I do not see that here now. 

That's probably because we do a good job of weeding out the most objectionable and obvious TOS violations before they've been up even an hour :-) In any given week, we're removing images of intercourse, webcam shots of erect penises, "readers wives" style crotch shots to make a gynaecologist blush, just about every sex act you can imagine... and a lot you can't and wouldn't want to!

I think most of us go through a stage where we realise that it can be a case of "only tits get the hits", and that can be pretty depressing. How come my beautifully realised image of a man trapped inside his own head, which took me dozens of hours to make, only gets 42 hits and one comment, whereas Mr Raging Hormones next to me slaps a free texture on a V3, dials her boobs up to maximum, renders her staring, expressionless, into the distance, and has 4 times the hits and comments?

After a while I came to realise that there's very little you can do about it... it's the nature of this place that there ARE a proportion of people here who simply come to look at nudes, with no distinction between artistic expression and "SHOW ME THE MONEY!" These are the people who ocassionally write to us saying our TOS is far too restrictive and we're the fascist lackeys of conservative thought for not letting them post their spiritually-uplifting render of a woman having sex with a dog ;-)

I also realised that there are nice comments and useful comments. A nice comment says something like "OMG wowz ur totally excellent luv u hun xoxoxo VOTE!" A useful comment might say, "I love what you've done with the shadows", or "I really like her expression" or even "The posing is great but I'm not keen on the lighting" to "Not up to your usual standard, you forget to check "cast shadows" or what??"

It can be hard to get useful comments like this, because many people shy away from critiquing for fear of giving offense. So if that's what you're after, I'd suggest putting "Constructive criticism welcomed", or posting WIPs in the forums. When you get a useful comment, thank that person, encourage them to visit your gallery again. And most of all... make comments of your own on other people's work, especially if you work in similar styles or themes. Turnabout is fair play... I will often check out the gallery of someone who has commented on my work, and comment on theirs.

Whew... hope some of that helps, my fingers ran away with me there ;-)

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"you are terrifying
and strange and beautiful
something not everyone knows how to love." - Warsan Shire