I would think that this type of criticism would inspire artists to try better at the art that they post to the VCL.. there's lots of things people have to consider with this site.. this is by farmost the largest and oldest depository of furry art on the web. I can't even imagine how much space and bandwidth VCL takes up. I also can't fathom how much of that bandwidth is taken up by bad art. Now, there's a difference between art which is amatuer and just plain ol' BAD. You can tell.. people who are really serious about their artistry vs. people who are just aching to spew their scribblings somewhere for free without consideration to the quality of their work or the size of their images, the resolution, etc...
This is also a problem with furnation, however in FurNation's case, they have it even harder, because not only is there bad art, but in some cases, bad web design... bulky, huge bells'n'whistles web design which takes up huge amounts of space and bandwidth.
I see WotVCL as just another version of that very good book for HTML design: "Web Pages that Suck".. the book as well as the website both post the URLs for bad websites, as well as advice and tips on what should have been done to improve.
Perhaps that's the angle that WotVCL needs to take up differently. Instead of just showing the bad art, maybe they should offer a critique forum?
I would think that this type of criticism would inspire artists to try better at the art that they post to the VCL.. there's lots of things people have to consider with this site.. this is by farmost the largest and oldest depository of furry art on the web. I can't even imagine how much space and bandwidth VCL takes up. I also can't fathom how much of that bandwidth is taken up by bad art. Now, there's a difference between art which is amatuer and just plain ol' BAD. You can tell.. people who are really serious about their artistry vs. people who are just aching to spew their scribblings somewhere for free without consideration to the quality of their work or the size of their images, the resolution, etc...
This is also a problem with furnation, however in FurNation's case, they have it even harder, because not only is there bad art, but in some cases, bad web design... bulky, huge bells'n'whistles web design which takes up huge amounts of space and bandwidth.
I see WotVCL as just another version of that very good book for HTML design: "Web Pages that Suck".. the book as well as the website both post the URLs for bad websites, as well as advice and tips on what should have been done to improve.
Perhaps that's the angle that WotVCL needs to take up differently. Instead of just showing the bad art, maybe they should offer a critique forum?
--Crassus