A Wild Thing (R2)

This image is related to the "A Wild Thing" post of last week. The "(R2)" in the title relates to the revision state of the piece (in this case, the image has been updated, a background has been added), as well as being the second "release" or publication of the image. Read more for related Site News.

Site News: A new feature to the site that I have just implemented and which I have just partially illustrated above is relationship-management of images. Although this existed before via the "Related Links" feature, that was a manual process, whereas this new way is automatic. Now "Related Links" are for external links only, as origianlly intended.

The new "Related Works" feature adds the ability for art-works descended from other works (derivative works) or work-in-progress snapshots to be linked-together. In other words, this allows me to freeze various copies of artwork at different phases of completion rather than just overwriting the old copy as I had done in the past. You get to view the image at each step of the way as well, and (if registered) may comment on the various stages, ask questions, etc. I think it will be interesting to watch the evolution and process of art pieces this way.

How to use this new feature: Below the vote area there is now a section that appears titled "Related Works". This will list the type of related media (for now which is blog entry or image) and then link to the piece. The best part: the links connect both ways, so each related work is aware of the other's existence. Enjoy this cool new feature!