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Contest Open: 15th December 2012, Midnight PST.
At least 2 elements must be from photographs.
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One entry per member, photography only
In order to support those efforts, we encourage dedicated users to give comments too. For those who are critics, artists, or just helpful in the community, we now offer something in return for all that you do - be it helping the participants of #ProjectComment, or the group itself!
This article focuses on awesome deviants, who have given fantastic comments, through excerpts of those comments, artwork by the deviants themselves, and much more! Your support in
the article would be much appreciated. 
Spotlight Commenter : =hefeigal!
Each month, #ProjectComment will select one member from within the group to be our Spotlight, based on the comments we have seen in our gallery submissions! We choose this member based on the quality, and reliability of their comments and their dedication to the community.
, =hefeigal, Artist | Hobbyist | Traditional ArtCommented on Svearicus the faerie by =Phboy.
"Nice work! The wings have a beautifully translucent texture, and the blue looks great!
However, I feel as if the torso is a bit awkward. The angle of the head suggests a 3/4 view, but the torso is drawn head-on, which creates a rather strange pose. I'd suggest making the right (his left) shoulder obscure the chest slightly, since it wold be closer to the 'camera' than the other.
Personally, I'd make the shoulders a touch smaller as well, but that's just my opinion.Also, I'd recommend making the left (his right) eye a bit smaller, as his head is turned slightly. Like his shoulder, the left eye is farther away from the 'camera' than the other, so it would be a bit smaller.
That was a bit long...let me know if I can clarify anything! [...]
Here is a selection of art created by =hefeigal.
InnocenceInnocence.
It brings to crooked smiles, grubby fingers, brightly colored playgrounds and Cheerios.
Some think of little ones picking flowers, while others remember a sleeping baby, immune to the worries and dangers of the world.
But when these dangers invaded Sandy Hook Elementary School, that concept of innocence, of purity, was popped like soap bubbles.
Images that should never appear in any person's mind tainted the heads of children who can't even pronounce 'massacre'.
Their yellow and blue playgrounds have been contaminated with red, and dozens of families will close their curtains to block out the sounds of a world that their chi
Have a browse of their Gallery!
Do you think you know of a potential Spotlight? If so, we take nominations so feel free to note #ProjectComment!
Calling All Commenters!
We are looking forward to your reply to this month's Commenter Question! Please feel free to answer it in a reply to this blog for the chance of being featured in the next blog!
Q. How often do you comment?
Lucky Draw Selection
I Am a TreeI am a deciduous tree…
Growin from my roots individual-ly.
From the stump
Up from the trunk
And out sproutin' branches
Weavin'
Reason for each season
Spring's in.
I blossom,
Shower me in flowers
Because I feel damn awesome.
Squirrels cuddlin' me synonymous to girls lovin' me
No need to get the mud off my knees
Livin off of the puddle Be-
Cause, I got chlorophyll
On the forest hill.
Any inch of growth
Is more than a chore I killed.
Fall's around the corner, and I can still breathe,
But it hurts when all my leaves...leave.
Weather's ranging, colors changing.
Like an abstract painting.
Picture framing
Wet paint to t
If you want to be in for the chance of being featured, feel free to submit to this folder!
Three Comment Challenges for February
Do one of the below well and you may win yourself 10
! Please link us to your efforts in this blog, though, otherwise you may not get your 10 ! 
Constructively comment on a piece that you're not familiar with in terms of the genre of art and/or medium! There is a listing that may help you here!
Participate in our Group Sketch Thread by constructively commenting on the sketches featured! Try to include at least three external resources in one of your constructive comments! If you have suggestions for any more comment challenges we can do, feel free to note us at #ProjectComment!
Favourites Selection by =Riemea
AwakeningOn the first day, the day that I woke, all I could see was light.
It was a gradual thing, the awakening. Slowly I became aware of being, of existing, and the humming in my mind rose to a maximum. I lay there for a while, letting thoughts drift over my body, moving my fingers one by one. Then my eyes fluttered open and I could see nothing but whiteness. The gauzy blur faded and I was able to make out shapes: a door, a clock. I turned my head fractionally to the side to see a table, washed in white like everything else. No windows. There was a movement in the corner of my eye and then I felt a cool touch on my arm. I exhaled, then blacked out.
A Matter of Time
A Matter of Time
You think Sandy's got vengeance in its eyes?
You see vengeance everywhere don’t you?
In the fast, wet winds churning around your Queens apartment
In the lightning flashes on Ocean Parkway where we walked once like a
Couple of refugees.
The waves will be taller than you, they’re saying
But I imagine you sitting on a grey dock somewhere
Oblivious of official warnings
Your dark wavy hair sticking to your forehead of scattered lies
And losses,
Your hard, careless body framed in endless brine.
I might not be allowed to love you anymore
But the rules of capturing, consuming and catenating happen to be
As fluid as t
If you want to be in for the chance of being featured, feel free to submit to our Favourites!
Featured Commenters by *VimislikArt & =Riemea
These commenters are determined by you, the users, through Nominations (read below for more information). Each week we will be selecting a few of the most frequently or positively nominated commenters. Anyone on deviantART is applicable for this feature!
~NotenSMSK
Commented on The Experimental by =hefeigal.The ExperimentalI grew up thinking I was normal."The feel that it gives in the start is perhaps slightly cliched - of not being able to enter a parents study... or perhaps a guardians study, but I am totally fine with it since such a general idea can be crafted uniquely like this work did. The little information about the code being the girl's birthday has its own effect on the reader (if thought about for a moment). Either it instills love for his girl or perhaps... a more sinister purpose as was unveiled. [...]"
But I remember when I was four, dad told me that I could never enter his study.
Twelve years later, I wanted to discover what was in the study. Getting in was easy; I knew that the code was my birthday.
On top of a pile of papers was a nondescript grey binder. It wasn't anything remarkable, just a boring old notebook.
Opening it, I wasn't expecting papers saying that I was an experiment. An experiment gone wrong.
Here is a selection of art created by the Commenter, ~NotenSMSK.
My Lover, My Slave"Delusional heart;
come, waste no whimper my dear
for the night is young"
Have a browse of their Gallery!
=mnoruzi
Commented on shining through despair by =luckydesigns.
"This is very nice shot. I really like the golden light. To me it's very peaceful 
I also like the combination of soft light and that thorny plant. The tree log next to the plant also adds to the picture. Everything is nice here. I only have some suggestions:Try to crop one third of the picture from the left hand side. I think the plant itself is perfectly enough to say the story of this image. On the left hand side it's empty and nothing interesting.[...]"
Here is a selection of art created by the Commenter, =mnoruzi.
Have a browse of their Gallery!
=f1utterby3
Commented on Model project by *PedroHenrique-2.:thumb346050613: "I really like the concept behind this piece. I think that it's a really important statement about beauty and I like the ways that you've chosen to display them. I do think that some of the styles are a little strange. I know that in the fashion world there are often crazy outfits and styles that crop up, but some of these confused me a little in this picture. For me, it detracted a little bit away from the idea of perfection. [...]"
Here is a selection of art created by the Commenter, =f1utterby3.
Have a browse of their Gallery!
Artist Q & A
This is an open call to artists to reply to this blog with any specific questions on art that you'd like answered! We'll include the questions in our next article and hopefully get the answers you require!
How To Nominate
We need nominations of deviants who you think should be featured!
Send us a note with the subject "Nomination" and the following information.
- You can suggest anyone and everyone (except yourself
) at any time and include as many nominations as you want in one note. - The news feature occurs once every month and all nominations will be taken into account.
- If your nomination isn't featured immediately, it may still be featured in a future news article!
The name of the Deviant you are nominating. Link(s) to the deviation(s) on which they commented. (The more, the better!) This is great way to give back to a user who has given you an exceptional comment!
^3wyl, posting on behalf of #ProjectComment
This depends on time too, of course...
Sounds good!