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Sazerac · 05-04-2001, 01:49 PM

Good question, Father Bronze. The practice of linking to someone else's image is called "bandwidth-stealing" and it's generally frowned upon for the reasons listed above. Yes, it's best to upload the image to your own site. Make sure it's public domain before you do, though! A good place to find public domain fantasy images is at:

http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pictures/fantasy/

There's a lot of older AD&D/Dragon Mag pics in there, as well as some by fantasy authors and illustrators. It's a good place to start looking.

I think Ziroc's only stip on the signatures is that they need to be small (under 10K in size) and not so big that a person on a 640 x 480 screen has to scroll back and forth to see the image (and all the accompanying text!) A lot of viewers still sign in on "pay-per-hour" systems.

Thanks,

[This message has been edited by Sazerac (edited 05-04-2001).]

05-04-2001, 01:49 PM	#4
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 61 Posts: 7,387	Good question, Father Bronze. The practice of linking to someone else's image is called "bandwidth-stealing" and it's generally frowned upon for the reasons listed above. Yes, it's best to upload the image to your own site. Make sure it's public domain before you do, though! A good place to find public domain fantasy images is at: http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pictures/fantasy/ There's a lot of older AD&D/Dragon Mag pics in there, as well as some by fantasy authors and illustrators. It's a good place to start looking. I think Ziroc's only stip on the signatures is that they need to be small (under 10K in size) and not so big that a person on a 640 x 480 screen has to scroll back and forth to see the image (and all the accompanying text!) A lot of viewers still sign in on "pay-per-hour" systems. Thanks, [This message has been edited by Sazerac (edited 05-04-2001).]