| Re: Hello! Is anybody Home? |
Subject: Re: Hello! Is anybody Home?
by Tartanninja on 2012/7/23 20:09:10
Truth be told, hits don't mean shit. Put tits on a picture and you get hits. Two women making out, hits. Show some ass, hits. I'm not going to argue whether or not it's art, but I will argue about quality interaction with people looking at your art. Finding out what they are taking away from it or why you chose to make an image the way you did. That is useful to me. I want useful insights on how to improve my work. Haven't gotten much feedback on HM. So I've done a bit more posting at DA. It broke my heart to make that decision. This was the first place I went to try things out and get help from veteran talents. Over time, things got more quiet. I keep working on building a Facebook following and try to bring them here. Anything to get people to be interested and have a conversation.
The internet is about interactivity. Having a dialog with your peers and sharing tips and tricks. I really haven't seen that in a long time. That's part of the reason I don't hang out as much. I used to get great feedback and ideas from folks. I used to be in the chat room everyday. Talking with folks with different interests but all sharing a common bond in making something they could be proud of.
Yeah, I work in 3D. I also do a lot of postwork. You can't do everything in a 3D rendering program. Also, it's good to get your hands dirty and learn a bit of manipulation to fix or highlight your images.
The site needs an overhaul to help make it relevant to the rest of the internet. Google can't crawl this site very well anymore, which is killing referral traffic opportunities. Starting at the ground floor and killing XOOPS would be a good start. Probably won't happen but it's a good recommendation.
That said, I still stop by and post. Comment in the forums and try to catch someone... anyone in the chat. I'd love to go back to the good old days. Those days are gone and we need a content infusion to jump start it again. That takes a group effort. Emphasis on group.
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