Every 6 months or so, for the past three years, I've put in an application to yerf.com. Some of you may be familiar with this gallery site - most aren't because they reject almost every artist who applies. And even though I know I'm not as good as half the artists around open galleries like VCL, I build up my confidence anyway, hoping that maybe, this time will be it.
And every time, I get the most scathing reviews. "They don't have enough clothes on!" "Your shading/anatomy/etc. is all off." "The hair looks like a fluffy octopus" "You don't do your own backgrounds" etc. etc. etc. Loosely translated, "You have no business applying her