I was trying to give crits on someones knife model on another site and they took it as "you suck you should quit"
What should I do
providing you weren't rude when you did it (which I'm sure you weren't), tell him to shut up and start actually listening to what you're saying
having a second, unbiased pair of eyes can really help you to improve as an artist, no one likes being told that they're wrong but if someone is politely pointing out something in your drawing they don't like, you should look over it again and see if there's anything YOU don't like about it, if you don't agree with them then fine, just say "thanks for the tip" and leave it at that. if you're not sure who's right, look up some references, maybe get a third opinion, ask questions, etc etc and go with what you think is best
if you can't get through to him then it's his loss, not yours, criticism is incredibly useful but no one seems to know how to use it, they just flip out and go "ur mean" or something similar
I'm not saying you should listen to everything someone else says but you shouldn't automatically dismiss them either, I used to do that and look where it got me with the way-too-tall sword pack and way-too-detailed uber-weapons
it's your artwork and no one else's but that doesn't mean that everyone else is automatically wrong; as the artist you are inherently biased towards your own work and there will always be someone who can see something that you cannot
