>>143083That 'happy medium' of crit like your example there is something that a lot of artists don't really get anymore (online), let alone teenage artists.
Was thinking about it some more but I don't think, outside of books and IRL, there's no good way to get that sort of stuff compared to even a few years ago, not even to the level you mentioned in your last post. The only thing I can think of is a few of the drawthreads on 4chan, funny enough. /ic/ is a good source for getting reading material for tutorials & resources, but even that board has degenerated to both extremes mentioned in the earlier post here.
The whole darn topic is just walking on a bunch of eggshells nowadays. Here's a screencap of some guy who hotglue'd some pictures of Pearl