Encourage showing praise for art pieces on the canvas

[leandro2222]

It would be cool to have a "like" button that would send something like a sticker or maybe a different color message on chat that says "i like your art" without to have to start a conversation in order to cumpliment the person... That would increase the number of "i like your art" that artists receive and that works as motivation to people draw more and draw better =)

Example: User bob is drawing a really nice piece of art. I would like to praise his art however i don't want to talk with him so I just click a 'like' button on his name at the userslist and a pre-made 'like' message is sent on chat.

[askmeaboutlo0m]

Usually people just draw a heart, a face or similar on the canvas next to an art piece that they like. I think that's nicer than putting something into the chat or whatever, since you can actually see it in the final result when you look at it again, rather than it just being an ephemeral greeting card that goes away forever when you close the program.

Although I do agree that encouraging people to do so would be nice… maybe there could be a way to encourage on-canvas appreciation. I'll think about it and turn this issue into a discussion one, maybe there'll be further idea for it.

[askmeaboutlo0m]

Aggie/Magma apparently has a feature where you can leave comments on the canvas. Their implementation is kind of weird and seems to be more meant as a discussion forum or something, but it seems like it could be a possible way to implement it: when you leave a comment, it puts a heart or a star or something on the canvas, which can be clicked to show the comment.