11 January, 2004
- ArtWanted.com Staff
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Image Category Re-Structure
Today we looked over how our images were broken down by subject, media and style and did a revision on how everyone categorizes their images on ArtWanted.com - We have been compiling your suggestions and read your message board posts and here is an overview of what we have done.
OVERVIEW:
This revision was a tricky process. There is a fine line between having too many categories and not enough. From looking at other art sites and the artwork within our site, we feel that we have come up with a good number of categories to choose from. We know that not all art on this site will fit into a specific category, but if this is the case for your style, you should be able to find one that is pretty close. If you want to categorize your images even further, then just add this classification to your keywords.
We ask that everyone visit their MANAGE PORTFOLIO page and see if any of your images need to be reclassified to better fit the new structure. This will help you get additional traffic to your portfolio, because people use these fields to search for art on our website.
REMOVED STYLES:
First off, we have removed the image 'Style' list from our website. We have found that very few people search by a specific style and many artists don't know what 'style' they create in. So, we have dropped it to make our site easier to use. If you do have a specific style, then you can put this in your keywords for the image.
NEW CATEGORIES/SUBJECTS:
We have renamed the 'category' to 'subject', because it's more fitting. We have also removed a few subjects that were not very popular and have added several more. Here is a list of what we have added:
We have also split the 'Sci-Fi/Fantasy' subject into two separate subjects, which should have been done a long time ago. If you have any art in this category, please go back and decide whether it is Sci-Fi or Fantasy and put it in the appropriate category.
UPDATED MEDIA TYPES:
We have chopped our list of 'media types' in half and the list looks much cleaner now. We removed several media types that were unpopular and merged several similar types into one. We also added 'Stained Glass' to the list of media types.
The biggest note we have for this is that if you created your artwork on a computer, select 'Computer' for the Media Type, because media really only applies to traditional artists.
FUTURE SUGGESTIONS:
If you feel that we missed an important category in this revision, please send us an e-mail about it. We will perform a search to see how many pieces of art on our site would fall within your suggested category. If there is a lot of artwork and we feel it's a smart move, then we will add it to the list.
