Kim
Site Admin
I appreciate the suggestions Torrilin, but I just want to jump back in and say, as admin of the site: It is totally valid for some members to not want to see certain subjects, no matter how they are framing them in their minds or trying to flip the scripts, etc. There are a myriad of reasons why this might be the case. It's also quite a lot to try to do mentally when the main object is to study the pose and learn from it, sometimes in 30 seconds or less, without also having to come up with a whole backstory for the pose.
On another note, it occurs to me that requesting "only nude" models would remove a large quantity of these costumes you don't want to see, Meow420! Unless, of course, you don't want to see the nudity either.
Kim
Site Admin
I agree with everything that's being said so far. I would add: Shading cannot rescue a drawing when the underlying proportions aren't right. So usually the answer to "when should I start shading?" is "When you have finished making corrections and are happy with the proportions, relations of features and limbs to one another, and confident the composition and where things will be is "done.""
The other answer is: When you are drawing for fun and not working on learning something new, start shading whenever it makes you happy. ;)
Kim
Site Admin
There's currently no way to remove a particular photographer's work, sorry! I am working very hard on a feature which will allow filtering photos based on various tags, such as filtering out sexy photos or photos involving costumes, which might address some of what you're looking for.
Marcus' photos were really intended more for stock photography use rather than artist training work, but his permissive use licenses were some of the most generous we encountered when looking for our original supply of photos.
Kim
Site Admin
No problem, I will add to my list to do more testing from Edge as well! I'm glad we have a workaround for you for the meanwhile :)
Kim
Site Admin
Just a quick tip about getting your image to work: Remember if you want to post an image, the link will have to end with an image file extension such as .jpg or .png. If your link doesn't end that way, then it's a link to a page that has an image on it, not to an image! Only images can be embedded, not whole other pages.
The easiest way to get your image link from imgur is to right-click the image and choose "copy image address" from the context menu. Then you can paste it inside of img tags here. :) I've gone ahead and done this for you for your convenience this time. :)
Kim
Site Admin
It does in fact already do some automatic reduction of the photo once we receive it; the problem is that it won't receive larger images right now in the first place. :)
Kim
Site Admin
Fixed for you. The only thing that should be inside your img tag is the number of the image. :)
Kim
Site Admin
I'll see what I can do about making this limit clearer and equipping us with a better error message so people know what's going on. :)
Kim
Site Admin
Yup, Sanne hit it on the head, 2MB is our current limit. I'm seeing if there's anything realistically and safely to be done about that, but that's what it is for now. :)
Kim
Site Admin
Hi Bookwrymling! I'm gonna have a few questions to try to narrow this down. First off, what's the file size of the image you're trying to upload? :)
Kim
Site Admin
Are you uploading very large files?
Kim
Site Admin
I'm loving watching these. I DO think you're making progress!