We just cant say it's banal, and there's the trick. How can we expect to ever raise the standards when we seem to want the merchants to just do it for us? I agree wholeheartedly ... and as I said before, it is to the detriment of an individual's artistic growth to have things be that way. When I get suggestions for improvement, I take them to heart, I make improvements, and I repost. I wouldn't take offense if someone said "The pose is a little stiff" or "You know, you can pose the eyes and hands a bit more ... they don't reflect much emotion" or "The postwork on the hair could be refined a bit more." Most often when I get comments like that, I agree with them, and I fix it! It's all part of growth.