cripes......that's the sort of appreciation that keeps me working.........perhaps this technique can best be applied to horror textures.....thanks for the compliment and the cold water in the face i needed to get me pointed in the right direction...........i keep putting off horror images, even though that's where my head is.....i'll pump out a few more horror flesh textures riiiiiight now....io have to sya, however, that my textures are just altered versions of Tim Laubach's creations......he's the real master, i just revamp them to suit my rather morbid taste.....but just the same, thanks again!!!!