Sitting at the dock of the bay ... ?

by Lauren Tierney

It's rare I get this feeling of defeat from photoshop. I don't understand it. I get such good feedback off people and then some. Every LIMS (last icon maker standing), basic vote to win contest I join, I seem to never get good results. I'm not failing but I'm doing as well as I thought I would be. For god's sake, my last icon got -5 points (highest being 6) and I got turned down in an application for some LOTS elite icon commnunity. It baffles me. It's not ego. It's shock. Because when you get 200+ people saying your stuff is good by their standards, to get kicked like this is a pretty harsh blow. Could 200 people be lying to my face? Just straight out tell me so I know that I need to improve. I don't need to listen to any sugar coated junk when it comes to Photoshop.

I just feel so defeated like this.