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- Hosts
- Hosts are people who want feedback on a given piece of art.
- The art may have been created by the host. In this case, the host is the primary beneficiary of the feedback. The host may choose to incorporate elements of the feedback into future work.
- If the art was created by someone other than the host, then the host is likely using the piece to bestow some knowledge about art criticism or teach others about the process of giving feedback for the benefit of the commenters.
- They are:
- art students or professional artists who want feedback on their own work
- art instructors who are teaching the process of giving feedback.
- Hosts are people who want feedback on a given piece of art.
- Commenters
- Commenters are people who provide feedback on pieces of art.
- They are:
- Art students (peers) who are learning or have learned how to critique and give feedback,
- Art instructors (professors, teachers) who are using their experience to guide art students,
- Professional artists (colleagues) who provide feedback to colleagues as part of their jobs, and
- Non-artists whose feedback is sought for additional, potentially critical perspective. They may be part of the group the artist is intending to reach with their art.
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- Efficient feedback
- Artists don't want to spend a lot of time getting feedback get feedback without spending their time (e.g. unlike at gallery critiques)
- Artists would like to get feedback online
- Artists would like to get feedback frequently
- Constructive feedback
- Commenters should be able to include references (e.g. "this work reminds me of...", "try to make this work more like...")
- Commenters should be able to provide graphical examples (e.g. sketches) and annotations (similar to pen/paper or sticky notes in traditional critique sessions)
- Variety of feedback
- Artists would like to reach a wide variety of commenters (e.g. friends, professors, professionals)
- Artists may be interested in collaborating with others
- Organized feedback
- Artists would like to organize feedback by type (e.g. emotional, like/dislike, technical)
- Artists would like to understand the context of the feedback
- Artists would like to set privacy/viewing settings between groups (e.g. professors should not be able to see comments from artist's friends)