well I can see how well I'm appreciated. For those who were offended by less than sugar coated comments today - my apologies for upsetting you. Those who have called me a troll? Why thank you for the title. If you examine my comments today, I actually left several positive ones. For those who have asked for critiques, I shall be looking over your galleries and making some comments. If you would prefer, I can email them privately as apparantly a less than gushing comment is not suitable aorund these parts. Who knew? For everyone else? breathe easy .. I shan't go where I'm not invited. I had mistakenly thought this to be a site for serious artists to communicate and improve their works. Alas, it appears to be yet another clique ridden self sustaining ecology for the most part. But at least you have that in common with most professional artists societies, so I commend you for that much. As to my abilities? I am by and large a book designer and page layout artist with a background in typography and logo design. I've recently started working with Poser 4 and 5 to help realise images before artists are hired. I also write art reviews for several NYC based publications. And a last note on the Egyptian piece - the hieroglyphs on her arm are 1st and 2nd dynasy, predating any graeco/roman contact and therefor highly unlikely for a caucasian Queen. If the title had been 'Goth Princess' I wouldn't have mentioned it. (incidentaly the 'glyphs spell the word 'goat' which I thought quite funny) Pleased to meet you all, TigerShark