People are posting their art way too small and it's killing the whole point of a showcase.

I keep seeing posts where the main image is like 800 pixels wide on a 4K screen. It's a digital art showcase, not a thumbnail gallery. If I have to zoom in to see any brushwork or detail, you've failed. I learned this after posting a piece myself about six months ago at 1200px and got a comment asking if I had a higher res version because it looked blurry. They were right. Now I always upload at least 2000px on the long edge. It shows respect for your own work and for people who want to actually look at it. How hard is it to export a proper file size? Does anyone else get frustrated scrolling past postage stamps?

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faith_smith1mo ago

I saw a thread on another forum where a pro illustrator said they never go below 3000px for portfolio posts. It made me check my own stuff and yeah, my old uploads look terrible. I like what charles_price said about it being like putting on pants, you just gotta make it a habit. The fear of someone stealing a low res blurry image seems backwards anyway. If the work is worth stealing, they'll find a way, so you might as well let your actual audience see it clearly.

betty_ward2mo ago

Totally get the "postage stamp" thing. I used to upload small files too, worried about load times or theft. Felt like a waste of effort. My fix was setting a simple rule for myself. Now my export preset is always 2500px on the long edge, minimum. It forces me to do it right every time. The difference in how the work looks on screen is night and day.

charles_price2mo ago

Setting a hard rule like that is the only way my lazy brain works. I used to tell myself I'd remember to size up next time, but next time never came. Now it's just baked into the process, like putting on pants before leaving the house. The theft worry is real, but a 2500px file isn't stopping a determined thief anyway. It just stops you from looking blurry to normal people who actually want to see your stuff.