I promised myself when I joined this site that I would take everything at face value, that I wouldn't become discouraged, and I wouldn't let anyone make me believe I'm not good enough. This is the pinky promise I made myself. I recieved a lot of negative comments, and I was made to feel like the poster child for all "novice" on this site. It was very discouraging. However, I also recieved several PMs that were very encouraging, and I was given some positive crit that I found helpful. So...

I read the "Keep out" posts on the thread I started with a piece of my work. And now I just want to take the time to get out how I feel about this.

Respect goes a long way with me, if you want respect you give respect, if you give respect, you get respect. It's very simple. I feel like the point to be made would have come across A LOT more tactfully and respectfully, if it had been sent in a PM and not displayed publically. However, the moderator thought otherwise. To that,...