it's all a learning curve and your on with everybody else...just not in front
when i first started i thought i was pretty good
(family friends,woukld say "hey your pretty good")
so i figured i'd post them on portent,
in those days it was a voting scale in the galleries of 1 to 10 and i got quite a few 1's which brought home the reality that i wasn't as good as i thought but armed with this knowledge i was determined to try and get better. you learn by your mistakes not your sucesses as long as it's good critisims you'll only get better and if it's comments like "crap" ask why it's crap ?is it the lines? or is the paint too thick/thin if they can't give you any answers why then ignore it as sour grapes........hope this helps,,,,,,,
BTW if they really annoy you just imagine them naked and have a tiny pecker(it works for me whenever i've gotta go and see the boss)