ok I've sat done and done some thinking.. First of all, I have to THANK YOU ALL, for your constructive words, advice, and friendliness. This is what makes this community what it is! Secondly..For those who think I only ranted, to get peoples attention, I didn't. As you some of you may, or may or not know. When things play on your mind, or you get mixed up in a torent of emotion. You have to release what's within. That's all I did. Maybe it was the wrong way, gave the impression I wanted 'The applause'. But that's not what I want. I've worked so hard lately,really trying to get to grips with Poser, and my postwork technique, and I've been trying to reach past those boundries, and push my work to another level of creativity. To produce an image that not only blows me away, and leaves me looking at it, feeling every ounce of emotion and feeling that went into it, but for others to feel it too. To give them an insight into my thinking and feeling at that time. As Compiler put it, so well I might add "But there are people round here from whom a single "good picture" is worth a thousand others' " I will be the first to admit, I've had a few problems, personnal matters. And that's affected my way of thinking and percieving. It's influenced my work yes. But in a good way. I got into thinking, what was I was doing was wrong. That maybe what I had done before, was better than what I was doing now. In myself I knew by looking at my latest work, how much my painting is coming on, that I'm pushing myself harder, maybe too hard right now, and I'm burning myself out in the process, What with everything else that's going on around me. I will apologise for ranting, and I guess now, i've attached some sort of stigma to myself of being "the guy who cried about no getting comments" That will probably stick me, who knows? But for those people that do follow my work, and give me constructive feedback on them. Thank You. I hope you will continue to follow my works, and stick with me as keep on pushing the boundries. I think the best thing for me to do right now. Is take a few days out, clear my mind, sort out my problems, then come back and continue to do what I love doing.. ART! It's something I've always loved, right from being a child. It's me. It's who I truely am.Art for me is a way of expressing my trueself.What I think, what I feel. It's an escape, and place where I can let my imagination run wild, and create the visions I see in my mind. Once again thank you, you've really helped make my mind a little clearer. And made me realise, that my art does influence people, does make people sit back and think, and feel. And feel what I felt when I created them. Sorry for the long rant.. Warmest regards, and heartfelt thanks Mike PS: I'll be sticking around :)