I look for thumbnails that make me think the image will be nicely done and not just a boring old naked Vicki or something else I've seen umpteen million times already. If the thumbnail looks like it's same-old-same-old, I pass. Also, if the thumbnail indicates that the image is poorly done (i.e., rendered with default lights or default crappy camera focal lengths, or poorly painted, etc.), I don't bother. If the thumbnail is boobs, a female arse, female lips, or an eye, I skip it entirely. I also am usually not impressed by thumbnails that are just sized-down whole versions of the full image. If there's NO thumbnail, I don't bother at all. If you can't be bothered to make a decent thumbnail to give me an idea what you've done, I can't be bothered to click just to find out. ;-) bonni

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