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I agree and I asked for something similar a while back. Maybe if enough people request it.

Exactly. I don't want it to seem like I'm shitting on amateur artists, because I'm an amateur myself. The way I see it, most of the posts are a.) work in progress b.) look at this and tell me what you think c.) can someone help me fix this? or d.) low effort renders. There's nothing wrong with any of those, but it'd be nice to have a separate gallery for the finished renders.

Also, getting people to use the tags properly would be nice.

I see no need to change the gallery. What would be the purpose?

Not sure what is meant by "raise the bar". Art is supposed to open to interpretation, a render you may not like others might very well enjoy it. If you don't like the thumb don't click the image.

The thing that makes this a great site is the vast array of what people create, and the differences in styles.

If you only want to see the best of the best, follow the artists you feel are the top of the list. Then you only need to click the profile and just like magic you only see their work. Not hard to filter down what you see here.

It may not have been the intention to bag on other artists, but it comes off like that in a big way.

One should also take into account that not all of us have super machines that can pump out the best work around. I try to keep my work easy on my machine and I don't feel like burning up my machine by having a render engine going all day and night for one image.

I know you guys who have been here for years, this is logical; you are used to it. For people like me, this is confusing. The main problem is that the gallery gets flooded with same scene - different version images and lots of other stuff just gets drown under it. I totally agree it's really super cool for everyone to post the work, but seriously, flooding? That's not cool at all.

matt, just out of fun, I tried your idea, but after 30 mins I gave up :D

I just don't see this to be the most efficient way to do it. Browsing the gallery like this is just impossible, unless you know the artist. If I'm new, looking for high quality work what do I do? Leave, it's not here, not easy to find, not under my nose. Honestly, my first impression; teenagers-found-poser-work. Please do not understand this wrong; it's just matter of the impression who we lure in, but the quality states it. This is why I thought the dual gallery idea.


WHY can't we have a "picked artists/work" visible when you join? I know you can set filters, but again, you really need to be deeply involved with the site to find what you want. My opinion is that the real talents just posts elsewhere and we want them to post images here. We need the WOW effect when you enter.

Example, this guy is just insanely good : Professorredbottom. I'm not commenting the content, just the work quality. Do we have a gay keyword? No. Finding him with likes? No. Finding him with views? No. C'mon...

Cyanide, I'm doing my stuff with an old laptop, not matter of the equipment. Read my thread for the pumped render settings;

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/277271/tutorial-import-fbx-animation-to-daz-studio-pro-copy-it-to-the-g3-character

Edited by user Monday, November 25, 2019 4:21:19 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Originally Posted by: mcmount

I know you guys who have been here for years, this is logical; you are used to it. For people like me, this is confusing. The main problem is that the gallery gets flooded with same scene - different version images and lots of other stuff just gets drown under it. I totally agree it's really super cool for everyone to post the work, but seriously, flooding? That's not cool at all.

matt, just out of fun, I tried your idea, but after 30 mins I gave up :D

I just don't see this to be the most efficient way to do it. Browsing the gallery like this is just impossible, unless you know the artist. If I'm new, looking for high quality work what do I do? Leave, it's not here, not easy to find, not under my nose. Honestly, my first impression; teenagers-found-poser-work. Please do not understand this wrong; it's just matter of the impression who we lure in, but the quality states it. This is why I thought the dual gallery idea.


WHY can't we have a "picked artists/work" visible when you join? I know you can set filters, but again, you really need to be deeply involved with the site to find what you want. My opinion is that the real talents just posts elsewhere and we want them to post images here. We need the WOW effect when you enter.

Example, this guy is just insanely good : Professorredbottom. I'm not commenting the content, just the work quality. Do we have a gay keyword? No. Finding him with likes? No. Finding him with views? No. C'mon...

Cyanide, I'm doing my stuff with an old laptop, not matter of the equipment. Read my thread for the pumped render settings;

https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/277271/tutorial-import-fbx-animation-to-daz-studio-pro-copy-it-to-the-g3-character

 

For me, at least here, the gallery is an afterthought. I'm here mostly for the store, and the forums. I'll agree with you, there's a lot of images that get uploaded that....suck.  I've hidden a couple of artists, simply because their work has not improved or changed over the years, and I get tired of seeing it. I've also favorited a couple of artists, simply because their work is consistently good. For me, the gallery is not my main draw to this site, or even really a draw at all. If it went away entirely, I wouldn't lose sleep. I've posted a few images myself, but not many, mainly because I'm my own worst critic and I don't see a lot of what I put together as worthy of sharing. As I'm sure you know, others don't feel the same about their work, and their daily postings are prolific. And...that's fine. I'm not even sure how we could change the gallery to suit what you're suggesting. If it meant that a moderator looked at every uploaded image and deemed it worthy of sharing, that would be a full time job for someone. If it meant that we ourselves had to decide whether or not our work should go into the 'high end' gallery or the 'other' gallery, I can only assume that the 'high end' gallery would look very much like the gallery does now, since if we're uploading our work, we deem it worthy of being seen by others. Again, I'm my own worst critic, and a lot of what I do gets 'noped' into my recycle bin, but a quick look at the gallery says that others don't feel that way about their work, and really, that's fine. 

So again, I recommend that if you see an artist that consistently pisses you off with their low effort renders, hide them. All you have to do is click their image, and in the top right corner there's a button that says 'hide artist'. If you see an artist that consistently makes work that you like, click their image, click their username at the bottom left, and then click the 'follow artist' button at the top right. You'll get an email every time they post something. 

This is just my procedure. But I'm not here for the gallery. I'm here for the store, and the forums. I tend to lend help more than I need help, but I've been at this for a LONG time. If the gallery is your main draw, you're gonna have a bad time. :)

Originally Posted by: mcmount

I can be one of the funders running this site, that's not a big deal. For Andrew, I'm really sorry, lots of you guys prolly chatted with him personally and knew really him well. This is what I read from some of your posts. I've lost so much of of people I love, and it's heartbreaking.

Maybe... just maybe time to look in to the future now?

I totally see where you are coming from. But I also see that Shadowman is saying without Andrew aka Ehjay that this site is lucky to still be here. I dunno if they are looking to add more people to the payroll as of now. Maybe volunteers?

Well, if it's lack of funding we'll set up a p a t r e o n Page first. Top notch work there. Secondly, we'll find funders, I have some pennies in my pocket. I bet I'm not alone. We really need to kick this site way above the radar level.

Hah, some names gets changed, had to use spaces.

Velshtein, I've created MASSIVE amount of cloths, props and prolly 8 hrs of porn mocap which I'm happy to sell/share here. If sold, buy with few bucks. Like the game I'm creating now:

https://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ph5cf2776406004

that's p o r n h u b  if link gets changed. I've created all clothings & animations

Edited by user Monday, November 25, 2019 8:50:35 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Originally Posted by: mcmount

 

Velshtein, I've created MASSIVE amount of cloths, props and prolly 8 hrs of porn mocap which I'm happy to sell/share here. If sold, buy with few bucks.

I totally encourage you to submit your stuff to Rotica for possible sale then. I dig those boots in your galley. If only they were for ProjEvo......

Originally Posted by: mcmount

Ok, this is where the old fart effect kicks in; ProjEvo? Which format?

How about Poser11 or PoserPro11? But I imagine you need the Project Evo figure to develop the boots to that figure. You want to sell those boot here? I'd get 'em if the price was right. And maybe if they came with some long gloves like the ones in my Kekkou pix, eh.

Originally Posted by: mcmount

The boots are prolly still at the free forum...

They are.

www.renderotica.com/community/forums.aspx?g=posts&t=214278&cmsg=0&cmsn=#post416100

Too bad you got rid of your pix. I'd like to see some more of it.