Gallery Numbers are Confusing.

HorusRa

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nonesuch00

FSMCDesigns said:

nelsonsmith said:

I don't even consider myself at the stage to even be thinking of being in the gallery,  but just this weekend I saw some really incredible images show up that didn't break 25 likes, and there are several PA's whose work is consistently 10x's better than anything I ever put up, and yet their stuff goes basically unnoticed.

Then I was also under the illusion that people seemed to look down on extensive post work (which didn't really make any sense to me), but lots of the most favored images use extensive post work.  

I am one of those that doesn't care for postwork. For me it should have it's own catagory as it is an artform in itself to do it well. I spend a lot of time making sure the materials and surfaces are right so the unbiased lighting algorythm can do all the work. I hate "faking" it. If I create shadows and light reflections on postwork hair, it is "MY" interpretation of how it should look, unlike how it actually looks based on mathematics, that way I don't second guess myself.

I am also preplexed as to what does well in the galleries. I have had one image go into the banner and stay there for awhile, but I feel I have better images in my gallery that hardly got noticed at all. There is also a social media vibe to it, with people commenting/liking because they know or want to know certain artists. I have artists I like, but I only comment if I like the image.

Are you talking about Anders the Safari guy? They may still be the closest a DAZ render has come to fooling me.