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If you support this, you can add it to your favs and share it on facebook/twitter/deviantart or wherever you want. Thank you!---
*edit*: Yeah, I know this is not perfect in artistic matters.. ^^ I barely do any text art and it is a bit effect-overloaded, but I just tried to emphasize the message, which is the most important thing here. And this deviation is rather addressed to the people, who bully others to be part of the peer and to be cool or popular. It is not to the ones, who have problems with themselves or in their families and who dont know better. These people need to stop bullying as well, but I wont judge them, because they probably just got as many problems as the people they are bullying.
Aaand, to all the people who commented: I am sorry I cannot reply to everyone of you, but I didnt expect such an amount of comments! I read through EVERY comment, but it would take many hours to get back to everyone. It is really sad to see how many of you experienced bullying, this world is truly a cruel place (not in every matter). Please always keep in mind: You are perfect the way you are. As long as you dont harass others for who they are, you are much more beautiful and nice than all the bullies are. I believe in God and I believe, that some day there will be a fair judgement. And all the ones, who stayed strong and kept being generous and brave hearted, will be really happy and lucky!
But that doesnt mean you shouldnt defend yourselves. Talk to people you trust and never loose your self-respect. Everyone is special and unique! Dont let anyone bring you down! 
It is kinda alarming and at the same time hilarious what people consider to be "cool" today (I hate that word, don't mind the quotation marks..). I experienced it everywhere and especially in school, that people just give others the feeling they are worthless, to feel better themselves or to be part of the "cool" ones.
BULLYING IS NOT COOL!
Luckily, I myself wasn't bullied in school, but I know a lot of people, even in my own family, who suffered so hard from bullying that they thought about committing suicide. In my school, a 14-years-old girl hung herself in her parent's wardrobe, because she was bullied in her class. And you know how the people in my class reacted? They said: "Well, I didn't know her, so why should I care?"
But if WE don't care, WHO ELSE cares???
So please, I know there are many people out there, who hate bullying and people thinking they are "cool" just as much as I do... but to the ones, who tend to do such things (maybe because they are afraid of becoming an outsider as well): JUST STOP IT! PLEASE! Bullying is just as fatal and as cruel as physical violence. Just imagine everyone would give YOU the feeling to be worthless and to be useless... We have to accept everyone as he/she is, everyone is different, else life would be so boring. There is no "cool" and "uncool".
"Cool" are only the ones, who stand up for others and accept everyone as he/she is.
If you agree with me, you can add this to your favs so many people can see it and share it in a journal/deviation, on facebook/Twitter/Tumblr or wherever you want. This is what you can do to spread awareness, it's just a few clicks and takes some minutes. Thank you!
(I felt like this needed to be said...)
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And tell me in the comments: What do you think about that topic? Do you have any experiences with bullying?
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I love This Colorful & inspiring poster you've made! It is a good message too teenagers like me that bullying isn't cool or makes you popular, it makes you look like a complete idiot. I once had a teacher, she was so nice and kind to everyone but because of her looks, accent, and the way she acts, Everyone bullied her. She committed suicide about 2 years later. Bullying really has to end and kids need to understand that this is how god made everyone. They can't help if the look a certain way, its how they were born and they cannot help it.
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This is an amazing deviation which has a VERY important message in it. Bullying is NEVER right. Making others feel worthless is just a bully's way of getting attention because they know that they will not be liked for the right and just reasons. Bullying RUINS LIVES. This deviation is SIMPLE but one of the most MEANIGFUL ones on dA. Bullying leads to MANY, MANY people commiting suicide. THOUSANDS of lives will be saved if bullies just kept their HORRIBLE opinions to themselves. Bullies are jealous cowards who think that they can get away with spoiling someone's happy life WITHOUT the harsh consequences.
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This, I Do not agree with. Β Part of it I do. Β But the way your talking about bullies, calling them cowards is just as worse as BEING the bully. Β Your talking about bullies keeping opinions to themselves yet your calling them cowards
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i love why people put these up! instead of stand up to cancer stand up to bullies and dont be shy cause bullies are cowards. i got bullied once but people started saying to the bully: your an idiot for bullying my friend. it made me feel happy for them telling the bullies to stop doing what they were doing. keep up the pics telling people to not bully. i have never been a bully and i never will be one. so thank you for putting this up on deviantart. i will tell my friends about this pic. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b⦠" width="15" height="15" alt="
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Cancer is a VERY serious issue so DO NOT use it like that! The reason that LOADS of people with cancer are surviving is because LOADS of DECENT people are supporting them!! Bullying is a VERY serious topic just like cancer.
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then i did my critiqe thing wrong thanks for pointing it out
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you're welcome.
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I thought this has been a wonderful art piece.
When people see this they will think twice bofore bullying.
HELP STOP BULLYING NOW
So I love this so much, on goggleplus search two things Erin Diaz and stopbullyingplease, remember dont be a victim to this horrible thing, you can stop this with helping hands. People will be happier and kinder no one will be harmed in any way anymore but remember don't be a bully be a helper no one can stop you now in the future people will praise u for what that did so no one can hurt you now.
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(This is my first critique)
I've never seen a more convincing image. I've been bullied once, and am very identified with this.
But nonetheless, this was well-made, especially the word 'Bullying'. Seeing the dark red lines going down made me asociate it with blood. Some bullees hurt themselves, and bullies hurt, sometimes blood coming out. Until this doesn't happen no one will notice or say anything. The dark background really tells how the victims feel inside. Someone is blinded by another one's darkness.
Now for the worrd 'Cool'. the colors and the 'spazzy' effects give it a more positive aspect. It makes you think of those whom you can really trust, whether your parents, teachers, friends, etc. When I was being bullied I met a memebr of a club I used to be in, and right now we're besties. A light appeared; I was unsure, but I followed it. Eventually I was once again in my meadow of flowers.
The whole message matters too, of course. Like in your comment "Cool ones are those who stand up for other and accepts them for who he/she is" (maybe not in the exact words but the message is basically the same). These are the special people that form our firends list (not the Facebook one e.deviantart.net/emoticons/x/x⦠" width="15" height="15" alt="" title="XD"/>).
The message and the technique used for this is all well, but I would suggest one thing though. For the word Bullying you should've put a different font like "Chiller", so it would have a bit more impact on how they act and affect the community and their victims (plus, it matches). But the word Cool is okay in that term. The font looks like a hippie thing, suggesting peace and love, as usual (but I'd not put in some of the other things...).
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Thank you for the awesome critique!
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You're welcome
Earned 153 EXP. I'm now a Lv 2 Critique! 
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hahaha xD yayy, level 2
and yes, while these kind of comments are also highly appreciated, a fully written and well thought out critique is always the best!
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i can really connect with this on a personal level. i've been bullied a lot before and i know how hard it is, especially when you have other hardships in your life that you also have to deal with.... :/
i became depressed and i've thought about killing myself many times, and i started to self-injure because i had such low self-esteem and confidence. i'm getting help now, but the whole ordeal really troubled me and still does. it made me not want to trust anyone ever again, the way my "friends" treated me.
the colors and graphics in this really make it stand out. i like the fonts you chose and the whole thing looks really nice! ^^ bullying is getting to be a really big issue, and i think this really makes a point. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/c/c⦠" width="20" height="20" alt="
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Okay, first critique ever. You know that I know that you know that its not perfect. But, a critique can only be a critique. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b⦠" width="15" height="15" alt="
Firstly: the cause is sound. Its simple but oft forgotten. I have been used as a ladder up the social spectrum a few times, and as we all know, it sucks. Since it is such a straightforward message, its quite a good subject for a poster.
Now, to the practical aspects.
The colours are, in my opinion, the main flaw of this piece. They clash and are not kindly on the eyes, the biggest culprits are the lilac and red. This is a subject that is not pretty itself, but to have colours that do not work makes the poster itself feel unprofessional and clunky. This will not be good for getting your message across, and may make it less likely to be taken seriously. Related to this issue, people do judge books by their covers, and harshly. Ironically to make a poster than shows the flaws in this logic, you must first bend to their will.
I see you have chosen themes for each word based on what they mean. This is not a strategy that can work alone, you must think of the whole picture, and work out a main style. I recommend picking two or three colours maximum to work with. Check out the colour wheel to choose ones that will not clash. Since the issue is an important one, pick colours that will stand out but not downgrade the serious message.
An idea: I noticed your picture seems to have two halves. You could use that as part of your design, dark bullying on one side, cool on the other, and a clear split down the middle. This might help you show they are not linked or connected. Plus its simple and memorable, and not too in your face. You've started to split the canvas with this design, maybe emphasising it further could work.
Because simplicity is important, I think you need to downgrade the effects. As I mentioned earlier you chose ones that mimic the meaning of the words. To make this work you must pick a style that links the 'themes' you have made for each word. You can afford to be subtle, assume your audience can read, of course. The background affects shouldn't dominate, just help emphasise the point.
For example: Writing 'bullying' in dirty, scruffy handwriting will help in the background show it is bad, and writing 'cool' in more stylised, neat handwriting will display it as good. This is without changing the colour, it could all be done in black and white. These simple visual cues are easy, and stop your poster being bland without becoming overwhelming. Just don't go overboard.
The rule is: A piece must all be linked, don't use lots of separate ideas without showing relationships between them.
Finally, the same applies to the fonts. Don't use one font for each clause unless you are making an old-timey circus poster. It is is unnecessary. You just don't need lots of fonts, trust in your message! For a poster, 2 max. The advantage you gain by giving every single word character is out-weighed by the disadvantage you acquire by making it clunky to read with a slightly crazy atmosphere.
Evil Nitpicks:
I wouldn't use the =/= sign. Its a form of internet colloquial language, therefore can be slightly patronising if you don't know who the poster is from.
I don't think borders are necessary unless they do something to extend the message. Not that I have a roaring hatred for borders or anything.
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a comon misunderstanding bully victims often make prefectly represented here
bullying is mostly (sometimes may) not done to make the bully himself feel better about himself or special
bullying is part of the human nature the exclusion of a group or horde member in these cases strengthes the group internal
ever heard of "nothing unites better then a comon enemy" this applies here too
"hes different he doesnΒ΄t belong to use we need to stick together"
it sure is not cool just as breathing aint cool but the same way it aint done to be cool
it sure feels bad for you or you feel moralic encourage to help those who happen to have the fate of being the target but in the end of the day another one will become the victim
as example facists used to put down others in the past nowadays you are put down if you represent even a sligth facistic view
implying what is done to help victims and put down bullies works it will declare bullies the victims and all start all over again
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Yep, bullying is just another way of making stuck up assholes feel good about themselves, and even when we do take it in stride, it still gets to you that you can't do anything about it. Even if you tell the person to go f*** themselves straight in the face, it still doesn't drop the hint that what they're doing is wrong. Even if you tell them that what they're doing is wrong, it still doesn't drop the hint. The teachers don't care about it anyway, and the worst part is that you have to deal with it for five years in high school, making a already pointless place feel like a high security prison. Personally, what I would do is ignore them, avoid talking to them and stick with your friends who do respect you, even if they are friends with this bully.
For this deviation, it's pretty simplistic, but appealing at the same time, in both visual and emotional.
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I think this is a brilliant thing to make, its very colorful and draws attention to the words that need to be heard. Bullying isn't right and this is just what it is telling people, it gives the words off strong and clear. It isn't the most original thing ever but it is good. The technique was a good one to use, i love it. Impact is of course strong, because you made the words that needed to stand out, stand out. -Peyton (I do think that bullying is wrong in many ways and people should be doing more to put a stop to it all.)
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This is...... Amazing. I have been bullied before and currently at my school I'm in a group that's called Take A S.T.A.N.D. and last year we were hitting bullying hard. We had this woman named Tina Meier come to our school to talk about her daughter Megan, who had commited suicide from cyberbullying. We had people crying because of it. It was horrible, knowing they lost someone because of someone calling her horrible things.
I believe that it's stupid that people would bully others like they do. It just keeps getting worse and worse. It's stupid and just plain rude. People have killed themselves becouse of it.... It's stupid....
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The sort of overwhelming effect produced by "cool" describes the word we've twisted it to become. I myself suffered 6 years of bullying from 2nd grade to 7th when I enrolled in a Catholic School. It has ruined my confidence and made me isolate myself from people. This is something people need to realize; that beating others to the ground for a status can create a catastrophic effect on that person that will change their entire life. Or end it, for that matter. Why people have to resort to this behavior to feel better is something we may not ever overcome, but things like this can impact a society and at least open peoples eyes; and I believe that is exactly what you've done.
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I find this true. I have only been bullied by only one kid. He's very unpopular, very few friends, but for good purpose: He's relentless. He thought everyone would like him if he suck to demanding. Wrong. His bossiness got to everybody. One of my friends would be playing on Live and the kid (name withheld) would always message him as if the kid was the top dog. Except all he would do is ask everyone to play some game nobody has.
Did I get off track? Yeah, I did. Anyways, I love how the words are stylized. Drastically different fonts and styles to differentiate what some may believe as the same. Just go on a brony video and find an argument. On hater said that after making everyone angry, that he wasn't doing anything wrong, that he was "hatin happy-ass bronies." Yeah. I'm dissapointed in our generations teens and kids. I'm part of that stereotype. I'm glad that the nice people in the comments can actually
1. Spell correctly.
2. Have Sympathy.
3. Have Tolerance.
That's all I want. Your message. It's kinda overused. But nobody gets the damn message. Good job. a.deviantart.net/avatars/j/o/j⦠" alt=" " title="jokerclapplz" />
Anyhoo, overall, this is pretty good. I'd expect probably some stupid troll to come in, but I honestly would just ignore him. You did well. a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/p/e⦠" alt=" " title="epicclapplz" />
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Wow, I was a considered a social outcast for almost the entire time I was in school. It's just an awful feeling knowing that other people can make you feel horrible about yourself, and they get a little kick out of it. I wish I could just yell this to them "DID YOU KNOW THAT BULLYING DOES NOT MAKE YOU COOL?!?!?! Oh well. I think it was a good idea to use text art because it's nice, simple, and gets the message across in a graceful, simple matter. I haven't seen too many anti-bullying text graphics before so, this is pretty new (at least to me). I think that if one or two of these were made into a poster, and hung up in a school, that reports of bullying will go down immensely. I really like this deviation, it's original, gets the matter across, and makes an impact!
~Jocusmo
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Okay, my first critique ever. So don't mind. XD
I also apologize for possible typos.
But I'm very happy I see something like this on the frontpage.
You chose such a wise words in it, it's not always that easy I can say. It really makes everyone think about it.
I know that sometimes people may bully, to feel the power and control of the bullied person, and sometimes it might be cool to make someone feel awkward in public places because of something they have done/they are, but as you said up there, there's nothing what makes you special, when you hurt someone, with words or physically.
I rated this deviation by looking at the way you made it. It has good, clear words in it. Nothing too long to read, just a clear message what everyone may understand. Also highlighting the words makes it stronger, so this is very good piece.
Thanks for such a good words, will fave and share on FB. :3
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This picture is true. No bully is special when they're mean to other people. I don't think anybody should be bullied. Why can't bullies understand that!? I give everything 5 stars on this because:
1. It's true, and I like the colors!
2. It is very original! I love it!
3. I like your style! I like the many ways you wrote this.
4. You show a lot of colors, which give it plenty of impact, so bullies will read it and finally understand.
Like I said at the beginning, nobody should be bullied.
This is a special drawing. I love it!
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Good message, but the effects seem a bit much.
I can see that you were trying to make it look interesting, but the effects are rather distracting so the message is lost (or even a bit hard to read in the case of the word "special" at the bottom of the piece.
I would suggest following a "less is more" sort of thing with these to allow the text get your message across. Sure, the effects make it look nice and add emphasis to the important sections of the piece, but they're also drowning out what you're trying to say.
Explanation of Star Ratings:e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b⦠" width="10" height="10" alt="
The piece clearly has a theme and reflects it fairly well once you wade through the effects.e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b⦠" width="10" height="10" alt="
Anti-bullying is rather common nowadays, showing up everywhere from YouTube to the local news. However, this is the first time I've seen it quite like this so originality props for that.e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b⦠" width="10" height="10" alt="
I don't know what program you made this with, so I can't really go into that, but as I said before, all of the effects combine to drown out what you're trying to say and that's NOT good. Perhaps tone down the effects to just what is necessary to emphasize your point with the absolutely main point getting the fanciest (but still not distracting) effects to draw people eyes to it.e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b⦠" width="10" height="10" alt="
This piece really does not have the impact it probably should (and with that coming from someone who has been bullied before, that's not probably not a good sign). There's just SO MUCH anti-bullying stuff out there that they all sort of blend together and lose the effect they may have originally had. Mix that with the distracting effects and you've lost most (if not all) of the piece's impact.
Thank you for contributing to the anti-bullying message, but you've missed the mark by a hair here.
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Look, I'm all for anti-bullying. I think bullying is a terrible thing. This is a good message, I'll give it that. However, it doesn't bring anything new to the conversation. It's pretty common sense that bullying is bad. This doesn't even bring up the concept that standing by and doing nothing is a form of bullying (something slightly more subtle that I'm sure all of us have been guilty of at one point or another). The message presented here is as bland as "be nice to others". Sure, it's true, but...it's also common sense. This isn't going to be a revelation to anyone, I promise.
As for the technical side, this is kind of a mess. There are colors and gradients everywhere, different fonts, bolds, italics, really everything but the kitchen sink was tossed onto this. The "Did YOU know...?" feels redundant (and I did know, thanks for asking). The "Bullying" and "Cool" draw so much attention that the first line basically disappears (not that it really adds much impact or transition...the whole image still works without that line). Special and Cool using the same rainbow gradient is a good call, it links the two concepts both visually and conceptually (as well as pulling the image together), which is nice. I'm really puzzled why the "bully" part of "bullying" is visually different from the rest of the word. Bullies and bullying go hand in hand, I don't see the purpose of making the visual distinction.
"Because making others feel worthless doesn't"
This is the line that I have the most issues with. There are like 4 fonts and a crap ton of effects going on here that just make this look...bad. It feels disjointed, none of the things done to the words add any specific emotional or visual emphasis. Stuff was added here for the sake of adding stuff. The "cool" is also suffering a bit of this, it's *really* overpowering, the rainbow/sunburst/star combo just adds up to too much.
Overall, it's heart is in the right place, but the design is poor and the message simplistic to the verge of useless.
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I find this to be especially true in my case. I have known so many people who have been bullied. Lots of kids have literally been bullied to death. That's right, bullied to the point where they couldn't take it anymore. Bullying causes so many deaths in youth these days. (Did you know it's the 2nd leading cause of death in young people, next to only accidents?) I think that's ridiculous. We should try to change that statistic, but it would require changing the world. That's why I like this piece, and I thank you for spreading the message across.
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Good critique, although I disaggree with the point that "it would require changing the world". The problem with bullying is not that big everywhere. Where I come from (Germany, Baden-WΓΌrtemberg) there's much less bullying than in America or England. So one should probably start with changing these two countries. ^^
Anyway... marked as fair.
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Thank you for this critique!
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You're welcome, I hope you marked it as "fair."
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bullying IS cool! i was a bully and i dint regret it! When i was in high school i bullied the fat pig girls in my grade!! it was so funny XDΒ
I SUPPORT BULLYING!!Β Β Β Β
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Bullying doesn't make you special, because there's no 'B" in S.P.E.C.I.A.L.
If you get the reference.
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