A way of reblogging art
Jan. 16th, 2019 08:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
potofsoupI want to test the idea of reblogging art with a small image preview provided by the artist:
potofsoup made a Steve birthday comic for 2012, set right after Avengers:
The idea is this:
- The artist supplies the thumbnail image for reblogging, and includes it in the reblog snippet in their original image post. Wrap the image in a link tag so that clicking on the image also goes back to the original post.
--- It can just be an image that's shrunk down. (This is an screenshot shrunk to 25%)
--- If the artist is okay with it, it can also just be a width="200" added to the image tag
--- Imgur allows for really easy thumbnailing! How-to here
Here is a sample reblog snippet:
- If the artist doesn't provide the thumbnail but you want to reblog anyway:
--- Check if the artist has a "reblogging with thumbnail" policy
--- Ask the artist directly.
Do you think this is something that would work as a way to (a) get art in front of other people's faces, (b) encourage click-through, and (c) without reposting the artwork?
potofsoup made a Steve birthday comic for 2012, set right after Avengers: 
The idea is this:
- The artist supplies the thumbnail image for reblogging, and includes it in the reblog snippet in their original image post. Wrap the image in a link tag so that clicking on the image also goes back to the original post.
--- It can just be an image that's shrunk down. (This is an screenshot shrunk to 25%)
--- If the artist is okay with it, it can also just be a width="200" added to the image tag
--- Imgur allows for really easy thumbnailing! How-to here
Here is a sample reblog snippet:
<user name="USERNAME"> posted: <a href="POSTLINK">post title</a><blockquote><img src="THUMBNAIL"></a><blockquote>
- If the artist doesn't provide the thumbnail but you want to reblog anyway:
--- Check if the artist has a "reblogging with thumbnail" policy
--- Ask the artist directly.
Do you think this is something that would work as a way to (a) get art in front of other people's faces, (b) encourage click-through, and (c) without reposting the artwork?
