I recently updated the Arcane and Pillars pages of base decorative items with sizes for the items and (where different) their bounding boxes, as well as noting items that mount on a wall or the ceiling and items with unusual visible surfaces (like the top of the ceiling dome) so that people who stack items know which ones to watch out for. Barring an angry mob, I want to gradually do this for pretty much everything in base items.
I figured I'd do lights next; but images are needed. If I do them, I would prefer something like this:
For this I was just playing around with the software - imagine the lit torch as being unlit and this being the image for the unlit version. However, in the old forum opinion seemed to be mildly against including bounding boxes. For my purposes, including the bounding box would allow me (in most cases, anyway) to note only its size and let people just look to determine the size of the item.
So, comments? Is it worthwhile to include size information, note unusual properties of items, and have multiple views for some things (like the torch) for people who stack items? I believe it would be for most ambitious base builders; I know it is for me. How about the bounding boxes? If you are against them alone, how about two copies of the item in its natural habitat with one highlighted? Also, how about a mark (probably a tiny grabbing hand icon) on the image denoting the drag point? Something like that would be simple to add.
At a guess from what I've done so far, image size would max out at little over 40k and most would be about 20-25k.
If size info, occasional multiple views and a bounding box are okay, I would like to redo many of the existing images. Some are poorly lit, or at poorly-chosen angles; and I would like to see some done with an eye for stacking. For example, the stone blocks fit snugly end-to-end, but when placed side-by-side or stacked on top of each other they need to overlap to avoid a gap. All that can easily be shown in a single image. Though I suppose that kind of image could be set aside for an article on base-building techniques.