Why do some artist rank higher than others?
The artist list rank is based on three factors. Points, visitors, Loging in,
Points = Ranking
The primary factor is your art-fine-gallery points, these points are awarded for helping the site.
You get 1 point for joining the gallery and filling out at least 200 words about yourself, and 1 point for the first time you add art to the gallery. You get a point for your first forum post, and a point for each rank in the forum. You get points for writing good articles. donating funds, getting links to the site and receiving high karma scores from fellow artists.
Visitors
The second ranking factor is the number of page views you have had.
Logging in
Finally if all else is equal, artists who log in often rank higher than those that don't