My so-called "friends" would sometimes criticize me on my art in a mean way, saying they are trying to help make my blood art or whatever to look more realistic, problem is, realistic is not my goal yet they still keep going on about that saying if I don't take criticism I won't improve. Now here's what I think: I don't really look for criticism when I'm happy where my art currently is, maybe when I feel more down about it I'll try to improve. But what annoys me most is when people will criticize others when the artist themselves did not ask for any. And my "friends'" criticism was not even constructive. It was mean. Once the older one said madz's way of drawing eyes were a bit plain, the drawing in question was a quick sketch. Literally just a sketch. It wasn't finished so of course it isn't as detailed. The "friend's" eyes were even more plain actually. She decides to criticize our fully finished digital art, but all she does is plain pencil sketches and that's it, the sketches seem very small too. When I get criticized when it's not constructive when I don't ask for it, I feel like crap and I don't want to listen to them. Now if I ever ask for any criticism, then I'd take it only if it were constructive, and not forceful or mean. Plus, why should I take criticism from someone that only does simple pencil sketches and that's it? Her sister is like that too. The younger one always thinks she's better than us and it's annoying and she thinks we're the problem when we are not. The older one literally started an argument out of the blue and acted like we were in the wrong when we just wanted to keep the peace.
So I only would like criticism when I actually ask for it. Sometimes when I see art that I think could be improved upon, do I go and criticize that person out of the blue? No. I just keep scrolling, and will only point out what could be improved when that person asks for it.
So uhhh yeah.
I think Sam Does Arts has a video on a topic like this, I'll have to double check though