UPDATE “June 21st”: I have decided to go with Option One and continue uploading everything as per usual, But going forward any submission far bigger than Furaffinity upload limits will include a Google drive link to the uncompressed version of that Artwork.

A Proper Archive of my Commissions will be available for you all in the Future.

-Sinister.
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Hey there,

Hope you've been enjoying the recent Uploads of late, apologies for my Sporadic Comings and Goings on this here site.

Been awhile since we last spoke, So... Let's sit down for a moment and have a little chat. Because I need some Feedback.

**HOUSTIN! WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!!**

So, here's the stitch... I have some artworks I'd like to share,
In fact I have a numbered Folder for my Postybirb Application which I organized in a way I want certain artworks to be released.

However, Some of my Artworks are way over the 10mb Upload Limit for File Submissions.
Which is a Big Problem. As some of my commissions range between 20 - 50 MB in Size.

That and Because some of these artworks do not compress well... at all. some of the details become blurry, static almost... and very washed out.

It's a problem I've been hoping to avoid for a while now...
As i was waiting and hoping Furaffinity would finally get to expanding their servers by now, therefore increasing upload sizes.

3 Years since they announced their initial plans... they've only made token changes at the very least.
And bizarrely one of those changes being "Submission Resolution Increases"

To quote Furaffinity's Fender:
"We’ve nearly doubled our default resolution for all standard uploads! Regular users will be able natively post up to QHD resolution!!
(3.7 megapixels, 2k,1440p, 2650x1440) and FA+ users net an additional upload limit to UHD (4k, 2160p, 8.3Mpix, 3840x2160).

Which would be fine had we also got this in conjunction with Increased File Upload Limits too. But We didn't.
and that's why I think it was stupid that they choose file resolution as priority over file size capability.

Because any artwork that is of a higher resolution naturally will have a larger file size, meaning we'd have to compress and downscale the Image anyway, making the allowance of increased resolutions to be utterly meaningless.

As you tell... I'm pretty annoyed by the Choice they made...

Anyway, Considering... all of this I've mentioned above, A Decision must be made;


A - Should I Continue Posting As I typically Have Done, and take the hit that some of my lovely commissions will be heavily degraded via compression and downscaling in order to submit them?

B - Or do i issolate those larger file sized Commissions and save them for the day Furaffinity finally upgrades the site to accept submissions larger than 10mb. Which could potentially be many years from now?


I'm Scared about Option A merely because there's no such thing as Second Impressions, Only Firsts. If my Upload takes a bad hit in viewership & favorability because it looks like trash compressed, that'll tear me apart. Yeah i know I could edit the submission, replace the image with a better one later when the sites limits are finally increased. But the damage would already be done.

But I Don't want to sit and wait on these artworks for years until Furaffinity finally makes a positive push to Modernizing this site with Useful Changes either. I've already waited 3 years...


Let me know your thoughts and what decision I should ultimately take.
Thank you for your time. - Sinister.