Promoting Growth With Comments, Crit!mas Vol. 2

Feb 4, 201614 min read

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Published: Feb 4, 2016

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Promoting Growth With Comments, Crit!mas Vol. 1

Continuing the features for the participants of BeccaJS' Crit!mas challenge for this year!

Each of the following left a wonderful 12 critiques for the 12 days of Crit!mas, spreading love throughout DA by providing helpful feedback to their fellow artists. Please do take a look at their galleries as well as the pieces on which they left comments.

Wonelle's comments are largely on digital artworks. Links to each comment can be found here: comments.deviantart.com/1/5797…. Some of the pieces they critiqued:

There's no Christmas on the Moon by Crecious

You'll find a variety of artwork in their own gallery in both traditional and digital media, as well as some written works!

Do take a moment to check out their gallery!

Charlene-Art's critiques can be found on a variety of artworks spanning many genres. Links to each comment can be found here: comments.deviantart.com/1/5797…. Some of the pieces she critiqued:

Let Us Break These Bonds by mortalshinobi

A large variety of media can be found in her own gallery, from photography, to literature, to traditional art!

Do take a moment to check out her gallery!

ObsydianDreamer focused mainly on traditional works when choosing pieces to critique for the event. Links to each comment can be found here: comments.deviantart.com/1/5797…. Some of the pieces she critiqued:

Recently Published in Monash University's annual anthology Incisors and Grinders: Identity, ObsydianDreamer is studying traditional art and has also made herself known throughout the literature community on DA. A variety of excellent artwork can be found when looking through her gallery!

EmoticalsThe train is late.
Cramped in the station, I let myself sigh. Third time this week; the petrol rations must be affecting public transport, too. Nothing’s been the same since the Event.
Shuffling around, I try to find some space in the dank station. It’s dirty, this one. Rubbish strewn, the air cloying with the scent of old garbage and stale gases. A layer of soot blankets everything.
Moving to the back of the underground station, that’s when I spot it; a bright yellow box, clean, in stark contrast to its industrial surrounds. Emoticals is written on the side, with a cartoon smiley-face staring out.
Emoticals are quite popular. You put in a dollar, and they dispense a skin patch. They’ve been all the rage since the big pharmaceuticals found a way to chemically induce emotions. You can get all kinds of emotions these days; happiness, optimism, fear, even love. If you have the money.
I’ve never used one before, but what the hell, it’s been a whil <da:thumb id="563721373"/> ApolloIt’s a brisk autumn morning when he leaves the house.
The first frosts of the season had come last night, cloaking the earth in a delicate coat of white. It’s cold on his paws – not unbearable, but still uncomfortable. Nevertheless, he pads his way across the frosted lawn.
He knows where he is going, and stalks his way through the withering gardens. He is careful though; his tawn and black fur is a stark contrast to the white landscape that surrounds him, and there are other creatures kept by humans; ones that will show no kindness to him.
There is a sound – a snap of a twig, perhaps – and he freezes still. He waits for a moment, but when nothing shows itself, he restlessly continues.
He reaches the mansion soon enough. It’s an old building, derelict and abandoned on the edge of the town. In the winter winds, its timbers creak and groan, as if singing. If walls could speak, this house would have tales aplenty.
He leaps through a window, broken many y

Sydney Harbour :ACEO: by ObsydianDreamer

Sunset in Riomaggiore by ObsydianDreamer

Do take a moment to check out her gallery!

Focusing mainly on digital artwork, ninebark left several in-depth critiques, even going so far as to create visual feedback for several deviants (1, 2, 3). Links to each comment can be found here: comments.deviantart.com/1/5797…. Some of the pieces they critiqued:

ninebark's own gallery is filled with a large variety of genres.

Do take a moment to check out their gallery!

Because there were several participants and I want to give each their due, allowing all a moment in the spotlight, I am going to carry this over into another feature, to be posted later this week. I do hope you take a moment to look through each artist's work - you never know what treasures you may find!

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