I'll be honest I've been quite discouraged with how the graphic grading has been here. We're not making piece of art for the Louvre to be hung next to the Mona Lisa. I understand you want to promote a reason for people to get better but if you're artistic and creative you most likely hate your own work anyways and think its shit so you, yourself want to get better.
Speaking on behalf of people that use a program outside of the "almighty Photoshop" I feel I've been permanently discarded as second class artwork because I don't use Photoshop. Even though I use a program that makes sig making 100x times harder to do than Photoshop I still get the constant 4s and 5s and told my "effort is barely there" I feel for the program I do use that my work is exceptional. I've never made a sig and said of course that a 6/6 every time because it's not. I'm happy when I get a 5, but I've grown tired of getting treated like I'll never be able to get a 6/6 because I don't use Photoshop. I get it. Photoshop is the greatest, but sometimes people make do with what they have and know.
I don't have the time to sit down and learn Photoshop, I do have a life outside of this place so I stick to what I know and frankly I'm just discouraged and unmotivated to make more sigs because the comments are always the same and if I want to stick up for myself what do I get told? "Shut up and don't complain"