Hi, all.

It appears Renderosity gallery viewership has diminished by quite a bit in recent months. Have many folks found an alternative site besides Renderosity to post and view their and our artwork? Where has everyone gone?

The last two contests had record participation, so they're still around, but maybe too busy with summer activities to be here every day. The Galleries have always been cyclic depending on the season. Keep posting, keep commenting. It does seem the more you comment, the more activity you will see in return.

Well, in the Rendo gallerie you will find 90% Ai based pictures, random snapshot photos and 3d Renders with stupid looking baby face girls with big boobs, dressed like prost... . 

Perhaps it's not the ideal environment for every artist. Just a thought.

My two reasons for viewing less:

-- too much repetition (people that post 8 images a day usually the cause, and yes, including rendered images). I've blocked those artists so I can see more of other stuff.

-- too much "soft porn" ..women actually wear skirts that cover their butt cheeks, sit with their legs closed, and wear shirts that don't show cleavage or nipples. Well unless you're married to Kanye West. LOL

And some pointers:

-- If using 3D characters, remember.  Faces and eyes are posable. Staring blankly into space really takes away from an image. 

-- If a person is barefoot or wearing flats, pick something other than a high heel pose.

-- Don't use too many or too few lights, and make sure you're using the right kind of lighting for the renderer you are using (IBL and SuperFly do not mix).

I agree.  There seems to be an over proliferation of mammary envy or fetish in the gallery.  Don't they realize that over-exaggerated boobs cause severe back problems in real life.

*furious nodding* The amount of boobery I have to put on ignore is growing by the day. The objectification is real (and am getting backpain just looking at them).

I would post statistics based on monthly images of single large-breasted females rendered vs everything else, but life is too short.

I've never met a real-life woman whose boobage is bigger than her head. ROFL

I think perhaps a large part of the problem is that everyone's landing page is the New Art Gallery, and that contains every scrap of paper someone scribbled on and stuck up on the Rendo Refrigerator. The New Art Gallery is a challenge to view for even the most Zen of Mods. The easy solution is to use the bookmarks toolbar at the top of your browser to set a landing page somewhere else, thus avoiding most of what you don't want to see. I, of course, have a crowded toolbar with a landing page to nearly every part of Rendo to avoid having to bother clicking through layers of menus. I like to start by landing on the Vue Gallery. There's always something nice in there to see. Or, you could land on the Writers Gallery, but that is a bit of a self-serving suggestion since that's my Gallery. Do you know how long it takes to write a story? Anyway, just set a landing page to somewhere you might enjoy more than the unfiltered New Art Gallery.

Ah no, I land on the Poser Gallery myself, since that's the medium I work with. I assure you, this is a very valid problem there and it's tiresome.

Are you saying there's art in there that doesn't belong to that gallery? We do have the ability to move art to the correct gallery if it blatantly doesn't belong there. We don't do it often, but if it's become a problem, we can certainly take a look and put it at the top of the list of things that might need additional moderation to make a more enjoyable experience for everyone. What we don't want to do is a knee-jerk reaction. That never works well.

No I just hate that there is way too much boobage and they overwhelm actual meaningful pieces in quantity, so i don't look or post as often as I should. I think I'm not alone. Your galleries are yours,  my opinions are mine.

Okay, I completely understand. Unfortunately, I have no solution for that. It would be a slippery slope if I were allowed to point at art and say, nope, not good enough, do better.

That would be a good solution if it didn't bruise people's egos.

Slippery slope, I agree. I just wish people would strive to improve instead of doing the same softpr0n with lighting techniques from 20 years ago over and over again.

You might be on to something... We've been adding new categories to the contests instead of 1st, 2nd, 3rd place. Such as, best use of color, and so on. Maybe a most improved from the first image in your gallery category in the contests.

I like that idea--incentives usually motivate quite powerfully!

I just turn them off.

the new block feature is wonderful

I noticed fewer views in the Gallery, and I too love that we can block people who post a lot of images just to post and get points.

I land on the Daz Studio Gallery because that is what I am using.

I rather have no views and comments than the ones that are copied and pasted just to get comments back. 

That is why some people are so high in those Art Charts that do not really belong there.

Oh, yes. The Art Charts. I am with you, it's absolutely unnecessary in its current form. 

Don't let anyone stop you from creating the atmosphere and positive energy you want to have in your gallery.

Meanwhile, name one friend you have here, in this community -- the people who are following 0 (zero) artists [CRICKETS]

I accept copy and paste comments. Your comments are precious to me. If I like your comment I will follow you.

Thanks, for your replies and feedback, everyone.

When I log into Rendo I usually head over to the 'New Art' section and I get a look at the new entries there and if something stands out I'll click in and give it a view and usually a like and if the artist's image or video clip is really good I'll give it a comment and if it's outstanding I'll 'Favourite' it. One thing I don't do is 'copy and paste' my comments/compliments to the artist, everything I type here is straight from the heart and typed individually to the artist.

I don't link my Renderosity gallery entries into other websites, should I be doing that and if so, which website do our Renderosity Gallery artists link their Rendo posted artwork into in order to boost awareness?

Once one blocks the AI spammers and the folks posting 8 minor variations of the same render, it's not so bad. I can't really complain about the nudes or nudity - The store  is loaded with female figures and skimpwear. I've heard that's what sells and it stands to reason that's what people are rendering. We're shielded from the truly horrific, soul-searing, brain-melting stuff I've seen on other sites. Also, there is some good variation in style and goals in the galleries here. There are other sites where you see page after page after page of what might as well be the work of one creator because everyone is working in the same style with, apparently, the same end-goal.It's homogenous.

When I had my gallery here, I didn't get a huge amount of traffic, but I did get a good quality of interaction and even occasional notice from folks whose work I like and respect. That is probably the biggest reason I should get off my seat and start posting here again.