By Jove, I think he's got it!  

"Respect", from a 650cc single pushing 28 horses? I love this little bike ...but come on. I think some Vespas got us beat.

no one here has been rude or anything about saying they dont' like this design, it's okay to not like this, but I'm not going to bend over backwards to please one or two people while making myself unhappy. I understand that I'm facing an uphill struggle with the skull design, how dare I make a skull that's not scarey . . . blasphemous! whatever.  that's the difference between respect and fear, I don't fear death, I respect it. and I accept it.  the respect was never about the bike although all riders and rides should be respected as people at the very least. so the word respect may make it's way back into this design I just couldn't get it to work with this one, no time to really play with the word placement/font/etc. . ..

some of you all have helped me create something I really like and I thank you for that.

so, now I'm very undecided about ever showing this site anything creative from me again, no one here seems to enjoy it so why waste the effort, on the other side, some of you really did help improve my design and I'm much happier about this now than I was when it began. And this doesn't have to be the only version of this design, I can replace the wings with other things, maybe some kind of tribal pattern, or just beveled lines or or or . . .  so maybe this is just a starting point


whoooo whoooo  

I like the new ones, the clean sunburst one or without the sunburst with "Ride" is good... with the more evil skull.. even some devilish eyes...

You asked for opinions, and you got them. Don't stop, keep working on it.. let's get some "Ride" shirts/patches/back patches printed up

I do things to please myself. If it also pleases others, great! If not, oh, well. I have to doubt their taste!

You may have noticed we have some members who like to fling poo at just about everything! Don't let their reactions shape your work or you'll end up with something you don't like. And your the one that has to live with it & say I did that.

Ride to live & live to ride, but ride wharever you like, & don't apoligize for it. If your on 2 wheels, that's all that matters!

I'll put my soapbox away for now.......... don't make me have to get it out again!!!

yup!

see reply 29 or

www.zazzle.com/JustRide

was going to get more stuff up on the zazzle store before I posted it here, so more to come!  

As an art student, an exhibitor, and an art teacher, I have learned how to take and how to give criticism.
A student can show me pure crap and I always find something positive to say about it, and offer suggestions for improvement. When I mark student work I always use a rubric that includes a large (usually 30%) portion for effort. That way a student who has little or no talent can pass if they work hard, and a gifted student that just coasts does not get a really high mark.
I also tell them it's their art project and if they don't follow my advice that's ok too.
The key to handling negative criticism is to be able to justify your artistic decisions to whomever is doing the criticism, and  to take their remarks with a grain of salt.
If you ask for critical advice be prepared to take the good with the bad, know who to listen to and who not to, and thank everyone anyway.

arteacher wrote on 10/14/11 at 13:18:40:



I think I did pretty good with that in this case. yeah I gave some snark back, but I got some snark too, all is fair, all is good

on the patch, looked into a bit, not really very much though yet, seems like usually they are kind of expensive, like a buy in bulk is better idea kinda thing. I'll look into it more later but right now, the costs seem prohibitive.