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SheepFactory
11-30-2002, 06:44 PM
Alright Friends ,

Appereantly most of you don't read the gallery rules before posting.

One of the golden rules: Meaningful thread titles.

Now contrary to the general belief us moderators HAVE a social life and work. And we have much better things to do than correcting people's threads names. And I just corrected 15 threads just in the first page of gallery.

Please take the time to read these rules and abide by them. We are strictly going to enforce deletion of threads that do not abide the rules from now on.


here are the rules:

Read the full gallery rules below

Please do use:

Environment \ Object \ Character \ Vehicle \ Still Life e.t.c

before the name of your piece for easy browsing.

Here are a couple of examples :

You have a character , and you name the thread 'My Character'. The correct syntax for that thread will be:

Character: My character.

You have a car model , and you name the thread 'BMW Z4', the correct syntax for that thread is:

Vehicle: BMW Z4

You have a outdoor\indoor image of a house , etc. You name the thread "front of my house" The correct syntax for that thread is:

Environment: Front of my house


thanks for your cooperation.

Ali
lildragon
05-25-2003, 02:45 PM
Hi guys,

As some have noted there are new gallery posting guidelines as it was turning into a bit of a playground out there. We have disabled attachments across all forums except for gallery/challenges due to the mass abuse of attachments - not due to hosting limitations. People were mass posting non-related images as "jokes". Image linking is still active, so if you feel strongly about posting an image, you'll need to upload it to your own space and link it. Sorry guys, a few people abused the system and everyone got affected.

One image/artwork per thread

If you are posting your artwork on the gallery, you are only allowed to attach one image/artwork per thread. On critique, you may post attached updates.

If you wish to post more artwork than the limitation above, please host the images on your own web hosting space and link the images.

This is to prevent newbies from mass posting their entire portfolios as soon as they join the forums for no apparant reason. It also helps in surfing and getting critique as members can critique on ONE item at a time rather than multiple images. Again, if you feel strongly about posting multiple shots (e.g. multiple angles of the same scene), feel free to host it.

Promotion of personal websites

We are also removing threads in the gallery to visit personal websites and online galleries. Please put the image(s) that are meant for critique in your initial post. The only exception to this rule is for those who are posting links to animations. Many of us are finding it increasingly irritating to click through to artist's websites (some of which has absurdly long flash intros) and have to hunt around for what image thes artist is actually seeking critique on. As this is a 3D/VFX forum, we do not critique web designs.

Meaningful titles and descriptions for threads

Please use meaningful titles for your threads. Titles such as "New Character", "Please critique PLEASE!", "Photorealism" are not meaningful.

Include the type of your image, e.g.
"Still life: my desk", "Character: Major Kusanagi Ghost in the Shell", "Animation: Alien Song", etc. This helps people filter through and only view what they want to.

When posting your initial thread and image, please include a detailed description of your image, e.g. what you're doing it for, in abstract cases - what is it?, software, hardware and most importantly, any particular critique are you seeking? Any image that goes into the Gallery is up for critique.

Images that are clearly Work-In-Progress will be moved to the WIP forum. For the most part, people have been using their common sense on this, so it will not be affected so much.

Image flooding -- NEW
Do NOT post large amounts of artwork at the same time. These forums are setup for you to obtain critique, not to showcase your portfolio.


Please feel free to lend your comments. We're not asking people to post less, we're simply trying to get everyone to do things in a manner that is beneficial to all other members.

Thanks

Leo