I agree with you. I've given up grapics because although my graphics are good, when people rate them, I get ratings as if I were using MS paint and scribbling, but yet my friend who makes similar graphics is popular there and her stuff is all HQ.
I also get told how to change my graphics and to be honest? If I do follow what they've said, I'll get yelled at two days later for "stealing" someone's idea -.- I don't WANT my graphics to be the same as every other graphics maker's stuff. I want mine to be different. But seeing as how "Different" is "Low Quality", I suppose I am doomed to be unpopular forever.