The whole thumbnail thing is something I agonized over for a while when I started posting. I tried part of the pic, the whole pic, etc., and finally decided that other than the fact that pics with thumbnails get viewed more often than ones that don't have thumbs, it really doesn't matter (thumbs that even HINT at nudity get more hits, but going there on purpose cheapens the whole thing for me :^P) So I went for what I wanted and designed a logo pic that incorporated my image as a framed painting on the wall. I feel that for me it gave all of my work a standard look and feel (especially when you look at one of my gallery pages). Other than trying to make thumbnails eye-catching, in the end try to please yourself, and only yourself. The same goes for the images you make. Do the best work you can, and if people don't look at it or comment on it, well it's their loss. If you've got something to say through your art, say it, and don't say just what you think other people want to hear. On the subject of comments, I look at a lot of posted art whenever I get the chance, but because I'm on a very slow dial-up, I don't spend a lot of time commenting. But when an image just floors me, I comment.

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy