this has kind of been gnawing at me emotonaly. + poll

so i while back i made an animation, 5 frames one 3 things needing redraw for movement. Both characters fully colored.  
And this person who has no drawing, animations, comics under their name (so not an artist himself) just tells me to never animate again in the comments. I knew what the main issue with animation was (everyone hated the music) but for him to attack my ability. even was even stated that it was my first real attempt at animation in the description.
 
at first i ignored him but this keeps gnawing at me , but to see him do that and to see other sketches 3 frames, not colored, getting upwards of hundred votes. with people stating in the comments that this is the next great animator.

@Background Pony #50C0  
On this site, it can help if you report those kinds of comments. I’ve looked and don’t see any reports that you’ve logged against comments on your own images. Next time this happens, please report it because we do have some trolls who love nothing more than to ruin an artist’s mojo. I’m not sure if this would apply in the example you described, but it’s certainly not impossible.
 
Also, it can help a lot to ask for critiques or advice from other artists - not from random people on a fan site. If you just hold up a drawing at a convention on the main floor and ask people’s opinions, you’re going to get a lot of opinions. Some of them might be worth listening to. Some of them might not be worth listening to.
 
If instead you go to an artist focused room at the convention, similar to our “Artist Chat”:art forum, then at least you know that the people you’re asking for advice from have given and gotten critiques before, so they’ll be better positioned to talk with you about your art, and will be better able to give some consideration for where you are as an artist and will hopefully have a better chance of giving you advice that will help, rather than hurt.
 
Regarding people drawing 3 frame not colored animations that people freak out about how great they are, face it - none of us are ever going to be as good as some artists who are able to do amazing things with stick figures.
 

 
That’s just life. If you want to draw, if you need to draw, then draw.
 
My own art is shit. I know it’s shit. But if I draw then I am healthier. So I draw. Why do you draw? If you have a reason you draw, then focus on that reason.
 
For me, every morning I get up and I make a piece of shit. Because it makes me healthy. Sometimes people like what I draw. Usually it’s just shit. But I draw because of what it does for me, not what it does for others.
 
And, frankly, stop listening to, or obsessing on the opinions of people whose advice you wouldn’t take about which beer to drink. Why do you want to please them?
 
If you are drawing for others, then listen to people who are actually the people you want to draw for. They’re your audience - focus on them.
 
One last thought - look at how artists who you admire respond to criticism. Don’t just learn how to draw from them, learn how to be an artist from them. Read their autobiographies. Talk to them at conventions. Write to them on Twitter - don’t just study their art style or technique, study how they SURVIVE as artists.
 
Long story short: If you’re going to be an artist and publicly share your work, then I hope you like icecream.
 

 
Also, no: what you asked is not ok. If someone is doing that on the site, there’s a chance they broke our rules. If that happens, please report it. Also it’s possible that you’re just over-reacting, in which case they might not be breaking a rule. I’d have to see the actual comment and it’s context. So: report it.

@Ciaran  
very well i reported it. i went back to post and got the full comment. The animation was also done in MS paint and photos app.
 
“You ever had that moment where you had a classmate that wants to do an animation but cant really… animate? You dont wanna discourage them but you do know they have to do something else with their lifes….
 
Thats you… right now”
 
I never asked him to comment this was his first/only one on the post  
I also tried to talk to him afterwards showing him another wbem i made but he never responded.  
I wanted why he hates so much.

people can animate using anything, so it’s not very fair to say a blanket statement like this
 
use MS Paint to animate with bases, like this person did