About three seconds.

And I leave comments if I can think of something to say - if it has a speech bubble in the pic I think I'm more inclined to reply, as they're usually open invitations. Either that or if the pic is funny - sometimes it's fun to have conversations about the situation the character's in.

it has to be instantly

^ Yeah. I tend to do insta-faves most of the time myself. Some however, I need to consider for like 5 - 15 seconds. Basically, not long. xD

If it's something I'll want to come back and look at later, for some part of it catches my eye - character design, perspective, a new technique I'd like to try - I fav it. x)

I generally fav very quickly, too, within the first few seconds of looking at it.

no more than 5 seconds

about 10 if the pic is really good

well... me personaly only comments when there is a real reason for, that mean something (often funny) what just has to been said, or when the art is realy, realy awesome so it deserves it... it helps also a lot if I know that the artist comments on comments oftenly and there aren't already 50 other comments with the same meaning like me m( ...
Faving is mostly just something spontaneous or if it is something I want to read later... xP

oh, and I don't comment often either, I usually have nothing constructive to say

i take about 5 minutes to look over a picture and if the artist did a good job i would leave a comment about what i found well done

Honestly, I sometimes "um" and "ahh" about favouriting something for up to a minute or so. X) I'll favourite something for lots of reasons, but generally because it a) is artistically impressive, b) is by someone I know who has obviously put a lot of effort into (shows appriciation of their hard work, and hopefully will give them more "exposure") or c) pushes my fetish buttons.

As for comments... I know I'm guilty of just saying "it looks good" (though in more words; I tend to be more verbose than is strictly neccessary) but that's often only because the artist has said they don't think it's all that. If they're obviously pleased with it I'll either leave a "witty" remark or none at all, unless I pick a very specific thing to critique.

There's nothing wrong with just saying you like something or it looks good. But two word comments just look lazy. :P

Oh yeah, I know what you mean. X) That's why I tend to pad out my comments with more words than I need to use, just like this overly long reply that may just as well be "Yup". c:

With some pictures, I can see enough detail in the thumbnail to decide that I'm going to give it a fave. Most of the time I make that decision as soon as the picture has finished loading. As far as comments, I don't leave them very often at all, mostly because I would like to avoid making an ass of myself by saying something stupid. If there's something witty or insightful I can say, then I'll comment but that only happens about 1% of the time. I usually won't bother at all if I see there's already a large number of comments.

Most times I look at what I fav for the first 5-10 minutes ._. Only exception is if it's super super hot and I fap to it before I fav it :D So it can be from 15-30 mins sometimes OwO Hmm...

I comment always, I believe artists enjoy even silly comments on their submissions like 'Dude that's super sexy' or 'You char is so hot, i wish he'd fuck me and such'. I enjoy such comments alot, so I give em back to the artists that I admire :D Of course it depends, in the really amazing pictures I always comment properly about the shadows, the anatomy, the colors, the lights, the position etc etc :)

So u should comment too :D it can be fun if the artist replies <3! :P

It really depends. But I go over a little check list in my mind.

1.appearance
2.style
3.details
4.lighting
5.characters
6.do i like subject matter

so it varies for me dependent on the picture, but I will rarely instant fav. And I sometime fav with out commenting, mostly on old work that was posted a whild back, I feel to late to the game that a comment would matter there. But I'm trying to make it a personal rule that anything I fav anything, leave a comment. I think if comments means half as much to the artist as they do to me, then I really should to make their day.

it takes me from 1 to 3 minutes to fave a pic (depending on the details of it and how long the artist's comment is) and when I comment, most of the time I say what I like the most of the pic

I usually just fave anything that catches my interest, that I think I might want to come back to and look at again later..my fave gallery is pretty much my way of hanging on to pictures to go back and look through later on, as I often do. so I don't really have a set or logical process, and how long it takes to fave something varies so much I can't really pin it down. I sometimes am guilty of leaving the dumb "this is awesome" comments but usually only for artists or people I know already.
how long I look really depends on how much I like the picture. I might stare at a picture I like a lot for a few minutes; others, only a short amount of time. I've been known to go through binges and look through the thousands of favorites I have between my FA and DA accounts over a couple days just to soak in all the good art again, so often if I like a pic I keep coming back to it over and over.

favorite is mostly set instantly in my mind, but to actually press the button to add it to my favorites depends on how much time I look at the picture and read the artists description. A really bad thing is cause of that I sometimes forget to add the picture to my favorites even though I want it there.

Comments, well, most of teh time I TRY to give feedback, but Im not really good at it. So Im guilty at Nice work comments, though I try to add something more personal to it.

I try to leave a comment emphasizing on what I like about the image in particular.

Most pictures I skim past in about half a second, giving a hearty "meh" to each and every one. I'll usually spend 3-5 seconds on a picture that interests me enough to save a copy of for later enjoyment, and usually 10-15 on a picture that's good enough to fav. I generally only fav a handful of pics each month, I want my favs to actually mean something, and not just be "this meets my minimum standards for quality and content".

I'll probably spend 30 seconds to a minute to comment on something if it inspires me to comment, and I definitely won't comment unless I have something useful to say. I tend to comment more than I fav.

I get about 150-200 submissions in my inbox per day, so I can't really spend an hour on each piece going over all the details in depth before moving on to the next.

Well normally I can tell a fav before I even click the thumbnail. After the thumbnail is clicked, it's about 1-5seconds normally tops. But I reserve faves for pieces that just absolutely strike me. I don't fave all good peices, or even all very well detailed super duper extra effort spent on pieces.

Every now and then I'll go back and see work I hadn't fave'd, and decide it's fave worthy. So I do range, but most of it's probably that instant wow effect.

As to comments. I comment with whatever emotion I have. That's all there is too it.

Yeah, I agree with most of what you said. Generally when I see a picture I like a lot (more often than not either because it either made me laugh, or it was a commission; I don't like to fave porn-ish stuff, honestly) I'll fave it, usually within like ten seconds. But I often won't leave a comment, generally because it's usually pretty obvious what I liked about it, and I hate leaving comments that are just like "cool" or "awesome". And my reaction to "COMMENT IF YOU FAV!!!1!!" is to just not fav it.

I agree. I have little artistic ability, so I hardly ever have anything truly insightful other than my own enjoyment to comment on. Though i generally only fav for two reasons. I find it beautiful and wouldn't mind a print of it. Or I'm going to fap to it at a later date. sometimes, but very rarely, a picture is in both categories.

If a picture captivates me enough to make me think I'd happily spend more time looking at it, I +fav it. And save it to the file of images that make up my wallpaper, so I can enjoy it whenever my computer is taking a break.

Around about 5 - 10 seconds on average.

If the subject is one of my fetishes I'll glance over it, see if there's anything about it which is distinctive and then favourite it instantly if there is. If there's nothing to distinguish it I'll hold fire on the +Fav button unless the art is particularly well drawn.

If the piece is something like a panorama or particularly striking landscape I'll take a closer look at it, see if there's any sort of minute detail which obviously took some serious effort/skill I'll +Fav it instantly, if not I'll move back, view the whole thing once again and +Fav it if it strikes me as aesthetically pleasing. I can't explain what I find nice to look at in a landscape because I don't see enough of them.

As for comments. The only time I leave a comment is if it was art drawn for myself, something which made me say "Wow!" aloud or if it was drawn by a close friend who is seeking feedback.

As a general rule if I like a picture and save it to my computer, I favourite it.

Usually a fav decision is instantly for me, or I can already tell from the thumbnail. That's something I always try and remember when I make a piece of art (or at least one I wan't people to like, sometimes I just draw for the heck of it).

After that initial 'wow' I usually art-nerd out and dissect everything about the piece of course! But the initial 3 to 5 second impression is the most important for me :)

ehh, a couple of secs. i evaluate a pic abit to see if it interests me or if i like the style and such. If i click the back button after a couple of secs i don't usually fave a pic.

to comment i have to think of something to say.

For me, there are two kinds of favorites. Instant faves, and "I can't get this pic out of my mind" faves.

Both are self explanatory, but none the less, an instant fave will be when I look at an image, and it strongly and immediately appeals to me. No actual thought goes into this, it's just a gut impulse that I really like the image. "I can't get this pic out of my mind" is an image I'll be compelled to give a good look-over again and again. If I didn't favorite the picture when I first saw it, I'll be more likely to favorite it when it's tomorrow and I'm still thinking about the picture.

I'll always leave a comment when I favorite something, because I like knowing why people favorite my stuff, so I imagine others might like knowing why I'm favoriting something of theirs. As such, it may take a while for me to actually physically +favorite the picture if I'm having trouble wording a comment. Just for the record, I don't think it's rude when people don't comment, but I do appreciate when people do comment. :P

I have a bad habit of not +faving things even though I like them, because then I feel guilty about not commenting (if I have nothing to say beyond a generic "I like this"), or not faving other pics, or faving this pic but not some other pic by the same artist, etc. ~_~

I fave maybe one picture every 2 or 3 months. It has to be really striking, and it's generally only just an instant reaction. "Wow, that's amazing +fav". If I have to think about it, it's generally not fave worthy. :)

I noticed you don't fav things very often! You're just a picky blueberrybutt.

That's because all the porn he doesn't +Fav he saves to his HD for fapping to later. Or it's because he commissioned it. X)

For me, giving a picture a +fave means that I've actually clicked on the picture more than five or six times, because I wanted to see it again, OR, that the picture struck an emotional note while I was up at 3 am and so I faved it to look at later. Commenting, I try to at least put a basic description of why I faved the picture on it, or why I +watched the person.

Critique-wise, normally I take a look for about a minute or two -- I can tell when something's "off" or if there's an element I really like or dislike, but I don't have the technical skill to provide precise critique beyond "the composition is a little strange" or "the limb is broken" (or whatever)

For favourites, it's usually to do with whether something's affected me personally : whether it's something incredibly attractive or sexy, something vast and inspiring, something creative, or something that strikes a chord with me. It's not so much the quality or even the content so much as that the piece has some significance to me.

Normally i won't fav a pic the first time i see it, however if im drawn back to it later and if i continuously am drawn back to the pic i will normally fav it then.

If I favorite something I usually know I'm going to before I even click on the thumbnail. If it catches my interest enough I fav it.

Commenting on things, however, only happen when I think a piece is really awesome. and I always do my best to be constructive/humorous.

I usually leave comments if the artist isn't someone who gets half a million comments anyways (They never seem to respond to them, so I can't tell if they even read them.)

As for favoriting, I simply download any image I like instead of favoriting. Usually only favorite funny pictures that I'd like to see when I log into FA.

Except kamui...
He's the nicest guy but geez, I don't see how he manages to reply to EVERY comment oo

I usually favorite in 5 seconds or less. However, if the pic really captures my interest, or I see a chance to comment on the work, I usually will take my time and look at it. Also, I take my time if someone asks for critique, and see if I can really find something to tell them.

For me, I usually look over the art in general to see how it appeals to me, and if I like the picture enough, I'll click the +fav after giving the image a good once-over... maybe around 5-10 seconds
Though I tend to +fav adult material less... but if the image is well done regardless, I'll still favorite it.

In terms of what criteria I have to comment, if I +fav, I also make a comment as to why I like the image with a few details I liked.
I'm not the type to say "oh hey nice pic" and leave because that doesn't help the artist much.
Things I normally say are comments such as "I liked the painterly style you used in this image" or "The lines are very well done"

If I truly appreciate the art or find it fascinating for any reason (e.g. technique, color use, anatomy, perspective) then I'll keep it open a while longer, look at what specifics really catch my attention, and most likely save it on my hard drive for later reference in case I want to test out any ideas for my own use.

In general, I appreciate the art as a whole, favorite/comment on it, then examine it in further detail if I truly liked it.

I tend to favorite something based on the subject material first and foremost, with humorous things catching my interest often, stuff I'd definitely want to share. If it's a commission i've been anticipating, or a gift for me, I put it in my faves to share as well rather than upload it myself most of the time. X3 There's enough great artists out there that if I did it based on technique along i'd prolly end up faving a lot more than what I do. But their technique and style do play a role. I often consider a piece for a few minutes before I fave it. I'm much more liable to leave comments on stuff.

First glance look. if it gives me a boner, makes me "ooooh" in awe or just is relevant to my interest, I fave. Usually I also watch the artist if not in my watchlist - I'm pretty sure I have the highest WATCHERS X WATCHED rate on FA.


About comments, it depends. I do like leaving comments if I have something clever (or at least, I think I have) to say.

May it be a pun, criticism, opinion or trivia, I rarely just say "nice, +fav" unless I'm REALLY impressed, to the point I want the artist to know I really love the piece.

My two cents :)

well it is differs as each person has a differnt style of art and well i do comment before i fave,

i look over the pic an since i have full view off so i might have to click full view, look at the picture entirly
take a look at how the picture is drawn an colored and how well it was done.
take a look to see if there any mistakes that can be seen an how noticable.
when it comes to the style of the pic is drawn in i take a look at how much effort they put into it.
then how interesting the picture is to me.

i only fave pics that i like quite abit and pics i got of one my characters or pic i got for a friend or artist as a gift.
i do comment on pics if i have something to say about it or if i find it interesting an so i compliments the person but i only look at pics i feel like to.

pics i have posted do get more more faves then comments from ppl
the 2nd most faved is from 5 months an only had 47 faves while most faved pic was from 2 months ago with 50 faves.
while the pics i have most faves are mostly from 5 months ago so ppl pretty much stopped liking to look at what i post

Defining a time for enjoyment of art is fuzzy at best and impossible at worst. For me, it tends to fall under that old staple of "you like what you like"...and if there's some particular feature, be it a detail or a particularly good composition choice...I mention that as a comment. If it's something I just like, but nothing special leaps out, just a fave!

Likewise, if I know from experience that the artist doesn't really care about, read, or respond to comments...I don't bother with em'.

I have a hard time responding to most messages in the same way I have a hard time thinking of things to say on some art submissions. If it's already been said, or I have nothing of additional value to add, it seems like a comment would be a waste of time. :P

Agreed...not to mention that responding to every single one would be utter nuts and take forever.

I see responding to comments a lot like how I see commenting on the art in the first place. If there's a specific point worth following up on, or a particular observation that was made that's especially appreciated...worth a shout back. So long as it's not a "thanks" and nothing else. That's like saying "nice art" on a piece of artwork, not really any point in doing so.

Usually wait about a seocond or so after looking at the whole image (slow load, comic etc), then tend not to hesitate.
But I also tend not to comment on +fav'd images. No idea why.
Generally, I fave soemthing cus its good quality or amusing.

it depends on how many submissions are sitting in my inbox. If there is like 400 I'm only going to really select the thumbnails that look interesting and then spend maybe 5-10 seconds looking at the pic and then read the artist comments. If its not interesting though I may only spend a second or two on it though.

However if theres like 100 or less, then I'll open them all (aside from usually music or writing) and spend a little more time on them.

As for comments I have two criteria: If I find it absolutely fantastic (as in it really strikes me that the artist worked very hard on the piece or it is something I really like) I'll comment something even if its "rawr ^.=.^" or if I have any input on it like say one ear is way bigger than the other or if I can relate to it somehow.

Good pron I tend to hoard (on my hard drive) though >.=.> *grins*

if my comment is jsut going to be a generic "I like this" and I realyl can't think of anything better, I just fave it, sometimes I fave things that I'm not sure if I like to go back and look at it more and decide if I like it or not.

I usually take a good couple minutes before favoriting something. When I comment with a quick little bit of encouragement like "Adorable" or "Great work! Keep it up!" I mean it. It's a way of showing that extra interest in a piece. It's my way of saying "This is good. More like this."

How long? First of all, there are many stages of going through FA inbox and even opening a pic in the first place. I tend to make a very fast pass and eliminate things I doubt I'll care about. Art that catches my eye stays or art by friends etc. Then I do something else. Later, I'll come back and do a second pass, usually eliminating another half of the pics before I start actually opening them up.

So for a pic to be fav'd I have to at least think the thumbnail worthy (unless I'm linked to it another way). At thumbnail size, you really can't see anything artistic; often can't even tell what's going on, but usually you can. If the artist has "SEX" thumbnail instead of a pic I'll probably stop watching them pretty quick. After that, there's really a lot of reasons I favourite a pic.

I agree with the +faving and not commenting thing. +fav is a great way to say you like something without spamming a page with meaningless "Awesome!" comments. I leave those sometimes to, but usually only if I know the artist and I know they care if I personally think it's awesome. Cause I know I like reading those from friends.

Enjoyment really depends. Could be a quick comedic pic that makes me laugh that only takes 3-5 seconds to get which might get a +fav. Some pics I go back to and look at time and time again. It's almost never an "artistic" reason, I just like what I like. However, art is about making what the audience likes or portraying an opinion or something, so maybe that's the same thing. If I'm drawing, or specifically studying art, then I look at art in great detail but mostly there's just too much else going on. If a picture is really well done with all those elements, it'll get a +fav, and then usually a comment to.

Other reasons to +fav are to show appreciation to friend's artwork; if I really like the characters, or the pose, or it's very unique and such. A lot of it is really random luck on how I'm feeling to... if you searched my favs you'd notice sometimes I fav a lot and then almost nothing for long periods of time =)

I'm very picky about what I +fav.

My criteria goes like this:

It must be artistically well done.
It must be erotically compelling.
It must be in color.
It must move me.

I won't +fav anything that isn't super hot porn. :) And I want my favorites to be a gallery that someone with similar tastes to mine can look at and admire the care with which each piece has been selected. And for it to be useful to them as a resource so that they don't have to trod through a bunch of lesser works to find the top notch stuff.

It usually only takes me a few seconds to decide to +fav something. You mentioned how there will be many hours that have gone into the creation of the image... seemingly implying that its appraisal shouldn't be brief. However, the nature of artwork is that the very purpose of all that careful work is to create that moment of emotion as every painstaking line and brush stroke enters the viewer's senses all at once. The product of hours of effort is distilled into one frozen moment which elicits a powerful emotion.

If the piece hasn't gripped you by the third second, it's not going to grip you by the third minute or the third hour either. When it's right, the emotional effect is an immediate one. A good piece of art _strikes_ you.

Any piece which I +fav is one I'm also going to keep in a folder of images that I spend a lot of time looking at and enjoying. So, while my initial selection process may only take a few seconds, my appreciation of the piece will be much longer than that. I have artwork that I still cherish from decades ago.

On top of that, whether or not I've looked at the piece itself recently, it's visage remains in my mind and becomes part of the greater whole.

Anyway... that's how it works for me. :)

Trick is I don't know the specifics of anatomy, technique, lighting, perspective, proportions, composition, etc, so I just base it off if I just generally like the picture.

I comment on about...80% of the things I favorite, especially if I notice something I like about the art piece that deserves praise or a special comment!

In most cases, I think of favoriting something as advertising it. If I want to save an image, I'll do that, because people have a tendency to suddenly delete their whole galleries from time to time and that's annoying. I'll favorite something that's really cool that hasn't gotten much attention. If it's something everyone will have already seen, it has to be really special for me to fav it. Or something that I'd found long ago and loved and recently found again.

If I'm going to fave something, chances are I'll know the moment I lay eyes on it. But even then, I'll usually take some time to appreciate it, or even save it. I like to offer comments on what aspects I found most impressive and appealing.

Not long at all. I fave what i like! and always try to leave a comment.

Eh, this is why I regularly wipe my favorites and start over.

I start feeling like my favorites list is just a dumping ground for something I looked at for just a few seconds and liked on a whim.

Lately I stopped bothering to favorite.

Pictures I fav are usually ones I spent a minute or two admiring or studying. As a result I don't fav many beginner artworks.

The fewer comments there are already, the more likely I'll comment. Usually it is for something in particular that caught my eye about an image.

I say "I like this" by faving. Personally I think clutter comments are just ... that.

if it stirs any type of emotion, I'm generally going to fav it. I can spend up to a few minutes looking at a piece of work if I really like it.

I give a +Fav quite rarely. For the most part is has to be something significant to me, either hilarious at the time, or something that I particularly appreciate.

Ironically i had to comment on this journal right after i did a fav-and-run on one your submissions. Speaking for myself, it does not take long for me to decide to +fav something. Useally a few seconds. But i got no high standards either, i useally like pictures that shows talent, but also that the artist does not takes him/herself 100% seriously when it comes to coloring and sketching etc and can draw something just for the fun of it. That really shows character i think.

About the comment part. I do some fav-and-runs sometime but most often i try to comment with something supportive or funny and i also try to avoid words and phrases like "cool, awesome, looks good etc" because i think those words have been used so much that they don't really hold any kind of value anymore. I don't flame someone for commenting like that on one of my pictures, though. I like to think that they were kind enough to comment and that they really did have nothing else to say. It is just like that sometimes. Sometimes you can't really give any kind of professional insight or make up a joke because the piece of art is just too "awesome" or just plain ordinary to what the artist have done before.

Less than a second.