Mika-chan's got a very good point.  When I was picked on and belittled a lot as a kid, my dear Dad always told me... "Consider Your Source."

Something to ask, or find out in the meantime:  the bad-mouthers... have THEY drawn or written anything?   

Sometimes it's also that people just do it to get a rise out of the artist.  I do remember one time a former poster at our community would mention that she would intentionally troll certain artists or DA accounts just to piss the artist off.  It's how you deal with the situation that is more important, for me I haven't had too many run ins but I try to respond as neutrally as possible.  If they say something insulting, try not to argue back with them because they will keep coming back for more to fight with you.

But don't take it personally, it's just something that most folks end up going through.

 Wow,words of wisdom. Being a newbie myself I made the catastrophic mistake of responding to the "established" artist. He had critiqued my drawing with a single word....grotesque.I pointed out that a critique was a assessment of form and technique not just a personal opinion. He hates body builders and bulging veins but it is OK on the hulk because the hulk should have them(not she hulk though!).I tried to point out the hypocrisy of this and the point that art should spark thought and questions of why we feel this way.As my time at Amazons has for me.I stated that everyone has different tastes and there should be room to explore those tastes as long as we play within the rules,no porn etc.
Yup,reason will win right? LOl. I was ripped apart. None of my points even mentioned and a wave of personal attacks began.One person stated he had shown my picture to coworkers and they had hated it as well.Wow! I was labled a no talent hack and dog piled on by a bunch of people I never knew. To be fair a few people loved it and even requested more and I did get a great pdf of all the loomis drawing books.Ha ha. The venom in some of these peoples posts was scary though. Just drawing a woman with a massive physique warrants this? I am stunned.It is simply amazing the intolerance and hate people will vent over a sketch.Great art gets a single post and a amateur sketch with muscularity gets 3 pages? Just scary.I have learned a valuable lesson though. I will speak through my art and keep my mouth shut!

Sin-san, I applaud you for speaking up, because the experience is so much more valuable than if you were to shy away. Now when you come across such situations again, you can say, "Ah, I understand." And you'll be more sympathetic than most when you see others going through similar trials.


Sir AlexG's words reminded me of the hypocrisy that very much exists within this scene. You may be interested in reading an excerpt from "The Encyclopedia of Amazons" that touch on this. Apparently, it is not so uncommon to be called a "freak" by such Haters of the fetish, only to find that these Haters are themselves a secret patron of such fetishes. It becomes all very amusing after a while