Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Comments in the gallery

pdxjims opened this issue on Aug 19, 2005 ยท 54 posts


ratscloset posted Fri, 19 August 2005 at 6:46 PM

I find it funny. People complain because no one leaves comments. People complain because people leave gushing comments for other artists. People complain if some one leaves a less than stellar comment. Though I do not have a gallery, I avoid leaving comments for it seems the only ones that do not get you in trouble are the ones you do not type. It seems that there will always be someone not happy with any comment made in the gallery. I have come to believe that the sheer fact asking for public comments and rankings is bad for galleries. The National Gallery does not have a list of comments below each image. Artist normally are looking to bring out various emotions. Just having a bunch of "Oh, it is nice" Comments would be classified as a failure for many artists. People become artists to express themselves, not to please the masses. If they do, normally they are not happy with their work. Artist generally like it when their art causes a wide range of emotions. If people want constructive advice, there should be a WIP. Once it is in a main gallery, it should be open for any opinions, not advice on how to improve the image. Personally, I do not think either Ummm no or Ummm yes are worthy comments. I also do agree the eye-patch and stripper outfit do not go together. It is kind of like a Stripper Cop wearing Black leather Chaps. It just looks like he forgot something during a costume change (Oh, look Frank forgot to take of the Eye-patch after the last set once again). If a stripper had a need for an eye patch, he most likely would have one that went with each costume. Maybe one with a Stud in it for the bow-tie outfit, something to dress it up. I also agree that the attempt to make the skin look like it has a shine to it has made it plastic looking. (But I also think that is a real hard one to get with Poser.)

ratscloset
aka John