How to make great comments...

Tutorial!
How to make great comments in three to four easy steps!

Introduction
Hello!
Don't you find it really find it really annoying seeing all those one-liner comments clogging up your deviantART tubes? Do you find it hard to think of something worthwhile to say because it's too long, didn't write? Well look no further!

In this tutorial I will reach you four letters capable of structuring your opinions on any piece of visual art work and translate it into something as small as a single sentence, but as rich in information as the artist deserves! So easy and flexible, you could probably apply it to other media analysis too! Assuming you know what you're talking about! Haha! Also in this tutorial, I will point at things you should try to look at in a number of pictures to make good use of the four letters to great comments!

But what are these four letters you keep yammering about?
The secret to great comments can be learned by following the OAR(S) procedure! And no, I'm not talking about the ones you row boats with. OAR(S) is an acronym that stands for Opinion, Aspect, Reason and Suggestion. The reason S is in brackets is because it only really applies to when you are doing a constructive critique on something.

So what does each letter mean?
Opinion generally points to whether you liked or disliked a picture for something, accurate in that artwork is viewed from the eye of the beholder.

Aspect refers to what part of the picture warranted the praise or critique of the commenter. It could be the colours, designs, scene, concept, clothing of a character, the character themselves. It's so numerous you could point out anything, a good comment analyses everything inside a picture, however small, to give you enough material to comment on.

Reason is the icing on the cake of a praise comment. After telling the artist what it was you liked, telling them why you liked it can explain what exactly they did right in the viewer's eyes. It can be an opinion of because you like a character because of their clothing, or a merit of skill because they did some pretty good cloth folds that look realistic.

Suggestion is often unused except in constructive critique, however you could tell the artist how to improve even on well-drawn pieces, always strive for perfection! For critique, Suggestion is used after pointing out a flaw and why it was bringing down the picture overall, you would then suggest how to fix this issue or how to improve so it doesn't happen again.

WARNING: The last step is very dangerous to use, especially with sensitive pricks on deviantART who send their legions of indoctrinated fans after you for even implying their artwork wasn't an act of god itself. For the indoctrinated fans who read this, can simply just skip S altogether, I don't think you even fathom the possibility your favourite artist could get any better, even if in some cases, they clearly could.

How do I use OAR(S) then? Could you give me examples?
Of course!
OAR(S) is usually best followed in order of the letters, I will explain how OAR(S) can be used in a praise, analytical and constructive critique using example fragments for each step. Take note that all together, each string of completed steps takes one sentence each to write.

Praise
Opinion: "I really liked this character's..."
Aspect: "...pose and flowing blouse..."
Reason: "...because it really shows a good depiction of her flying high in the sky,"
Suggestion: ", it would've been even cooler if the hair was flowing too!"

Analytical
Opinion & Aspect: "This landscape drawing is very well constructed..."
Reason: "...because of the way you managed to use a wide-perspective to curve the land into view,"
Suggestion: ", with some saturation control, you could even project a sense of distance as well!"

Constructive Critique
Opinion & Aspect: "Your character looks a bit disproportioned..."
Reason: "...because one of your arms seems to be much longer than the other,"
Suggestion: ", maybe if you tried drawing the elbow down to above the hip you could correct it!"

(Take note that in critique, Opinion appeared completely omitted, that's mainly because in a critique, pointing out a flawed aspect already implies it not supposed to be good.)

Sweet! What else should I know before using OAR(S)?

A good point to note that you need not limit yourself to one use of OAR(S) in a comment, you can use OAR(S) as many times as you want to make a paragraph of great commentary. Each OAR(S) counts for a sentance or two, so whether you want to go in-depth or just make a quick-comment. OAR(S) insures what you say really matters!

OAR(S) is best used when you think about art analytically, looking at the different aspects of character inside the big picture. For characters you could comment about their shape, their colour, clothing, proportion, expression, emotion, pose, what you think they're thinking, saying or doing.

Thinking about what a picture is trying to say, what concept it's trying to portray, sometimes the best comments is confirming the artist's idea for the picture to let them know you understood it! Some artists are only concerned with praise, others, critique, but some artist just want validation, to be told that their work touched you in some way. (and not inappropriately)

If everybody started using OAR(S), one-liner comments would be a thing of the past, the only remaining non-OAR(S) commenters would be those who haven't learned or those too lazy to make even this small effort. Show you care about the artist's effort, show you care about the art you appresiate...

Show that you're an incredible commentator!