The whole deal is a bit iffy...When I posted a few images of how great I think black eyes are and show them in an image...or I did oa couple with iw43D Harley Softail...that could be construed as a bit of advert as well..... What , exactly. is the mission of this forum ??? obviously to recieve help...and I would assume technique, program use, etc... Is it a forum to show off your artwork???? I would think so....especially if you are requesting technique assistance....but also as a place to show what you can do....or at least direct folks that are interested to a work you've just completed..if some people aren't interested, they don't need to go to the gallery to see it. Is it a forum to advertise your stuff? Probably not, but, I for one, am interested in what is coming up, ideas of new products, and what is being released. It is also essential for us to be able to correspond to the merchants to request items...a wish list of new products...what better place than here ??? I have to assume the Product Showcase forum is to showcase newly or about to be released products. Perhaps we need another forum where wips of new products can be shown...where we can then discuss with the creators suggestions for the product, etc...where we can request products....where vendors can see what folks want and work on that item....etc.... But my overall thought on this issue is that we should all just kinda float along here and quit being so anal on following every little whim and desire for conformity and regulation to tunnelvision. Allow this forum to follow its natural flow.... yes, there will probably be an occasional product shown..so what ??? We're basically all interested in the new stuff anyway, and if you're not, don't look at the thread....showing an occasional wip for a product is no different than DAZ, Curious, or anyone else being here....we need to relaxe and enjoy what we have without making it all full of rules and whining. Maybe we should be worrying more about our freedoms being eroded in this country and the fact our brothers and sisters are being killed in Iraq...and the homeless and hungrey all over the world..than about whose wip is being shown here.... This place in the world should be for enjoyment. (sorry to go out of bounds, but it just hit me like that all of a sudden)

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