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Hello everyone! :happybounce: After a few weeks hard at work rating, we are ready to announce the winners of the second Feedback Frenzy (with some bonus prizes)! It's easy to write a lot of comments, but it's difficult to write a lot of phenomenal comments! In scoring, we focused on both quality and quantity of critiques. In other words, we considered how well something was written in addition to the number of critiques the person wrote. It was a super close competition, with a number of deviants vying for the top spots but after careful deliberation we have determined the cream of the crop! First though, a HUGE round of applause to ALL of

To all participants, congratulations on a great week! Together you all exchanged over 450 fantastic (and constructive) comments, across all media and all levels of ability! You managed to critique every single deviation that was submitted! Your Experience with Feedback Frenzy?The second Feedback Frenzy contest is officially over! We were super-impressed! What did you think? 7days 104users 196deviations 460*critiques :dummy: Now that we've got the main structure down, we know with certainty that FeedbackFrenzy (https://www.deviantart.com/feedbackfrenzy) will be a regularly occurring event! However, we've decided that each contest will be run a little differently, based on your fe

Critiquing SystemsHere are a few techniques + approaches to improve the quality and helpfulness of your critiques! :nod: Critiquing could almost be an art form in and of itself! It's complex, but needs to be accessible. It can be approached from many different perspectives; there are no right answers. In essence, critique is like collaborative problem solving! You as critic work with an artist to identify a problem (maybe one that they themselves are unaware of), then you work together to find a solution to it. They communicate through their existing body of work, and the technique they've developed or concept they've expressed. You communic