Phantast - as I stated I don't personally care if all my comments are "awesome" obviously you don't know me very well lol Nor did I say he wasn't polite in his wording. My issue is that the comments on several other images were based not on art but on personal preference and that it was obvious he had intended to simply hit the galleries and critique - not to view and critique when needed but to critique all he saw with comments enabled. Some of his critiques were simply not art based but based on his perception of how it should look. That is when I became annoyed - not because of his opinion of my image but because he flooded the gallery with his opinions and that several were simply not based on the art itself. That water may indeed need work - but not reflections - I didn't like them and won't add them again now. As for the vertical nature - I make no apologies, that's what I wanted and ergo that is what I did. I often fill the backgrounds in some manner and try to soften straight lines - in this image I simply chose not to as I wanted nothing to break the vertical lines. He/you/anyone/everyone may not agree with that - doesn't matter one whit to me, it's my concept that it be vertical with only the slight diagonal of the nebulas and the slight horizontal of the cloth. That is how I saw it therefore that is what I did - no excuses needed. Anyone can disagree with my concept others may agree - but don't accuse me of preferring only positive feedback - my ego simply isn't that tender.

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