Just was wondering what people think about the thumbnails they post with their art. My usual method is to choose a detail from the pic that is perhaps intriguing without revealing too much of the work. I think that if you use the full pic in the thumbnail, folks are less likely to want to view the larger image because they feel like they've seen all it has to offer. Of course, they miss out on the textures of the work because the thumbnail is too small to do it justice. It also seems to be true that the number of visitors that look at a work has more to do with the thumbnail than the work itself, because the thumbnail is what catches the eye first. Even thumbnails that don't show any part of the artwork at all seem to generate a lot of "hits" sometimes. I'm just wondering how others see this issue.

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