Hello, dear friends. I have decided that I can no longer stand by and watch deviantART's servers be flooded by images that are not art. Art requires effort in both conception and execution, and if you are not willing to put a sufficient investment into your submissions, then I reserve the right to my opinion: your image is not art.
Deviations will be added to the No Good collection if I think they are not art.
I hope to raise awareness of what it takes to produce images that are art, to help rid this site of at least some of the massive amounts of clutter that currently occupy thousands of megabytes of space across multiple servers, and to help raise the overall level of quality of work being submitted. People need to be aware that deviantART is not the same as MySpace, Facebook, Photobucket, Flickr, and other image-hosting or general photo-sharing sites. DeviantART is for ART.
In general, I only select one particularly bad piece from an offender's gallery to add to my No Good collection. One piece should be enough to convey the intended message.
Quality Artwork
Deviations will be faved and added to the Quality Artwork collection if I like them and feel they are worthy of showcasing.
The pieces in this collection are not necessarily the sum of the best art on the internet. The only correlation between my Quality Artwork collection and the No Good collection is that one contains pieces that exhibit effort while the other does not.
Constructive Criticism
I will try my best to leave comments with constructive criticism on all pieces that I fav or add to a collection. I always read the artist's comments thoroughly before leaving a critique.
Please keep in mind that constructive criticism does not equate to lavishing praise when it is unwarranted. If I feel that your work deserves no praise, it shall receive none. This site has been tainted by not only the endless torrents of non-art images, but also the complete lack of serious criticism. An artist should be prepared for critique when uploading to this site. Ask yourself, would an art professor tear this apart? Will my feelings be hurt if that is the case? If your answer to both of these questions is "yes", then you should practise more before posting to this site as well.
That is not to say I condone flaming. I will never post a comment that sounds like this: "u suck and you will nevar be good at art so don't post your ugly crap here u retard". Flaming is an attack on a person. I only aim to provide feedback on a particular piece. Comments should never be a form of personal attack.
If you feel that I have not given you constructive criticism, state this when replying to my comments and I will try to provide you with more useful feedback. Again, this will not necessarily include praise if none is warranted.
I believe that anyone can become a great artist if they just invest the time and effort needed to achieve greatness. Another important element of this is learning how to gracefully accept critique.
My Art
I am always trying to improve my art, so I appreciate any critique you can leave on my pieces.
If you will not accept my comments because you believe that my level of artistic skill is not high enough to allow me the authority to hand out critique, I ask you simply to refer to the following quote: "It doesn't take a chef to know that the soup is too salty." In other words, I have functional eyes. It doesn't take a world-class artist to see that a poorly-made image is poorly made. How popular or prolific I am also has no bearing on my ability to provide valid critique.
Scraps
I never add pieces in Scraps to my No Good gallery. Scraps is an acceptable place to put garbage. Anything that is currently in my No Good collection that is also in Scraps was moved there after the fact by the artist.
Removal From My Collections
It is against my policy to remove any pieces from my No Good collection. If you do not wish to see your work in my collection, you should delete it. Then it will no longer be in my collection.
If you object to your art being placed in my Quality Artwork collection, please let me know.
Critique Requests
I will try my best to oblige all critique requests. Simply leave a comment or send a note asking me to critique a specific piece, and I will do my best to provide an honest and helpful critique. Since I am very busy in my life outside the internet, I cannot always guarantee that my response will come in a prompt manner.
"No Good" Suggestions
Please do not suggest pieces for me to add to my No Good collection on my user page, journal, or in the collection itself. These requests will be ignored.






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check my dART account and gallery out
I don't think u'll be disappointed if u take a look around
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--K.L.
You're not important
You're not cool
You're dumb
No one likes you
You have a problem learning how to read
If that makes you feel uncortable,
that's too bad
so whaddya do?
first, you drink liqour
Then, you touch a police officer
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"The difference between Fiction and Reality? Fiction has to make sense" ~Tom Clancy
Proud to be an Anti-Twilight.
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"To live is to love forever. To love is to be loved. To see is to know who you are. To hear is to listen."
Pain is how we know we're alive
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QUACK QUACK! Ha! My name is Cindy.
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"To live is to love forever. To love is to be loved. To see is to know who you are. To hear is to listen."
Pain is how we know we're alive
Other than that, you are on a noble quest that I wholeheartedly support!
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"Ironically, your life as a whore gave you acute moral values. Is there a job that's got less values?"
"Political geisha and branches of it: saboteur, assassin, point-maker..."
"Point-maker?"
"A more elaborate word escaped me...plus, it makes the point."
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Oh, Fuck you school.
Fuck you.
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BOW BETCHES, BOW: ~furuerukodou, ~Cyanide-Element
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I... Also realize that some of the things in my own gallery might not be considered "art" by your standards. Though I do wonder something... I often upload unfinished sketches to my gallery, and a lot of the time, I don't spend much time on sketching. I focus on coloring and shading instead. I haven't really done much lately, but I'd like to know whether or not you consider never-to-be-finished sketches "art".
What is "art"? Certainly not this comment, that's for sure. All this thinking is hurting my brain... If I'm even thinking here.
If I ever get something new up, I might ask you to take a look at it. That is, if you don't mind. I rather like the comments you give.
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"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." - Alice Walker
So like I was like walking, and like... My foot like hit the ground. It was like so totally rad.
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... in your pants.
AND YOU CRITIQUE! 8D You, my good sir or madam, are my new favorite super-hero.
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I claim to be Lugnut's one and only Fangirl.
I'm Megatron in the G1 Crew on DA
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Me: Whats your favorite pokemon?
Cleverbot: Pikachoo.
Me: You fail.
Cleverbot: What?
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go on, i dare you
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I believe in Jesus Christ as my Savior. If you do too and aren't scared to admit it, then copy and paste this in your signature.
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"cannibals are what they eat"
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"In the equation t = s^508 where t = Twilight and s = Suck, you can see that Twilight is pure bullock piss." ~Calacruf
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I accept Satan as my Dark Lord, if you do do and aren't afraid to admit it post this in your sig
This guy will touch you in a very bad way
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Remember, kiddies! Make a friend request, wait for a response THEN watch!
This avatar is made by Kryptid.
Also, if people don't ASK for Critique, DON'T give it. The last thing they need, when they're just making a fun little picture, is people like you coming up and critiquing their works when they didn't really WANT your opinion. Get a life and, as I said, get rid of the "no good" folder.
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He needs more love.
Linda, too. [link]
Whoohoo, BxMatt! XD: [link]
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*alex ~ismy ~chum
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Economics 101: Smaller Government, Bigger Wallet.
~Peace through superior firepower~
Amy REALLY needs to watch that episode.
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...in my pants.
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<Blackrose841>It nearly made me die from meat lodged in my throat. ._.
<shadowsoldier247>.....not gonna touch that joke.
I'M IN YOUR ARTSITE, MAKING SONIC ART AND BADA DA DA DA I'M LOVIN' IT!~
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