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Been posting my digital art on the wrong canvas size for 3 years
Last month I finally figured out why my artwork always looked fuzzy when I uploaded it to gallery sites. I had been working on a 3000x2000 pixel canvas since I started digital painting 3 years ago. Turns out most of these showcase platforms recommend at least 4000 pixels on the long side for crisp display on big monitors. I switched to 4500x3000 after a friend pointed it out and the difference is wild. My gradients and fine details actually show up now without compression artifacts. I also started exporting in PNG instead of JPEG and that helped too. Has anyone else messed with canvas dimensions and seen a big jump in quality?
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eric_johnson3mo ago
Wait, shouldn't you export in PNG for quality and then convert to JPEG for sharing (which most sites actually prefer for file size)?
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brian3033mo ago
Skip the extra step. Just export as JPEG directly from your editor if you know the final use is sharing online. Save yourself the double work.
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