except it's a FACT that tracing =/= art. it's not creating, it's copying. but i also realize that she doesn't trace EVERYTHING, and so i guess there i was wrong. she is an artist, i guess, mostly, she just doesn't take her art very seriously, so, sorry, i was wrong there. anyways, it's also fact that schools WILL accept students if they are getting paid. also, if "backing off gracefully" means someone's the bigger man, then i guess you aren't the bigger man, either. i believe this is a case of two people struggling to get the last word in, really, haha.
except, you can, because that's the entire idea of criticism. the art world isn't a universe of ass pats and telling people they're amazing, it's the continuous search for improvement. if you can't be bothered to practice, practice, practice because it "takes too much time", as she puts it, then you shouldn't be in the industry. this isn't a place for spared feelings, and if you can't stand any sort of criticism without your precious feelings being hurt then get the hell out. either that or i take art too seriously, which is also possible.
it doesn't look like "defending", though, it looks like kissing her ass. i mean, for one thing, you didn't even see the page that this entire argument is based off of! (unless she took some screenshots or something, in which case, disregard the following, i'm stupid.) it's like i'm dealing with her attack dogs, christ. you look at blue's page and it's just this circle of asspatting and telling her she's great and i'm SOOO MEAN because i'm a troll except none of you have actually SEEN the comments i left that were supposedly so "trolly", as far as i know. of course, if you'd like to see them, i'll send them to you. i will admit my first comment was a little harsh, but i was mostly annoyed at how dismissive she was of aeori's comments than anything, and i don't think i deserved to get no reply other than "LOL HATERS GONNA HATE U MAD BRO U MAAAAAAD" after typing out what i thought.
anyways, defending a friend? do you really think she's so weak that she can't defend herself? i don't know about any of the people that have given her shit, but i didn't send them and i don't need them (if i even know them, apparently she has been bitching out people who she thinks are me in a different account but i have no idea about any of that. though i do think the idea of her being so paranoid she'll bitch out random people is pretty hilarious). this is between me and her, and if she has a problem with me she can talk to me herself instead of hiding behind her posse of guard dogs.