Noticed most people post their digital art way too small for the screen

Was browsing the showcase board last night and kept having to click every thumbnail to see what the art even was. Half the posts looked like stamps until I zoomed in. I work with renders and photos for my job and it's the same thing - if you're showing off detail, post it at a size where people can actually see the brushwork or texture. What resolution do you guys usually export at for these threads?

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lucasw8219d ago

Wait, did you ever try to zoom in on a painting and realize the artist posted it at like 400 pixels wide? That's WAY too tiny. My buddy Max once spent like three hours on this crazy detailed character render, all these little scars and cloth textures. He posts it on a forum and everyone is like "cool drawing" but you couldnt even see the individual stitches he put on the jacket. He had to re-upload it three times before he got it big enough that people actually noticed the work he put in. So yeah, I usually export my stuff at 1920 on the longest side minimum, anything smaller and you're just hiding your own effort.

ryan36918d ago

Yeah @lucasw82, I feel that. I had a similar thing happen with one of my digital paintings. Spent like four days on all these tiny details in the armor, little scratches and reflections. Posted it at 800 pixels wide and nobody noticed any of it. Learned my lesson real quick. Now I always export at 1920 on the longest side too. You gotta let people zoom in and actually see what you did or what's the point.

stellaa6915d ago

1920 is solid but honestly that depends on the platform too. Some sites compress the hell out of anything over 1200 pixels anyway, you end up with artifacts if you go too big. I usually stick around 1600 on the longest side, that way it's big enough to zoom without the platform re-encoding it into a blurry mess. Also worth noting that some viewers don't even bother clicking to expand. You could post at 4000 pixels and they'd still scroll right past it. Just something to keep in mind when you're deciding where to share your work.