I agree with Ron. When making comments, one (man, I wish English had a specific word for a generic "you") should remember that "a truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent." Why is the comment being made? If it's to help the artist improve, then a direct insult is not going to encourage them to follow any advice from the insulter. To want to help someone improve, you have to care about them in some small way, and you're nice to the people you care about, right? On the other hand, if the comment's purpose is to tear someone else down, I don't care how true the technicalities of what's being said are, that's NOT constructive criticism. Look at the definition of constructive in any dictionary. It means to help build up or improve. Demolition is a whole other department. No one needs to explain how their (or someone else's) comments are or are not constructive to me (and frankly, I wouldn't give a rat's hinder if you did*, so you'd be wasting your typings). I'm talking in generalities, not specifics. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what the artist or even the mods think of it. It's the commenter who's going to have to look at saself in the mirror. They know, deep down, what they intended with their comment, whether they're willing to admit it or not. They certainly know better than I do, so I'm not going to bother arguing. At worst, depending on my mood, I might call it as I see it, but that's just how I see it, so it really doesn't amount to much at all, does it? Um, did I have a point in all this, or am I just babbling again? You know, I'm not really sure. ^_~ I'm like that sometimes. ~She of the Eternal Contradictions *I'm not actually trying to be rude, I just had this strange, irresistable urge to say "rat's hinder" P.S. A somewhat off-topic to anyone who isn't sure if they're commentary is constructive or not and really wants to be helpful. I've always found the sandwich method works well. Sandwich the flaws you point out between two sections of good things you point out as well. It helps to know what's right as well as what's wrong so you know what NOT to mess with as well as what to fix.