I think of scraps as more for WIPS, alts, doodles and stuff. If I was you I'd put stuff like that sequence in the main gallery even if it's made up of smaller pics.

That's a reasonable take! Thanks for your input

I'm just gonna +1 to Loodee's reply.

You could also make another folder (you can’t edit them on a phone though), so like a folder for each comic, or a folder for comics?

I also think you can put things in multiple folders, so a general comics folder, and one dividing it into “series’s” (about different things)?

Thank you, I actually already use folders for each comic, and a folder for comics!

https://www.furaffinity.net/gallery.....he-other-cheek

Here is the folder for my 2021 comic "The Other Cheek", although it has since been removed in compliance with FurAffinity's rules.

As far as I know, some artist use the scraps gallery to post alternative versions of drawings they made, or post unfinished sketches, is kind of like they use the main gallery as the email they use for work, and use the scraps gallery as the email they use for porn sites, basically, if it's unrelated to what you usually post, the scraps gallery is the place where you can post it, but also keeping your main gallery on a line (i.e main gallery for finished artwork, scraps for sketches)

Yeah makes sense -- I have trouble defining what "finished artwork" is since depending on people's budget, i'm sometimes commissioned for black-and-white work, or work without shading -- and sometimes, even when I have all the time in the world I decide not to apply a background because I prefer a simple composition. Somewhere in that spectrum feels like stuff should go in scraps, but I have trouble drawing a line

I am aware that most users see your gallery with a busy hand, so I put the horny material in main and the sfw stuff in scraps.

Ha ha that's cruel! But I'll keep that in mind. I've seen artists who did the opposite -- SFW in main and horny in scraps

i guess mainly unfinished drawings should go there and quality stuff like squatters rights should be in the main gallery

Thanks, yeah it feels like a finished picture to me. I'll move it!

I figure incomplete works or short sketches. Snippets of ideas or future works

I don't draw many of those -- so maybe those kinds of streams should be moved into the main gallery. Thanks!

I put stuff in my scraps that is stuff I don’t really want people To see or stuff that isn’t art related (like some cool photos I took)

Yeah that makes sense! Thanks for your input.

IMO you should put WIPs, and rough sketches in scraps. But in the end use scraps how you best see fit.

I’d suggest putting wip, sketches and alt’s in scraps but whatever you do is up to you~

Thanks that's a good idea! I'm going to redo my scraps so that it's just sketches and alts and stuff like that.

Yeah, like others have said, I use it mostly for unfinished stuff that I want to share anyway. If when I (very very occasionally) do something that's a retrospective or a zoomed-in detail or something like that, it goes there. Pencil sketches go here too, so you'll find a bunch of the con sketches I've made for you over the years there.

I've also used it once or twice for experiments with kinks outside of my usual wheelhouse, so randos coming in aren't given a false impression.

That's interesting, I've never thought about using it for unusual kinks.

My con sketches DO go in scraps... but I need to draw more at cons! It's been forever since I put something in there...

Scraps don't show up on the front-page and on the browse page by default. However, they are still sent to the inboxes of your watchers. So whatever you don't want as many (non-following) people to see.

wow what a very nice rhydon/heracross sequence. whoever commissioned that must have a very large penis and be handsome.

jokes aside, outside of just "finished work in gallery and unfinished/sketchy stuff in scraps" I think your gallery should be what you want everyone to see. Your portfolio, in a way. Like if furaffinity was a museum and you had an exhibit... stuff in your gallery is what you'd hang up.

Then your scraps are if someone walking around the museum met you and asked to see your sketch book. It can still be stuff you had a blast drawing and loved, but just not quite refined enough to frame and hang for passerby's to see.

That was kind of a weird metaphorical answer but it's what I've got.

Hmm that makes sense! Thanks~

i don't think putting parts of your sequenced work into scraps is that good of an idea since it is finished work plus if people liked the first part they would probably like to see the whole sequence at once rather than go to scraps to find the rest of it, however it is your gallery so do what you wish.

I'll link to the different parts from whichever part is in the main gallery! FurAffinity has a really good "next/prev" type setup so I use it whenever I can.

In my scraps i put unfinished or scrapped commissions. Ones that never got or wont be finished but i still want organized in a gallery and not lost. Also some othet art pieces/commissions i really love with people im not associated with anymore.

Interesting, I'd never think about posting an unfinished or scrapped commission! But that's helpful to hear another point of view.

yeah that makes some sense -- I guess I should put most of this stuff in my gallery then! Thanks

Scraps are effectively a secondary gallery where the fat goes, but I wouldn't consider alts and pages to be that. If anything navigating that can become convoluted and frustrating. Unless you have over 15-20 alts, I don't think anyone really minds scrolling through it.

I much prefer it when artists use folders to bind and organize their work. Leaving the gallery for broad body of work, and scraps for WIPS, off-shoots, clerical posts and so on.

I've only used folders for things like comics where I understood a use case where someone would want to see browse a folder

I thought about bundling stuff like Pokemon art or art from each year in their own folder, but it just didn't make sense to me! I feel like it's what the search feature is for

That's fair enough. There's also a folder limit, so it's not exactly sustainable long-term either. But it would provide somewhat of a boon for people using their device or phone one handed for reasons.

A folder limit? How high is it?

And if you use them efficiently it could work, if done right.

For normal users the folder limit is 50 according the folder page, thought they do mention "FA+ perk members" have higher folder limits.

Well I, at least, (plan) on putting my “tests” and such there, but, as you said, it evolves over time.

That makes sense! I think in general I had higher standards for my gallery, but now my gallery is for "Stuff Most People Want To See".