Blessed Isis, the hot 20 is okay, but not all too important in the big picture. The funniest thing is - the day I quit caring about the hot 20 is the day I actually made it in. it was like 5 minutes of pure joy followd by an overwhelming feeling of "so now what". The sad truth is that champaign did not fall from the sky, and there were no trumpet blowing angels there to welcome me in lol In all honety, I think someones voting button got jammed or something lol The real reason I wanted to post in this thread was to thank you for starting it. It really made me think about my own artwork, what category I fall into, and what direction I want to go in in the future. I have had some recent success with my artwork here, but I do not consider myself popular. It certainly is nice to see all the great comments, but it means alot when someone cares enough to point me in the right direction (towards improvement). Thank you Blessed Isis, Jane