And I don’t think you should have complained with an “it could be anyone”. The artist has drawn Kale.
Yet you essentially questioned the very notion of them having successfully done even that. “this could be anyone” is little more than saying “this piece fails to do what I think it set out to do” or “this doesn’t even achieve the bare minimum” whatever you happen to think that is.
A better way to put it would have been “I would have liked her to be even more recognizably Kale” which others and the artist can then either dismiss as something the piece does well enough for their satisfaction, or agree with.
Even when it’s instantly dismissable as not what the artist set out to do, “it’s a failure” hurts. It isn’t a nice thing to say or hear.
You could have expressed your opinion differently. It’s clear you didn’t intend to question the talent, but you did.
And I don’t think you should have complained with an “it could be anyone”. The artist has drawn Kale.
Yet you essentially questioned the very notion of them having successfully done even that. “this could be anyone” is little more than saying “this piece fails to do what I think it set out to do” or “this doesn’t even achieve the bare minimum” whatever you happen to think that is.
A better way to put it would have been “I would have liked her to be even more recognizably Kale” which others and the artist can then either dismiss as something the piece does well enough for their satisfaction, or agree with.
Even when it’s instantly dismissable as not what the artist set out to do, “it’s a failure” hurts. It isn’t a nice thing to say or hear.
You could have expressed your opinion differently. It’s clear you didn’t intend to question the talent, but you did.