I agree with Xenic and say that the gallery is intended for finished pieces. Those pieces, which you feel you have brought to completion. Nothing says that you may not have a change of heart later on down the line and do a remake, but for all intentioned purposes, the render is complete to your satisfaction as the artist.

If you have a WIP, and find yourself getting stuck on something, say you feel you have gone as far as you could but still feel there is something missing but dont know what it is, or you have two different renditions of the same scene and cant make up your mind which is more appealing, or you find you need help with a particular scene element then you would post them here and ask for comments and advise on those issues. Or generally just say: constructive comments and critiques please.

The people here are very forthright and in most cases would be more than happy to share their views of your WIP with you. You then, as the artist, must then weigh their criticisms, comments or advise and select those that suit your purposes.

If you are looking for a larger viewership to your work then as has been stated, there are many avenues to pursue. For instance, theres a whole fan club which is enamored to scifi images and others to fractals, yet others to still life, fantasy, history, seascapes, landscapes and many others. Within each sector youll find different turnover time ratios, some more than others. On some pages, your work will just fly through in a couple hours and later visitors will not get a chance to view or comment unless they scroll back in pages but few people do this.

Pakled breaks it down pretty succinctly, but to add that the better talents often get the larger following. Some artists are more prolific than others and therefore output more work. But few artists are consistent. In other words, pump out large volumes of work at a steady high quality but we can name a few.

Message edited on: 04/03/2005 00:29