Appreciation post: The person who puts the art title and medium in focus order drives me nuts

I keep seeing digital pieces in showcases where the artist puts the title as 'Sunset Overload (Digital, 2024)' but then in the description they write 'did this on procreate' and nothing else. The whole point of a showcase is to see the work and know what you're looking at, not hunt for basic info. Last week in a gallery thread I had to scroll through 40 comments just to find out someone used Blender for a 3D piece they posted. Why not just lead with the tools and process right up front? Has anyone else noticed this messing up how easy it is to actually learn from other artists here?

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ryanm603d ago

Maybe it's just me but this feels like a minor inconvenience, not a huge problem.

jamesf293d ago

Oh man, I feel this so hard! It's like artists are hiding all the good technical details on purpose sometimes. Last month I was trying to figure out how someone got that perfect textured brush look in a digital painting, but the title just said "Moody Streetscape" and the description was literally "thanks for looking." I had to dig through three separate threads to find out it was a custom Kyle T. Webster brush pack in Photoshop. It makes learning from each other way harder than it needs to be. Just a quick "made with [tool] using [technique]" would save everyone so much scrolling!

dixon.james3d ago

At my last gallery opening, someone listed the medium as "acrylic" but it was actually watercolor, so I stood there confused for a good five minutes.