How is this the supperior version? They are both same size, same quality and everything. The only difference is this one is a png gotten off discord of all places. Not even a good source.

Typhinage said:
How is this the supperior version? They are both same size, same quality and everything. The only difference is this one is a png gotten off discord of all places. Not even a good source.

The flagged version: 3079x2551 (514.2 KB)
This version: 3079x2551 (6.4 MB)

I can also see a difference in the vibrancy of colours and general fidelity as well.

Typhinage said:
How is this the supperior version? They are both same size, same quality and everything. The only difference is this one is a png gotten off discord of all places. Not even a good source.

Resolution and content are the only ones the same, filesize and overall quality is much improved.

Also at this point, I would argue that Discord is one of the best sources right now.
Because discord is one of the only services right now which do not alter the content, so as long as artist can fit the file inside 8 MB (or higher with boost/nitro) limit, which should be more than easy even with largest of PNG files, the file is of highest quality and stays that way for eternity. Archival dream.

Additionally artists are generally lazy as posting their content can get time consuming, so discord does allow simply drag 'n' dropping stuff for them, so they upload more. With this artist, you can go to their server and there's additional WIP versions there if someone wants to see them.

Of course as it's IM service, anyone can upload anything, but the URLs to files contain ID of place it's originally from and I do add IDs of artists official public discord servers to their wiki, so if those two match it should be good as artists would most likely kick and ban someone leaking their content on their own server :p

HiddenAku said:
The flagged version: 3079x2551 (514.2 KB)
This version: 3079x2551 (6.4 MB)

I can also see a difference in the vibrancy of colours and general fidelity as well.

Thanks.
But also I do see that the twitter version for some reason has chromatic aberration applied where discord copy does not. Some could argue againts chromatic aberration but overall it is subjective filter and overall quality is objectively better with this copy.

This might be my most favourite pic on E621, so romantic and wholesome.