I get tired with the same ole same ole and try every now and then to do something different. I have noticed a different response as well, and sometimes it has been positive and other times not so positive...I think the rest of the time I just scare people, LOL. As for making images...I start most in Apophysis and just try and find something that looks as if it may be interesting. Once I have something then I start 'fine tuning' it and usually as i'm doing this an idea for a finished image will come to me. If I don't get an idea then I will just save it and come back to it later. I also tend to re-use a lot of stuff...One day I may post a finished image on Renderosity and the next day I may use it as a background or gradient for a new image. I have used one image more than a dozen times in different ways...but I ain't saying how or where! ;O) Matt.