I have been here for a long time now but have finally decided to pull my gallery and remove myself from this site. There are many reasons for my doing this but the main one is that in my opinion the site has been going through a steady and disturbing decline over the years while sites similar have mostly been improving. Part of the problem here is that it seems if you can use a computer and create something even passable enough to be considered a picture of sorts as long as you make others feel they are really good they will reciprocate in kind. I have observed on many occassions that if a person actually gives an honest critique on an image they are immediately flamed or attacked by the "friends" of those who are critiqued. Not only are they not able to defend thier reasons for thier critique but I notice that a lot of the time in these cases they are warned or "threatened"? by some of the admins here on Renderosity ( and you know who you are) and in some cases not allowed to post in thier defense by certain said admins. I have been here long enough to have seen this happen time and again. The thing with Renderosity is it is a money maker and those with the most friends who buy a lot of stuff (a large number of which seems to be decreasing in quality) and those who spend the most is what counts. The cliques and not the administration run this site and it has been this way for some time. Don't get me wrong, there are some very good artists here and I admire a lot of them but the spheres on the water and standing stones off into infinity that get huge acclaim and accolades over and over again just don't cut it. I have watched the improvement of some here that in a few cases are astounding. I have also seen people who have been here for years doing the same thing over and over again until it bores me to tears become more influential and popular while others with true talent fade away and go to other places or just quit.

So to the ones I admire and who take the time to actually look at the work by others here with an honest and true outlook I wish you all well. To the rest look at the sites such as 3DTotal where they consider Renderosity galleries a joke that no one laughs at but all deride.

 

So C ya:)