1/ On giving feedback to people on the internet, a primer from a professional trainer.
I'm writing this because, while I don't tend to get a lot of unsolicited feedback on my art, I just got some (I politely responded assuming good faith, and then thought better of it and blocked them.)
So, here's a quick, and genuine, primer on how to give people feedback if you *absol-fucking-lutely have to*
This will be in the form of some questions and answers. Serious advice, no gags or punchlines.
2/ First thing's first, and I'm serious about this:
What level of feedback did the person ask for?
If they didn't, there's another question to ask yourself:
Do I have a peer or mentor relationship with the person? Do we have the sort of interactions where we give feedback about each other's work?
If the answer to both of those is no, then it's going to be hard to give feedback that doesn't come off as criticism.
I'd almost suggest that you shouldn't comment.
However, if you do...