For those of you on Deviantart...?

The way I see, you can't get better at drawing without some criticisms. If you don't bother putting anything up, your drawing skills will improve very slowly over a long period of time. With suggestions and help from others, you will become a better artist. Also, everyone of deviantart that I've encountered has been kind (and if you don't like deviantart, newgrounds is a good alternative).