Optional NFT asset images

[ahdigital]

Should there be an optional token image, (avatar or thumbnail etc.) that a creator can specify?

Maybe brands would want to include their logo somewhere.

Or, using the art-o-matic POC as an example, my thinking is that whilst the list of artworks in the category looks good, what if the type is something else like music and you want to display an album cover.

[iamredbar]

IMO that would depend on the viewer. If it is an art viewer, it will only look at assets with and image in the nft_object. The spec allows for different types of NFTs, but the details haven't been nailed down as to formats of other NFTs. Art is the lowest hanging fruit and the easiest to implement (besides maybe like prose or something)

[iamredbar]

We also have to keep size constraints in mind to be good stewards of the network. We are trying to keep images to less than 30kb, so adding another thumbnail might go against that philosophy.
Could an art viewer site just render the art at a specific size for preview, then when expanding the image it displays fully?

[christophersanborn]

Don't have any thoughts on this yet, but this is an interesting suggestion and discussion.

[grctest]

Could always show the hashicon/robohash for the issuer's account as a fallback.