[cghub]

If CGHUB was my website, I would...[fill in the blank]

What would you do? What kind of features would you make? Community activities? Changes to layouts or designs? Colors or UI? We want to know! We have added many features from user suggestions and you might just get what you ask for!

[TwoListen]

Being a very new member, I haven't had a chance to explore the various depths of cghub, however - the grayscale's kinda getting to me. My eyes aren't meant for all the white and such.

I'd really like the ability to simply select a different color scheme. Even just slightly purple, green, blue, what have you - in my user CP. I've always enjoyed things like that.

[Peter_Coene]

I'm much better at saying what I'd avoid doing than saying what I would do. So far you guys have done nothing that makes me, as a user, feel offended, unwelcome, patronized, or done any of the things I've seen on other sites that would cause me to freak out. As such I'm happier than Micheal Moore locked in a Twinkies factory... happier than Oprah with a free lifetime supply of KFC... happier than... I think you get the idea.

As for ideas on how to make things even better... I'm going to look around and see if any of the stuff I can think of hasn't already been done, if there's anything that I find I'll get back to you on that.

[cghub]

Thanks for your suggestion TwoListen! When CGHUB launched we originally had a dark UI but we switched over to the light one and haven't updated it since. We have been developing a skin system which got put on the backburner for some bigger feature sets which took priority.

Would you rate this one of highest priorities of things you would like to see changed? If you have the time we'd love to see you guys submit color scheme suggestions and mockups if you have them so we have some ideas of what you want to see. Thank you again for your suggestions! And thank you Peter_Coene for the encouraging words!

[NorthernChild]

If CGHUB was my website, I would... make it in Russian cause my English is really far far from perfect
hahaha *joking*

I don't know really. I love everything here!

[lowpolymatt]

I'd make the tiny thumbnails on the front page magnify when i roll my mouse over!!

[Cult]

Something that is present on one forum I go to and that I miss on every other is a feature where you can see who has quoted you. There is a tab in your profile that says "quoted messages" and when you click it you are taken to a list that shows every post you've made on the board that has been replied to using the quote feature. This is excellent for finding your way back to threads you have posted in and answer any questions that you've been asked.

[Dona]

Originally Posted by lowpolymatt

I'd make the tiny thumbnails on the front page magnify when i roll my mouse over!!

This is an excellent idea! I moved my mouse over the images a few times hoping to see the magnified version, but nothing happened

I second the UI colour change idea, as a lot of artworks display better on a dark background, in my opinion anyway. Maybe an option to view artwork on a black background?

I don't mind the light colour scheme on forums, though

[Peter_Coene]

Oh, I just thought of something! (if its already here I'm sorry, but I didn't see it.)

It would be cool if CGhub had a place where artists in nearby areas can find each other and meet up. Possibly for art related purposes, but it doesn't have to be. I mean, we all like hanging out here, right? It would be cool if we could hang out in real life!

[CraigDaniels]

Peter
you can find them easily enough.
go to your profile and click on your city etc and it will bring up all of the artists from there.

[Peter_Coene]

Originally Posted by CraigDaniels

Peter
you can find them easily enough.
go to your profile and click on your city etc and it will bring up all of the artists from there.

oh...well wouldya take a look at that... you cghub guys implement stuff FAST!!! :P

[goog]

I would get rid of the 2-D sub forums "environment design", "character design", and "vehicle design", and let people post all of that stuff into the "Concept and Illustration" category. So many sub-forums seems redundant, unless they are used for the specific purpose of instruction. It would be nice to have it all in one place.

[MacSmith]

Originally Posted by goog

I would get rid of the 2-D sub forums "environment design", "character design", and "vehicle design", and let people post all of that stuff into the "Concept and Illustration" category. So many sub-forums seems redundant, unless they are used for the specific purpose of instruction. It would be nice to have it all in one place.

i agree. or either cut it down to concepts and illos. those subforums are pretty barren. never been a big fan of multiple subforum categories.

[MacSmith]

this is probably way beyond the scope of this thread, but i've been looking for something similar to glassdoor.com exclusively for artists. some sort of anonymous salary/company review deal would be cool.

[Clo]

I don't have any smart ideas right now, I think everything works well.
Just wanted to say I appreciate how easy it is to browse through an artist work, without having to look for pictures through some walls of text. The "favorites" feature is nice too because we can keep the inspiring pieces accessible from there, and also because it gives an idea of the artists tastes.
My tiny nip ticking critic (not even on the site design itself) would be that everything seems to be '5 stars', which can, in my opinion, give a flawed idea of the level of quality. Though, lots of awesome works all around, so i guess this explains that.

Sorry if i don't bring new ideas! I like it so far, here.