I do not accept the idea of “harsh” critiques. You should not get “torn apart” in a crit. Crits should not be “brutal” — crits should be honest and useful. If you walk away feeling like garbage, or like you were beaten up, it was not a useful crit. It was a belittling one. https://twitter.com/skyedstine/status/1275184676093779973

If you walk out of a crit and need to cry — YOU did not do badly. The people giving you the crit did badly.

Any faculty who are “known” to be really harsh and make people cry are mostly concerned with power and ego, not with helping you become better. You might learn something, but that’s person’s primary concern is themselves.

I have written about giving and getting critique in more detail here: http://howtocrit.com 

If you often find yourself emotional/crying during/after critiques with different people, then you have to work on understanding that a crit of your work is not a crit of your value as a human being.

You picking a bad font doesn't me we hate you. It means you picked a bad font.