GG :) you said; "If you praise too much, then how is the artist to know when the work is trully outstanding" you know by your viewing numbers. if all you get consistantly is 10, 20, 30 viewings, well, numbers do speak. if you get 7,8 900 viewings that is a good indication your on the right track. My mom was a mathamatician. pretty well know in her technical circles too. She could do things with stats that would blow ppl away- take a part and tell you when to set the warrenty, when it would wear out. :) she allways claimed that numbers tell stories :) and they do, but most ppl can't read the story. each area of 3d art has there own separate 'tell' numbers. the numbers that are the key to the creators success rate. artist is viewing numbers modelers are download numbers merchants are sales numbers see what I mean? "tell numbers" to deny this is self delusion. ofcourse you post images that you like, I do, we all do. but as a general rule for myself- under a hundred in a day or two it is out of here.:) The only way to get better is to be your own worst critic. "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink" -- the idea about 'constructive' comments that confuses me is I am not a trained artist- the language used by them (pro artist) is often confusing to me. kind like listening to greek-lol "what did he say?"