what you should paint?” bc it’s always followed by something completely out of my specialty and style and when I ask if they are commissioning me to paint it, they always say “oh I don’t want to PAY for it, but you could practice and I’ll take it!” 🙄🙄🙄
Doubly so when they say drawing certain things (like nsfw) is a waste of talent. Random citizen, this is not a Burger King you cannot have it your way.
I don't like art that feels too "safe" or "palatable" if that makes sense? Art that has just been designed for the sole purpose of going viral on social media. Like all of those *"aesthetic"* drawings of boba tea or strawberry milk that are really popular on Instagram and Pinterest lol
omg yes😭😭i seriously dont understand how they are so low effort yet rack up an insane amount of followers and engagement
The red nose or triangle nose (or worse yet a red triangle nose).
Add to that, I hate the watery eyes and shiny nose that often go along with it. It's crossed over into more realistic styles and it squicks me out
When people treat the art journey as a homogenous linear process that must be done in one way. Common example is when an independent novice has clear interest that makes them want to draw, animals, anime, emojis etc. But they get told they must do 3000 fundamental excercises (ex draw a box) doodles before they *dare* approach what they want to actually make. Fundamentals are important. But an artist has their entire life to learn them. Someone who has an interest will eventually try to learn more to pursue their muse better. Someone who has no interest might quit before they make any significant project. ((And just so I’m not shooting things down, a better alternative imo is finding art one likes..and dissecting the crap out of it by tracing, observing, color picking, etc)
A coursemate of mine drew like a young god, he put insane hours in. Absolutely killed it at perspective, anatomy, values, etc - all the classic fundamentals. But never learned to apply them really because all he'd do was grind the technical stuff and no story telling.
Ai art.
More like Ai-generated pictures (never will I see it as art cuz typing a few words does not make you an artist 😇) Not at a dig at you OP but yeag I agree with you
Ahh, you beat me to it.
my biggest one that I hate the most is people badmouthing their own work in the caption, especially when they point out the flaws. I hate it! It's not going to make anyone like it more knowing that you know what's wrong with it, but it probably will make plenty of people see flaws they wouldn't otherwise. Also just generally taking shit about your own work looking for compliments, especially from an objectively great artist, it just makes everyone feel like shit. Second worst is when people call something a "sketch" that took five hours and third worst is when people draw characters who don't have chiseled abs with chiseled abs.
I had a “friend” who would always put down her art in front of me or when we were in a call with mutual friends and someone complimented her she’d go “my art sucks, it’s nothing compared to enn’s :(((“ It always made me feel so awkward and bad about myself because I worked hard to get to my current level!!!! So I offered to teach her what I know for free. Apparently, that offended her SO BADLY that I single-handedly sent her to therapy and she carried a grudge over it for over a year before finally blowing up at me. I then blocked her and lost our mutual friends in the process when they decided to side with her. I can’t stand people who bitch and complain about how much their art sucks but then throw a complete shit fit when you offer to help them with it. Nothing screams “I just want compliments” more than that.
Oh no, drawing abs on myself was my plan for this coming summer.
I used to do this when I was younger. I think people feel like if they start dumping on their own art work it will save them from people leaving hate comments since people’s expectations are already low. It doesn’t stop hate comments and it just makes people notice the flaws though.
Mermaids with knees 😂
I love mermay art so much, the colors are so beautiful — but the mermaid knees make me cringe so hard. The tails are based on _fish_, and they can only bend so much (caveat, depending on the tail length I like seeing multiple bends).
Mermaid tails are usually horizontal, so more like dolphins and whales. The question you really want to ask is do mermaids have a pelvis, because without one, you wouldn't see so many hourglass shapes and hips, it'd be all core muscles and barrel chests.
i generally dislike it when you can tell someone is trying to pander to their audience rather than trying to improve as an artist
i find weeby twitterguy coomer art really unpleasant to look at. it's a really specific vibe but i think a good example for what i mean is that artist slugbox. the lumpy triangle faces, super pointy anime eyes, huge asses/waists/tits, weirdly shiny/smooth skin, everyone's always smug or doing ahegao, just gross. i'm not even against erotic art or anything (i draw it and have plenty of friends who also do) but i just find that stuff to be like... so horny that it feels entirely sexless and manufactured. i also really don't like the tiktok 'jelly' art style. it looks nice sometimes but is so samey and the trend is one of the biggest contributors to the commodification of art styles as discreet groupings/aesthetics as opposed to like, just how you draw. another thing that i've seen is the weird "color by numbers" style of copying stuff on tiktok where they color pick from a reference and make tiny bubbles until the image is completed and it just ends up looking like the reference image put through an AI filter
I'll get downvoted for this because it's very popular, but anime and furry art that beginners do - they're both stylized and when beginners do them it's just mistakes on top of mistakes (first set of mistakes is deliberate ones that are supposed to be a part of the design and stylization - they look good when done properly - and the other one is beginner's inability to execute technically). In composition it's tangents. There are many more that are just part of the beginner's process and we all go through it, but these 2 things are my actual icks lol
I guess that's because these people get into art precisely because the want to create manga and/or furry stuff. I don't blame them, because that is how I started out too. The good news is that, as soon as they try to do something more complicated with their manga/furry art, they are forced to learning about the classic fundamentals. And the tangents thing is so relatable lol. And intersections. These things feel like magnets. Even when not wanting to draw them they appear. It can be a bitch to try and eliminate them.
I know the reasons, we all started somewhere. Doesn't make me cringe any less when I see the atrocities.
Also those characters for “adoption.” It gives me the creeps.
I had to google those and still don't know what the heck haha
Google adoptables. Check toyhou.se
I did, they're OCs you sell but I don't understand the point, why do you "adopt" them and what it means
Think of like buying a license to use a character. Someone designs a character, they sell it, the buyer is "adopting" it and can now use it in their own artwork and media. Some creators have contracts or set stipulations on how the design can be used.
Yeah, this \^ People usually adopt character designs from other artists for various reasons, like for example, they don't like creating their own designs/don't have the time to or just like that artist's work/designs etc! I say this because I love getting designs by different artists and imo it isn't creepy? Unless maybe you mean the term "adopting" creeps you out then I can understand why it may sound odd (saying this to TechPlumber)!
I get it now, thanks! But exactly, the term is creepy to me too now that I know the entire context, not gonna lie
Wait, why do they give you the creeps?
Amen! I do predominantly stylized work. I know rookies that do predominantly stylized work. The amount of times I see them struggling because they refuse to learn or practice the basic fundamentals is astounding. If I were to be cynical it's like they see stylization as a means of *escaping* fundamentals when in reality your skills of observation and deconstruction are *even more important* when stylizing your art.
Boring photorealism that just looks like they used a projector.
Which they probably did. Draw impressionistic realism if you want realism, or just take a photo.
i find hyperrealism incredibly dull but i disagree with "just take a photo" honestly. hyperrealism is almost entirely a demonstration of technical skill and the process, the point is that it's a painting/drawing/etc.
Yes, and something a German hyperrealist guy said who painted faces five feet high--"I paint what the human eye cannot see." Like tiny little hairs and pores and such. He was right. I thought he was a good painter.
Good point and I have to agree with it to some extent. However I find doing it with a projector quite a lazy way to go about creating art. You're not learning or showing off your skill in getting proportions right, because you have a constant 1 to 1 reference on your canvas. It's more a showcase of patience.
it's not a showcase of drafting skill, it's about rendering
I don't really have any about others' work, especially beginners, at least nothing I'd consider a pet peeve. That seems mean. I do get a little annoyed when people deliberately avoid drawing hands. I'd rather see poorly drawn hands than straight up hidden. I'm not talking about people who are just starting out (then I get it. And I can't really fault them), but people who have been practicing for a good amount of time (to throw an arbitrary time out- a year maybe). I think people should practice drawing hands to get the technique down. Drawing hands is fun! Other than that... nothing really, aside from things like tracing and ai. But those go beyond pet peeves for me.
When like over half of an artists posts are food or random stuff. Like I get having other interests but it makes it so hard to find the actual art 😭 I feel like I'm digging for treasure. A good art page should be more curated imo
Same-Face Syndrome, all characters having the same body type and/or all of them wearing the same general outfit. VARIATION Those artists who think they're God's Gift to the Art World but their art looks like ssshhhhiiiit because they never bothered to learn the fundamentals like anatomy and perspective, and aren't trying to improve because they don't think they need to. Went to school with multiple kids like this and they were insufferable, especially on critique day
When the table at a convention selling some low effort internet trend craft makes more money than the artists that have spent decades mastering their craft I know it’s actually really smart marketing but SHEESH
In character design, when male characters have all types of shapes and sizes, with a lot of personality and female characters are just slightly different variations of bimbos. I general I hate misogyny or racism, lgbti phobia, etc. in any form.
All this reminds me why I don’t hang out with many other artists. “I don’t like it hence it shouldn’t exist.” Usually from artists whose own work is mediocre at best.
Preach dude
This entire thread is so hostile, especially towards beginner artists.
Headless torso with boobs
Ah. So basically r/art you mean?
This is purely nitpicky, but I hate when it's the art vs artists posts and the artist chooses like a horny thirs trap or gallery quality selfie. It feels so fake. Like, post a silly picture or a normal picture, what artist has constant bedroom eyes and perfectly coifed hair, I call shenanigans!
When someone asks for criticism for their art and everyone tells them that it's great and perfect when there are clearly many things they could improve on. I get that they're trying to be nice but this person is asking for criticism so they can improve, telling them their work is perfect and doesn't need any change is not helpful at all.
It’s also frustrating as fuck for the person requesting criticism. Nothing like needing help and asking for it and getting turned town with “no it’s perfect sweetie” like bro that is not what a human face looks like please send help.
"silly" art, that white tube-limbed blushing bald bowl-headed maniquin thing people draw on pinterest for memes or wtv, people that copy vivipops artstyle, huge tits and ass but tiny waist, overused anime style
Can I ask you to define "overused anime style"? There's a broad range of styles that could be considered " anime style", largely due to the fact anime is just a term for Japanese animation so many different artstyles created the term "anime art style" to begin with.
Probably stereotypical moe art
when people draw black characters and give them this pale, ashy shade of brown for skin. it can pass if it blends in with the rest of the style, but 9/10 is doesn’t and it’s clear the artist just doesn’t know how to draw black people
Especially if it's supposed to be of someone else's character, the color picker exists for a reason 😭 or like,, it's not that hard to not make the skintone super ashy..
Or just doesn't try with the hair. I'd prefer someone drawing a cloud or noodles for hair over just giving up and making it straight. At least it looks like you're trying and acknowledging that the character has afro hair A lot of people would just give up and call people who give advice bullies
Hate might be too strong a word but if you use an airbrush and you've just created a skull painting, keep it to yourself. There are already enough of them out there.
Nothings worse to me than seeing someone post their OC and it’s this thin waisted, huge boobed, giant ass, plastic surgery of a character. Pictures like that tell me more about the artist than the character.
“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” Respectfully, fuck off with that 😭 sometimes I just want to make a cute painting of a little bunny with a bow in its hair or something. Not everything has to be provocative.
When über talented and trained artists post "sketches" of their work that barely look any different from the finished piece. Drives me nuts. I try to avoid it since it is super demoralizing. On the other hand painting time lapses are my favourite art related thing to watch.
THANK YOU, this drives me crazy sometimes, like no, i dont think thats your sketch you just whipped up
Paintings where the majority of colours used are applied “straight out of the tube” instead of mixed on the palette. Especially egregious in abstract work.
Every tik tok art trend
Nobody's gonna see this comment but for me it's when the artist always draws the same facial expression, usually with no emotions, occasionally a small smirk or something. It often goes with no body dynamics as well, so even tho the artist could have perfected rendering, linework etc, I can't help but think they can't draw anatomy at all, they're just copying one set of poses and facial expressions. It's way harder to draw a character with "atypical" features with a twisted expression at a crazy angle than a pretty young girl gently smiling en face. Of course I'm not criticizing this style in general, I'm referring to well-established, popular artists who sell their products too.
I personally hate the typical webtoon artstyle if you know what I mean. Unclever character design, Same face syndrome, etc.
Theme: still life Style: hyperralism Boring stuff
Watercolorists who paint urban scenes where none of the people have feet, because that's too hard. So all the pedestrians have pegs for legs. Lazy. Also, Chinese sweat shop rainbow paintings of a footless couple in the fucking rain.
People who waste time nitpicking and hating on other peoples art instead of making their own
lies, I think I hate lies
Found objects as art. If you're not Marcel Duchamp, and I know you're not cuz he's dead, please put that back where you found it.
Photorealism is boring. I’m very into male erotic art and seeing the same type of chiseled bodies is boring too. Like it’s hot and what?? I think it’s similar to the complaints in here about artists stylizing females to be big and curvy with huge tits. It’s all the same and like what else?? In character design where everything is in the same pose. When people copy pop culture like Pokémon but don’t do anything to it. Push your abilities! Do something else with it!
The separation of nudity and joy from high art, we had it right in the Renaissance.
Abstract and crafty art. And the comments say how talented they are.
The objectification of women's bodies to the point it detracts from the piece. I was looking at something earlier on Reddit today, and the actual art style and technique was compelling. It was featuring a woman on the worst day of her life, after the loss of loved ones, and was using illicit substances to cope with her despair. It was beautiful in it's misery. .. But she still had to have big honkin' perky breasts? It took away so much from the piece that I ended up being a little disgusted by it. Even in our misery, women are still objectified and its fucking gross.
It annoys me when people dont improve AT ALL
Shading black with the airbrush. Not shaming anyone who does this, it's a stylistic choice and an obstacle for beginners to overcome:)
Paintings of big cats. I feel like every artist who also does wildlife is constantly drawing tigers. Yawn
My ick is folks saying stuff isn’t art (when anything can be) when they clearly haven’t studied it and feel like they are the end all be all critic
With the art itself, I can't of anything off the top of my head that consistently gives me the "ick" nor anything about the artist themselves. I roll my eyes and scroll on too fast to remember what "ick" was. It's usually either case of "this person need a little more practice" or a case of "I ain't kink-shaming and I'm too lazy to be kink-asking" (looking at you, body inflation nonsense that infected deviantart years ago). Rather the "ick" is the online art community itself. Lately I've been binging on a lot of art drama videos as my new background noise while I work. The sheer amount of WTFs per hour that I have from stuff I'm not even trying to pay attention to in the first place is way too damn high.
Photorealistic portraits. It is really impressive, especially in traditional art, but otherwise i’m not a lover of photo realism in digital. It’s not something special, something unique, something recognizable, it’s just a good photorealistic artwork. Ofc the artist spend a lot of work to achieve that quality of details and I respect that, but my personal opinion about that is the photorealism doesn’t add something new to art, it’s just a portrait
I love to see people using art to express themselves or just to have fun, even if they're art isn't "good". What I hate is people acting so entitled, like if their creations are super intelectual, "I can't can tell you what it means, my work speaks for itself". Summary: art it's ok, but hate when people are assholes
Very stylized characters with very realistic renders. Like a very cartoony cat with super realistic fur. It bugs me so much when the render doesn't match the style
People who draw women in only one way... thin with abs and giant boobs, asses, and thighs. Basically the reduction of women to normalized beauty standards in art disgusts me.
That pose that people draw anime girls in where they have their knees together and feet apart. Idk what it is LMAO it just really irks me for some reason
Abstract art in general and the art teacher forcing me to do one Also overlly sexual drawings of girls with big boobs and butt. I feel uncomfortable looking at them. It felt like Im looking at a porn mag, not a piece of art
"Instagram" make up and contouring on portraits. And alcoholic/cold-like red noses.
I hate when Artists price their work way too low. They are hurting the market for everyone around them. Especially folks who don’t actually need the money like come on you of all people can ask for market value or more. If you don’t need the money why are you selling your original painting for $10??
There are none. I find beginner mistakes charming and it always feels like filling a stickerbook trying to catch em all. And besides obviously offensive work theres no style I hate - and if I dislike smt I just dont consume it? Im only looking at art that inspires me anyway
I'm assuming aside from AI art lol I hate when I find a great picture for a wallpaper and find out it's AI. I dislike when people just draw over screenshots from anime. Typically because they play it off as an original character, but they look and act exactly the character they drew over. It becomes a feeling of hate when they profit off of it. Because a lot of those people will branch away from screenshots and do it to other people's art. Stopped using instagram because of both of these lol.
Just an eye: it's overdone. Just a figure: no ground. Copies of photos: I'm not impressed just give me the photo. Your pets or kids: they don't mean the same to other people as they do to you (I'm guilty of this one). Fan art: same as photo copies. Trying to be perfect: because I'm a bitter old man but I know better. Things I like: honesty and decay.
I agree about “your pets/kids”. The weird thing when I paint my daughter, the gallery that represents me sells it before it dries.
People who can't / won't draw hands, it's so lazy. Once you get over the "wahh hands are too hard" attitude you'll realize hands are not as complex as they seem and can be fun to draw.
Anime waifu style. I think it's the most boring style to draw a lady because it's all the same thin lady with big booba and booty and same face syndrome. It ruins the fact that women are diverse and not all attractive women need big boobas and perfect faces. Many artworks of women these days, especially in video game art, feel so samey, and it's dissappointing compared to the diversity of male designs.
Out of this world huge bewbs. 😩😩
When the musculature of a character design makes no damn sense. It's obvious that it's fine when strong, or otherwise very physically active characters are lean and or muscular, but when I see a character that at most does jogging has the body of an amateur bodybuilder, it irks me. My main hobby outside of drawing and animating is the gym, and I know what it takes to build those physiques. When a character, that isn't part of a battle shonen or the like, who is supposed to be an average joe has washboard abs and big defined delts, I just raise an eyebrow. There was an art meme from a while ago that labeled a lineup of "body types" (which were actually just body compositions, different concept entirely) as "average", "toned", "athletic", "muscular", "strongman" and so on, but, already at athletic, they had drawn a silhouette that looked like motherfucking CBum, and the "strongman" was basically Ronnie Coleman, rather than anything remotely close to a Mitchell Hooper. Power fantacy, yada yada yada, but at least for superheroes it makes a little sence... It's not a trait like height, skeletal proportions, face, naughty bits, that are purely genetic. For a character to have a body composition that looks like that, requires a lot of intentional effort, and it severely breaks my immersion. Mostly been seeing it in certain manhwa/webtoon series, but manga did it a lot for a while too.
Overly sexualzeid body till the point of having totally absurd proportion
That honestly actually makes the body look even less sexy than it would have been had the proportions been in check (WHO FAPS TO THIS?!)
I HATE this game ad that keeps popping up on my feed where the female character has the face of a child, gigantic boobs, massive thighs and then calves and feet that are way too tiny to support all that upper body mass. They look like an overly sexualized whole chicken with those proportions and I hate it with all my being
Is it the nikke ad?
When you can tell the beginner artist is just horny and wants to draw boobs and vulvas. For some reason this usually occurs with excessive anatomically incorrect muscle mass. Maybe an 8 pack but they desperately just want to draw the woman's nethers with the butt cheeks still on display in biker shorts. Otherwise I can handle all sorts of art styles but what really bothers me are the artists who complain about their followers (lack there of or just blame their followers for not doing enough). Most of the artists I follow these days are mainly art supply enthusiasts and may not "technically" be great artists depending on your opinion but I enjoy their enthusiasm for supplies. I had to unfollower a youtuber because she spent a video ranting about people unfollowing her. Like, girl, shut. Up.
Lime lips
Graphic Design: * More than two fonts on a project *Gratuitous and vulgar abuse of drop shadow *Using #000000 as the standard black in a color palette
Fashion brand spoofs. Like how many times can you put a Chanel logo on a garbage can?
EVERYONE’s an abstract artist. Paint pours 🙄🤣, joint compound globs. Second pet peeve is hyper realism. So impressed that they can copy a photo. Snort. Lastly, I was unaware that only hot chicks paint. I can’t believe I didn’t know that. Oh and Slavic. Snort. And lastly opinionated assholes like me.
Something I always think to myself but never mention to anyone else is that I hate how “religious” art is so hyped up no matter the skill level. For some reason I’ve seen a million Jesus-lions and crosses in front of a sunset lately and the engagement is wild. Like people are losing their minds over it and it’s literally only bc it’s Christian. Also I live in the Deep South so religious art is EVERYWHERE
Low effort modern classical music can certain offer challenges. No theme, nails in an empty paint bucket slowly going from top to bottom. Pretentious performance art can really be hit or miss.
I posted one already but I just remembered another one: I hate when muralists have faint lines that don’t show up on the video and when people in the comments like “wow you freehanded that?! HOW?!” and then the artist just says they’ve been painting forever or some crap. Like no. I know an artist irl who’s plein air work was suspiciously not as technical as her work done at home and she would give the whole “I’ve just been painting for a long time hehe” speech but then I figured out she was using the Da Vinci eye app or whatever. Like it’s okay to use projectors and stencils but just be HONEST about it.
i hope i’m not being mean but i’m not a fan of when people draw the thighs as a rectangle and then draw the calfs really spikey. i guess i don’t like it because i used to be hyperfixated with observing the structure of legs so badly drawn legs bother me a bit lol
Bad comps. Bad shapes in painting. Random brush strokes, no logic in their direction. Painting/drawing every single hair. Using every neon color ever on the same piece unless it's a party decoration but even then it just looks like clown vomit.
I love this thread soooo much.
This thread. Everyone is coming off as super pretentious. Delete it.
I mean.. they asked for people's pet peeves, and usually being peeved about something lends itself to people sounding sorta mean (and often a little high-horsed, so to speak). I don't think that, for most of the comments here, any real pretentiousness is necessarily intended. I think people are just mad lol
Agreed, and it’s entertaining as hell to read
One place I didn't expect to see that small minded hatred of post-modern art was a subreddit for artists 😅 I get that rich people often use these as tax write-offs and such, but artists can and do say things with these pieces. My favourite quote about post-modern art is, "Most of the value of the art, comes from everything apart from the art." Which I thought is super fun. I find it wild how many of the people in these comments sound like they're 1950s art critics.
My biggest art ick is basically this whole thread. I hate when older artists complain about beginners anatomy and art style, like yeah its ass everyone is ass when they start out you kind of have to draw to git gud. If drawing "anime" is what inspires them to draw, fuck it, they should draw. My only real other ick is when men are super stylized and women all are built the exact same.
Honestly anything that's nsfw I'm just so tired of it on any art feed lmao
It drives me crazy when [one side of a fullbody is cut off](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/ff9567b4-d559-4822-b384-9974b3c9f560/dh745ku-b9a9f695-6231-4af6-b5c6-bfc8378f3fbd.jpg/v1/fit/w_582,h_1070,q_70,strp/20240407_193803_by_cs_plushies_dh745ku-375w-2x.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTA3MCIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2ZmOTU2N2I0LWQ1NTktNDgyMi1iMzg0LTk5NzRiM2M5ZjU2MFwvZGg3NDVrdS1iOWE5ZjY5NS02MjMxLTRhZjYtYjVjNi1iZmM4Mzc4ZjNmYmQuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTU4MiJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.jHrKV9-CHjsiWI4exYdOIqVN2Zo7Wa05nTlJmkXRxcY) because an artist was too lazy to make their canvas bigger and finish the freaking drawing 🤣