I think what is being discussed here in this thread is the level of effort, not the actual results, TrekkieGrrrl. I personally have an issue with people when, faced with new information (like the importance of GCing material or techniques to eliminate nostril-glow) prefer to continue on doing things the way they are used to doing it because "it's too hard to learn" that other stuff. That "my-brain-hurts" clause as a reason for abandoning a new technique is ever so lame.

The galleries should have the original efforts: then the spectator can see the progress the artist has made. But for many, their images have a sameness, no signs of improvement, and certainly no discussion on how things were done.

Perhaps that's what irks me the most - and I'm as guilty of this as anyone else - the details such as lights, camera settings, render settings and all those details are usually missing. I suppose for people like Fygomatic those might be secrets of the trade he might not be willing to share, but wouldn't it be awesome if we all started posting those details and we could learn from one another?

I'm totally prepared to be shot down, but... anyway, here's a list:
Program... version
Render engine... settings
Lights... how many, what settings, shadow / AO / / etc
Character(s)... was a skin shader used, setting changes if any
Props... material gamma correction, anything that the artist changed from the original download, including morphs, different material settings, etc
Post work if any

...and anything else your bright minds could come up with. This would be qualified artwork, and then that "critical or non-critical" remarks tag could be used to good advantage:
"You might consider checking lighting levels: they seem a bit hot based on your entries. Here's a link to BB's excellent LightMeter" etc...

What do you think? An idea? Or have I chosen a violin as a urinal again?

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