I haven't seen this addressed in any of the above posts, so I'll say it here. Bambam131 (may I call you "Bam"?), you have set up some "rules" for yourself in order to produce work you can be proud of. This is commendable, and shows you work logically at the "craft" side of digital art. This is the kind of attitude that would be essential if you were for example working in the animation department at NASA. However, none of the rest of the artists here are going to follow your rules. Heck, until you stated them here, we didn't know you even had rules. Most of the artists here are winging it with the best their knowledge and experience (and talent) provides them, myself included. Now as to why your images lack "popularity". The best illustration I can think of is this: Rent "2001: A Space Odessy" and "The Empire Stikes Back". In "2001" the outer space science is built on real science of the time. There is no sound when the engines are fired in space, for example. The ship designs are very functional and based on what NASA could produce at the time. Now look at "Empire": you can hear engines roar and lazer fire, etc. in space. The ships are designed for maximum coolness, not functionality. Which of these two movies would be the more popular if released today for the first time? Finally, I checked your gallery: I saw a lot of "hits", rankings and comments- a lot more than my stuff gets, anyway. So it's not like you're not getting recognition. Do what satisfies YOU as an artist. That's all that counts.

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