> I have another suggestion: For description what format is expected (Like "Max 200 MB") use a tooltip-text (with the title atrribute). This will avoid the long page even more.
No, I want to avoid surprises. Nobody wants to upload a 300 meg file only to find out afterwards that 200 megs was the limit. It's like those forums that you sign up for which inform you after the fact that your password needs to contain a number. When you submit the form again, they inform you that your password is too short. When you submit the form again, they inform you that your password needs mixed case. In reality, the form should say "Password must be 8 characters long and contain mixed case and a number." :)
Just to point out, I noticed you picked both CC0 and CC-BY as the licenses. CC0 basically allows to people to do whatever they want with it without attributing you. If your intent was just to say that people can do whatever they want and attribution would be appreciated, the way I usually do that is say "attribution appreciated" in the description. Mind you, there's nothing *wrong* with releasing this under CC0 and CC-BY, but it makes your intent a bit confusing.
I'd be willing to remove the google ads as a condition of the hosting -- honestly, they're aren't performing as I'd hoped, so I'm probably just going to get rid of them anyway.
As for my choice of operating system, I'm not willing to budge on that. Furthermore, if they have an issue with there being non-libre things on here, it wouldn't work out anyway -- I still need to be able to encode MP3 files for the fallback sound previews (although I'm going to be providing HTML5+ogg for the browsers that can handle it).
In summary, getting a sponsor would be nice, but I would prefer to pay out of pocket for my own preferred hosting setup than have free (gratis) hosting and be constrained by it.
Apart from here on OGA, I'd recommend asking at blenderartists.org, as there are a lot of experienced 3D artists there. Other 3D art forums may work too, but you'll probably have a more difficult time convincing people to go with a free license and an open format.
The art collections in OGA2 can be used for pretty much whatever people want to. They also get their own discussion page and the like, so if you want to have a group for the express purpose of creating unified sets of monster art. It should be noted that collections can also contain other collections, so you could have a singlke master collection of all of these monster types, and then collections for each art style. Since you aren't limited to one collection per art piece, you could also organize the monsters by species (for instance, have a group of all the slimes).
If you find that it makes sense to create your own website, I think we should talk about an OGA art submission API, which could be used to submit art to OGA automatically when it's added to your site.
Nice work! :)
> I have another suggestion: For description what format is expected (Like "Max 200 MB") use a tooltip-text (with the title atrribute). This will avoid the long page even more.
No, I want to avoid surprises. Nobody wants to upload a 300 meg file only to find out afterwards that 200 megs was the limit. It's like those forums that you sign up for which inform you after the fact that your password needs to contain a number. When you submit the form again, they inform you that your password is too short. When you submit the form again, they inform you that your password needs mixed case. In reality, the form should say "Password must be 8 characters long and contain mixed case and a number." :)
Greets!
Very nice work. :)
Just to point out, I noticed you picked both CC0 and CC-BY as the licenses. CC0 basically allows to people to do whatever they want with it without attributing you. If your intent was just to say that people can do whatever they want and attribution would be appreciated, the way I usually do that is say "attribution appreciated" in the description. Mind you, there's nothing *wrong* with releasing this under CC0 and CC-BY, but it makes your intent a bit confusing.
Thanks for submitting!
-BartK
The Whispering Eye
What petition?
I'd be willing to remove the google ads as a condition of the hosting -- honestly, they're aren't performing as I'd hoped, so I'm probably just going to get rid of them anyway.
As for my choice of operating system, I'm not willing to budge on that. Furthermore, if they have an issue with there being non-libre things on here, it wouldn't work out anyway -- I still need to be able to encode MP3 files for the fallback sound previews (although I'm going to be providing HTML5+ogg for the browsers that can handle it).
In summary, getting a sponsor would be nice, but I would prefer to pay out of pocket for my own preferred hosting setup than have free (gratis) hosting and be constrained by it.
That's a pretty idea for a drunk dude. I'll see about doing that. :)
Bart
@pennomi:
Apart from here on OGA, I'd recommend asking at blenderartists.org, as there are a lot of experienced 3D artists there. Other 3D art forums may work too, but you'll probably have a more difficult time convincing people to go with a free license and an open format.
So, I thought I'd chime in here.
The art collections in OGA2 can be used for pretty much whatever people want to. They also get their own discussion page and the like, so if you want to have a group for the express purpose of creating unified sets of monster art. It should be noted that collections can also contain other collections, so you could have a singlke master collection of all of these monster types, and then collections for each art style. Since you aren't limited to one collection per art piece, you could also organize the monsters by species (for instance, have a group of all the slimes).
If you find that it makes sense to create your own website, I think we should talk about an OGA art submission API, which could be used to submit art to OGA automatically when it's added to your site.
Peace,
Bart
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