Whoa guy,

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. That is the problem with writing ones thoughts instead of telling them. You can't here my voice. I'm not attacking your drawing, but I feel like maybe I came off that way and the tone I'm infering from your response feels negative as well. I hope this is just a misunderstanding.

Nothing about your comments led me to believe you were making the kind of comparison you are saying in your response where you said "The purpose of this drawing is to illustrate the relationship between classic mythology and modern mythology. This drawing does not intend to be humorous or realistic. It's intent is to be idealistic."

You said "I had what I thought was a cool idea- The Incredibles standing in front of some stylized mythical hero statues. This is what I wound up drawing. There's a few things I'd change, but I think it turned out OK. Whadda you think?"

Even here it sounds as if you are unsure about your execution of the drawing. Either you are sincerely seeking criticism or your are faking humility expecting everyone to ooh and ahh over a drawing your seem to be very proud of after I've read your response.

There are many ways I could take your original comments. I took them to think that you were trying to show the incredibles encountering the statues on a family outing and making a statement about how the family who collectively are probably more powerful than these heroic statues might act on this encounter. I believe that they would still fanboy out, be intimidated or look for educational value instead of simply appreciating the magnificence of the greek gods. I was led to this conclusion particularly by Bob who is pointing as if telling his family to look at a particular statue.

I didn't realize you were simply having them pose in the museum and making the comparison of them to greek gods. Which is also a good idea.

I'm simply more interested in storytelling and body language and a character's personality and I offered my criticism humbly and with the best intentions. That is the kind of criticism I've grown the most from as opposed to technical criticism about rendering or drawing a hand here or a nose there. That stuff will always improve with an artist of your caliber as you draw more and more. I know this and you know it so why waste our time retelling you something you probably already know.

I think you can draw very well, but if the only negative you hear is that something looks too flat and that is what you are willing to accept as criticism, then I think your growth will be slow as compared to an artist who maintains humility and weighs others opinions based on their work. If you view my work and see that I'm not someone who knows what I'm doing then feel free to blow my opinion off. That is what I do when I get negative criticism from someone. I evaluate what they can do and I base the validity of their opinion of what they've proven to me with their own work.

I wish you much success on future drawings.
best
J.Walker

Sure thing!