Despite not commenting much lately, I've been checking out many deviations, and I noticed a few things.

I find it really annoying how some "popular" artist never reply to comments they get on their pictures. I understand that they might not have too much time, but for that few questions, I can't believe that they can't get that little amount of time to answer them.
I think it's ok not to reply to comments like "Cute!" and such, but if the commenter has something reasonable to ask...
Even I feel bad for the people who take their time to comment and if they ask something, they don't even get replies.
If artists really have no time to read comments, they can just disable them, or if they do read it, I don't think that few minutes 'wasted' on answering questions would affect their life so much.
I think one of the main point in DeviantART is to create contact between artists and their fans/watchers, etc. That's why people are able to comment on pictures, and learn from the good artists, mostly through asking things they don't know yet.

But don't take it personally, probably none of my watchers are like that, but I'm still sad to see this, and this isn't really a big issue actually.

What people should stop doing is the nonsense 'first comment' thing. Seriously, I can't believe I'm the only one annoyed by it. If "First comment" is all a person has to say about a picture, then that is really sad. I see deviations daily with that certain comment. There is only one person that makes me smile when I see her doing it, but otherwise, I think it's a really bad habit of people.

Then there is one more thing that annoys the hell out of most artists, and that is the infamous comparison topic. I've seen it discussed several times lately, but I'll say it too, maybe more people will understand it: it's really rude to compare people's original characters to already existing ones, especially if they only have like, hair colour in common. I know that not everyone is offended by those comments, but the commenter never knows. It's natural to find similarities between characters, I'm not an exception to that either. But that doesn't mean it has to be said. I think intelligent people can tell when to say something and when to stay silent. It's not a sin to think about it, but I think it'll hurt people if their beloved characters are being compared, and can feel that they are not good enough to create unique characters. Which is not true at all, well, most of the times.

The moral of the story: please think before you comment, I'm sure you don't want to be compared to Quasimodo just because you have short brown hair
Oh, I also dislike it when people compare official characters to each other, with little similarities...

Congrats to the few of you who have read it this far ^^ maybe we can make this community a better place to be at.

Commissions

~Chibi

Regular, detailed one: $15 per character
Example:


No major "won't do" here. I'd prefer one character per drawing though, so no couples or anything more than that ;~;

Payment through paypal, before I start on the picture. Yep. I feel it's more secure that way, and better for everyone

I'll also do a little list soon of the ongoing commissions~

That's all for now.

Here are some pictures that you can feast your eyes on

Special Features


Features!

Just some beautiful pictures that I personally love very much
(more to come~)


Kuru's drawings are very beautiful, she uses awesome and sometimes vivid colours that really bring life to her drawings She also has very cool and loveable characters.


She creates wonderful characters, I wish she left more of her pictures in her gallery ;o; Her drawings have a particular ethereal feel to them, which makes me stare at her pictures for hours <3


Hitsu and her breath-taking backgrounds ˇ///ˇ She is not only awesome at drawing lovely characters, but she can create backgrounds for them that could easily be just a landscape painting on its own. The detail she puts in her drawings is also very outstanding, I think many artists should learn from her, including myself


She has the sparkliest pictures ever x3 I just love the bright atmosphere in her drawings, she can draw very handsome guys, so handsome, they sparkle Her use of colours and additional effects make the drawings look even more beautiful, even though her linearts would look great on their own too!


Dondon, don't move your most beautiful pictures to scraps xD
I really like all of her pictures, they are very cheerful and full of colours, that will brighten up everyone's day if they see them She also puts lots of detail in her pictures, and I personally like the thin and slender figures she draws She also has amazing characters, which she should draw even more ^3^


Now, her pictures really deserve much more attention. She draws beautifully, and her colouring is awesome too, not to mention the amazing details she puts into her pictures. These are just some of my favs, but she has a gallery full of treasure *-*


A traditional artist Her pictures are also very special to me, because traditional art is something I've always looked up to. Her chibis are really adorable, and so are her regular pictures, she puts so much effort into her pictures, and that's why they are very beautiful. <3

Um, that's all for now, I guess, there are lots and lots of artists I want to feature, maybe very soon, I'll update with them ^^' These are just some personal favs that I got while running through my favs.