MLP:FiM - Your OC SUCKS!

Tyandaga talks about negative criticism! Your OC is Fine! ... Probably :)
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[Tyandaga]

Sorry for the re-upload ^^; YouTube decided that only uploading half the video was a good idea ;p

[TOMNICE]

I am okay with negative critics. But I get mad when they are harrassing other people who like my work.

[palindinX]

The problem with negative criticism is that 9 times out of 10 the person words it as if it's a "demand", like "Don't use this feature/trait for your OC!" or "Your OC's colors are bad! Change them lol!" "Your OC is too OP! (no real explanation to explain exactly how though)". That's not really criticism, even if they're somewhat true, maybe if they said something like "Is there a particular reason you gave your OC this trait? Does it really help them stand out or is it just too much?" "You have a lot of clashing colors on your character, the colors are all trying too hard to gain individual attention. Did you ever try making different colored variations for you character just to see what they look like in different ways?". Criticism that legitimately makes the one receiving it question their own work is, in my opinion, the best way to do it.

[dollgrl]

I really don’t mind negative/constructive criticism, it can actually help you with your art and ocs! What really ticks me off though is when someone says “ew your oc is gross and stupid” without any reason for saying why. Like, that’s not helping, AT ALL. It’s just pure hate that gets annoying after a while.

[laurenjones]

Negative criticism, but I feel like many people don't understand the difference between constructive negative criticism and just plain cyber bullying.

[dragongirl]

As someone who draws, writes, and sings Constructive criticism is a MUST! In order to get better at either is to sometimes get opinions and advice from a third party. On the other hand, saying things like "oh I don't like your Oc" or "your Oc is a Mary Sue" doesn't help. You're not giving me reasons why this character is a mary sue, or advice on character design

In conclusion, constructive criticism is very important and people should learn the difference between constructive and deconstructive criticism

[NightRaiderTea]

when i was younger, i thought it would be a good idea to make two alicorn sisters because i love the designs, but had it be that each one couldn't use the other's part, such as my first one having a broken horn so she couldn't use magic, and have the younger one have problems with flight so prefers using magic. In the end, I made the younger one a unicorn and the other a pegasus, Because I listened to others when they said my alicorns were mary sues, even if it was made so that they couldnt use one of the features. Also not only that but it was before we found out about twilight getting wings or cadence so i had thought they were born into the world, and now here I am, not even using the characters and instead using a hypogriff. - little off topic but eh thought I might as well say it.

[mx.menacing]

Honestly, it's good to change your OC, but not because somebody says it sucks. But instead, because you get new ideas, wanna change something, basically; Because YOU want to change it!

[Black.Rabbit.]

Oh 'deer' this tital kinda scared me 'buck' I'm ok now

[latenightcherio]

I refuse to change my OCs for others. I love getting advice and hearing opinions on my characters. But when people are 100% negative I get angry

[Deerlydead]

It's great having an earth pony oc

Not many people go for earth ponies <3

[ShiningStarlight]

I once talked to my friends and i said "i personally don't like alicorn oc's" and some random person butted into the conversation to tell me i was being mean acting like stuff i said was true. Like how? I just gave my opinion and i even said 'personally' i never said that it's true XD

[RossPitSharkHunter]

Hate? Yes! Join the dark side!

*after watching*

Curses! We'll get you yet, deer person!

[MidnightWonder]

I've dealt with criticism all my life. My parents taught me to always give it my all and to do with %110 but there were a lot of things I simply wasn't good at and got teased about it. Even though my mom always pushed me to be active in sports (as everyone else in my family was athletic in some way) I always sucked at them and was constantly made fun of for being not as fast or strong as the other kids. Not even my gym teachers thought I was taking the activities seriously because I was that bad at them even though I really did push myself to my limit to just try and keep up with someone. Even outside of sports, there weren't many things I was able to do and thus was teased for it like socializing and understanding problems. There were a lot of times when I was too afraid to speak because I was so afraid of someone making fun of me for any little thing. The only time when I was never criticized was in art class as I was the star student and the art teacher's favorite. I was free to express myself and really show everyone what I could really do and everyone loved it. There were even several times when the other kids would stop working on the project just to watch me work. My art teacher often asked me to help her demonstrate what we were going to do and people absolutely loved it. When I discovered DeviantArt, I felt confident to share my artwork with others and even made some pretty cool friends on the site. However, I did occasionally run into those who would say some rather horrible things about my artwork and even call me lazy when I started trying out a new digital art style one of my friends on DeviantArt told me about. I wasn't really hurt by his criticisms but I was greatly annoyed by his claims as they made no sense. He'd say things like "this isn't art" or "you're so lazy you can't even draw" to some really cool photoshop images I made to tell some stories. I kinda just did a face palm as it was a form of art and it wasn't something very lazy. It was quicker than my preferred art style, but that didn't make it any less easy. I tried explaining this to him but he just kept being a hater about it. I eventually just had to block him so he'd stop harassing me about it. I've also had some criticisms on YouTube with people saying that my videos were boring or lame, even though I worked really hard on them and so many others loved them. One person kept saying a bunch of rude things to some of my most loved videos and I simply asked them outright if they were a hater because of the things they said. They've stopped commenting on my videos but I doubt that'll be the end. I do my best to handle haters and try to calmly settle things between us peacefully. If things get too intense, I simply report that person if they're language gets far too foul for my kid-friendly channel or they simply will not stop harassing me even when I politely ask them to stop. I know the hate may never stop, but I can still try to ease things over without a fuss. I just wish I could handle myself in real life like I can on the internet. Unfortunately, I still have some terrible social skills and am not as confident in person as I am on the internet.

[mysryuza]

I just discussed with someone on DA and criticised the logic of the info lack of info of the person's OC and apparently took offense from me suggesting tutorials or stuff like references to make their characters better. And the person's oc was criticized for being similar to another person's oc (popular for, in an ironically cheap way, paying mainly do commissions more than making her own art) because of the blonde hair and hair style when in face value from the info I read, the two compared characters are nowhere alike at all. And a day later, you posted a video about this situation. This was way too well timed, whether it was a coincidence or fate or neither!

While I grew to like my character's old appearance over time, I actually forced myself to make a huge "rebirth" and boy nearly 2 years ago, and boy I'm glad I did. I changed my OC, Varuu/Varuna mainly because she was literally a rip-off character of a canon character by design and to prevent any future comments that criticize the old design. I actually tried to change the clothes over time and it took 2+ years to actually give Varuna the whole re-makeover.

[deltasworderx]

Dealt with negative criticism everyday in college. Even from professors. Leaders in their field. Funny thing is those did not even give any solutions. Most were passive aggressive complaints on why I had issues understanding topics. So that is where i draw the line. My work hit the objective and got the best grade. If i failed that class. I retook it with a better professor.

[BoiledGrassTea]

When I saw the words “Your OC Sucks” I got overly excited because there was a group of YouTubers that had a weekly show by that name. For a second I thought they’d returned. 😭

[elle]

Mean comment: "Are you high?"
Tyandaga: Unfortunately, they were right.
XD

[RaichuWizDom]

+Tyandaga

"Have you ever had negative criticism?"

People criticised the first few versions of my OC because he had bad colouring. They didn't use the word 'bad, ' but rather a reference to excrements, let's say. I changed the colours, learned about colour theory in general, moved on.

Some of the more popular stuff I've written came under fire a few times, but with a few of them I could talk it out. One of the stories involved bullying and had a scene where the bully was bullied, essentially, and some people took exception to that. But one of them in particular, after she calmed down, explained that this was a reaction because her younger brother used to get bullied and the story struck a nerve. That was worked out amicably, no problem.

And then you have jerks, as in all walks of life. For that, there is a brand new innovation, cutting edge technology for those people who make everything personal. It's a wonderful new thing, it's called the block button.

In all seriousness, part of the solution is knowing your audience. If you get a piece of bad criticism from someone who should be liking it, start to wonder. If you get the idea that nothing you do will suffice, ignore it and move on. You'll never please everyone, and the people you want to please and can please should take precedence over those you'll never be good enough for.

[kaciekk]

I think the only criticism I've ever got was completely hate, like they had nothing for me to learn from. Stuff like "this is cancer " and similar. Well, there was one I found recently that was worse than anything I have ever seen in my entire life, but not just that, it was completely inaccurate.