[curtis-r]

1) having the scraped artwork get saved in the artist's folder, rather than the addon_data\script.artistslideshow\ArtistSlideshow folder?

I don't really like the idea of cluttering up someone's music folder with artwork, especially without asking. So unless there is a sudden and large outcry to have the images stored somewhere else, they're probably going to stay put.

What about making it an option of whether to store data in the artist's folder?

EDIT: It is also advantageous to not bloat the xbmc folder for backup purposes. I for one, make many discrete backups of my xbmc userdata folder & keeping it's size to a minmum is helpful.