Blargh, sorry to hear you're having these picture uploading issues, but I can help with that. You could try uploading them to Photobucket, or since you have a DeviantART account, you can upload the images there or in your DeviantART Sta.sh, where it is more private. You just go to Submit\\ Sta.sh and upload your images. Then you can right click the image and select 'Copy Link Location' and paste it between the image coding provided on the forum.
What you've described sounds interesting, and I can't wait to take a look at your hard work!