So, I was checking my messages on DA and I happened to notice the "critiques" category. It was empty, but it caught my attention and I began to wonder what the difference between comments and critiques were. In short, they are 100+ character long messages meant to give feedback based on four areas (I'm not sure what these areas are at this point, but I'd expect them to be something like "creativity", "style", "technique", etc.)
Apparently you can only give critiques on pieces of art in which the artist has requested critique. From now on, any and all artwork I submit will have this feature turned on. I would LOVE to receive constructive