pinkie

May I suggest that the number of pictures submitted within any 24 hours be limited to (3-5) to avoid saturation of the site, therefor affording reasonable time for each submission to be viewed before being moved on.

InTheOcean

This is a good idea- it would allow some restriction in the pics posted to allow some "serious" pics to be seen more, but I think it should be more like 5-7 in a 24 hour period. There have been times where people put out more than 3-5 serious pics in that time so I think some, but not a lot, of restriction is needed here.

Baldur

First off I think a distinction between 'serious' pictures and all others is never a good thing.
For example a picture done by a child is no less valid in her own eyes than something laboured over by a person who is a trained artist.
What you propose in essence is limiting what the child can do with this site.
Is that what you would want to do?

mum23

I agree, Baldur. It's in the playing around and experimenting that much learning takes place, and not just for the children here. Limiting the opportunity to do that would be a mistake, I think.

pinkie

My comments which seem to have initiated this debate were not directed to or about children which seems to be suggested but were simply intended to make the site more accessible to everyone.

Baldur

My mention of children was just an example of one group of people who would be impacted by the proposed limits. It would make the site less accessible to people who want to post multiple pictures.
Looking though the Gallery it seems as if the ThinkDraw members doing multiple submissions in short periods of time are all very young.

mum23

I understand, pinkie, and have found it frustrating too, on occasion, to search for the gems among pages of quickies (and occasionally gems) done by only one or two people. The 'recent popular pictures' page goes a long way to addressing this issue, as only a few people need to vote for a noteworthy picture in order to make it appear on that page, and not get lost in the gallery if it's moving fast. I think it works well...

clorophilla

may be it can be allowed only for a limited number of picutres (i.e. 6-7) to appear in the same page of gallery... Anyway, I think that any solution could be unfair for some tipology of drawer...

Login

It can be frustrating at times, pinkie ... but there is another way to bring up the best of 'this week' - 'last week' - 'last month'. When I say 'the best' I mean 'top rated'. OK, 'top rated' are not necessarily 'the best' but will include a high proportion of the most noteworthy drawings at the top of the pile.

Click on one of your own drawings; scroll down your own gallery on the right of the screen; click on 'all pictures by ... ; your gallery opens up and there are 4 boxes across the top with drop-down menus. Change them to read: All pictures; All; Top rated; This week (or last week). Then just browse ...

puzzler

I think 'serious' pictures should always be restricted. Let's have more light-hearted pics and instead of a Top 5, a Bottom 5.

Fangzzz

Please no restrictions - on my days off, as it has been pointed out to me, I am very prolific. I really dislike the judgments of "serious" art. This site has allowed many styles - can you imaging Van Gogh being limited here for not being a serious painter?

Rather what I would like to see is a check mark for non inclusion in the gallery. I sometimes don't want to get rid of a picture after doing it but am not satisfied with it for gallery display. It would be great to have a way to keep these off the main board. If you follow an artist, you would still have full display of all art being produced.

If not having enough pictures showing would be a problem, then maybe the non inclusion button would only appear after the third work in a 24 hr period.

World_Drawer

Hello everyone

First of all, I wrote this keeping in mind: "No offense is intended". And sorry for my English, I'm still learning. I can seem to be too direct, but I don't have much vocabulary (yet) ;-)

I see (for some of you) some restrictions would be great, but think about art in general. Art can accept almost everything! "Almost" is too general, but of course this site has techniques to highlight good drawings and report bad ones (favorites, ratings, report button...) And I've found some people with good skills, and not just two or three.

I also think about everyone. Something I may find and love here could be something someone else might find but hate. Each person has his/her own concepts of like/dislike. And we're all different. Look, you can't compare a starter with an experienced artist.
For me, this site is really good for everyone right now...

Pinky, I know it can be frustrating sometimes, but think about the beginners. They can't be good artists in one night. They need to practice. We're learning everyday. It's great humans can grow everyday ;-)

Listen, if you want a solution, I propose to the staff of this site an enhancement: the possibility to save more than one draft. I'm also thinking about a "Drafts" section in our galleries (like the "Scraps" one in DeviantART), so we can present (and in this case edit, but it seems to be more difficult) our progress w/o making a mess with the final galleries. What do you think about the idea?

Nevertheless, I really like the way this site is going on right now

See you people,
World_Drawer

World_Drawer

Oops -- got an error, I wrote "Pinky" and it was "pinkie" Sorry!