Here's a piece of advice to all collectors out there. always abide by what the artist wants. because if you don't You won't be updating your collection.

one other thing. could you tell me the size of your collection. like how many artists and images you have. you don't have to name them.

I have 2000 images from 140 artists.

by collect, do you mean "I had this artist draw this art for me" or "I downloaded this because I like it"?

Judging from his previous post I'd say he's talking about commissions and requests.

etat, I'm actually wondering of those 2000 pictures how many were free? I mostly hear about most work being done by commission, but I'm wondering how many artists there are that would draw something for you for free (for whatever reason).

Y do we need to know this?

I mean both. first of all to start a collection you have to figure out what artists you want to start out with. then you message them asking permission to download their works. if they say yes by all means download their work.

But if you do What I do. Its slightly different I figure out what artist I like. get their permission to download their works. then I organize them into different folders in the parent folder for example I have A folder for zambuka. And in that folder I have five sub-folders for the date the image was created, downloaded, what type of furrys are in the image and the last one is for webcomics. In each of those sub-folders there are several sub-sub-folders. for example in the date of creation sub folder there are folders for the comics made in 2006. and in that folder there are folders for what type of furry it is. and those folders are in the date downloaded folder in the time of creation folder.

Its all very complicated.

I have friend who are artists. like eden and chai. they both are my friends and they draw furrys for fun. they give them away for free.

oh and about 20% of my collection is paid for.

i smell a troll

JustFrame said:
i smell a troll

What do you mean A troll I am serous

well, my collection currently hasss.. 120,857 (and counting~~) images. Not all of them have artists. but almost all of them have categorizations about what types of characters are in the images as well as fur colors, and other things like sex acts and positions etc. I'm very proud of it.

>permission to download something on the internet

lol

Holy crap!!. You are my god.
I never thought I would meet someone like you.
I offer you my humble thanks

For telling me that.

how long have you been collecting for.

so you use a basic tag system. correct?

*arms folded*

What can you tell me about the Collectors?
Why are the Collectors abducting porn colonies?

Actini said:
*arms folded*

What can you tell me about the Collectors?
Why are the Collectors abducting porn colonies?

Laughed IRL at this.

... what is this I'm seeing?

etat55 said:
Holy crap!!. You are my god.
I never thought I would meet someone like you.
I offer you my humble thanks

Snow is talking about the very site you are on, etat. e621 is "her" collection.

etat55 said:
how long have you been collecting for.

Oh, longer then I can remember.

etat55 said:
Holy crap!!. You are my god.
I never thought I would meet someone like you.
I offer you my humble thanks

my congregation gathers on mondays, wednesdays and fridays, though I deeply encourage everyone to worship whenever they can. The 'best' praise is either new offerings for my collection, or tagging devotedly.

etat55 said:
so you use a basic tag system. correct?

It's pretty complicated one. The chorus of many voices cannot all sing on the same note, after all. Still, it is a thing of beauty.

RedOctober said:
Snow is talking about the very site you are on, etat. e621 is "her" collection.

Shhh. Go back to worshiping at my alter. Tag 3 images in apology for spoiling my fun, ;)

I have had three apprentices In the past. But I have never learnt from A
about collecting from A more experienced collector. I know What I have To do. I will message you the details.

etat55 said:
I have had three apprentices In the past. But I have never learnt from A
about collecting from A more experienced collector. I know What I have To do. I will message you the details.

Even though this was not directed at me, it made me feel super weird reading. Like...like you're getting ready to go out and embark on a quest to find and visit Snow to learn about her collection. You creep me out, etat. I just want you to know.

hahahaha

I have 200 pieces of gift art and a few commissions thrown in does that count?

yes