Spotlighting Commenters #74

Sep 2, 201511 min read

Deviation Actions

Published: Sep 2, 2015

628 Views

ProjectComment is a Group that provides Guaranteed & Constructive comments for the DeviantArt community.

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 weekly article focuses on the amazing deviants in the DeviantArt community, 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 Commenters

^{These commenters are determined by you through Nominations (read below for more information). Each month, we will be selecting a couple of amazing commenters based on the comments we have seen in our gallery submissions and elsewhere on DeviantArt. Anyone on DeviantArt is applicable for this feature!}

, inacom, Photographer, Professional
Commented on Thruxton Race Course - A day in the pits - 9 by dea1h.

"You are certainly extremely lucky to have had this opportunity, and hopefully more to come your way!
If I may offer tips from when I was working in sports and later events photography.
It is very helpful to prepare a list of shots you'd like to get. Once you're there, you might feel overwhelmed by possibilities and so end up taking less really stunning shots, or get stuck on just a few angles/themes. Thinking about it in advance, considering what you would expect from the situation, or what kind of shots you've liked in other professionals' work, helps you be more in control and diversifies the output. If you find it difficult to come up with shot ideas, consider thinking in terms of conflict. Man overcoming the limits of speed. Man mastering dangerous technology. The best sets of images tell a story, even if it's a purely laudatory one.[...]"

Here is a selection of art created by inacom.

_{Have a browse of their Gallery!}

, ventimocha
Commented on Three Boys by pinkplasticraincoat.

:thumb548591175:
"I like the light and shadow on all the objects, especially the boy with no top (or maybe that's an orange shirt). The shadow of the white shirt is well done too, I like how you used blue as the shadow. I didn't notice the brown haired boy's arm is missing. I assumed it's just behind the white shirted boy. If anything, I'm not sure where the white shirt boy's right arm went.

The one thing I suggest you to work on, is the eyes. I don't mind that their faces are somewhat distorted. I can chalk that up to your style, but the eyes make them a little creepy. Is it because your paint brushes are all too big? I'd invest in a smaller one so you can draw the eyes more properly. Although I viewed your gallery and you seem to like really big eyes. That's fine but learn to refine them so they don't look weird. Anime characters all have humongous eyes but when drawn right, they can be very cute. [...]"

Here is a selection of art created by ventimocha.

Dusty, digital practice, Jul 20, 2015 by ventimocha

_{Have a browse of their Gallery!}

, Yetinia
Commented on Cold hands - LYSARMIN FANART [MCL/CDM] by SayuYazawa.

"The sky is beautiful rendered and you have a nice almost cutout style for your coloring. The time you spent on rendering this piece while a long time for you, definitely paid off. Especially in the manner you handled the hair and clothes. The hair is especially dynamite with just how detailed yet soft it is. Something that could certainly be improved or would be fantastic to develop more would be backgrounds and to experiment with different lighting settings.

Based on what's been posted to your gallery, you don't seem to do a lot of backgrounds, aside from a few pieces where it's loosely defined with a bed or a sky. You seem to have a good handle on skies though and flat backgrounds. This is especially true of the former with a melodious blending of textures and colors to depicts clouds and flares of light, but not so much in the way of more deep environments. I feel like there is a missing element to this piece. The sky is gorgeous, but some kind of horizon, even if it's just an still body of water reflecting the sky could only enhance the romance of this piece and separate the figures from the foreground thus creating a sense of depth. [...]"

Here is a selection of art created by Yetinia.