Is it a bad thing to contact an artist who's work you like to ask technical questions about how an effect was achieved? Or do they jealously guard their secrets? :-) I saw references in some gallery posts about one person advising another, but I'm relatively new here and didn't want to seem like a pain... Thanks.

ask away I say.

Just my words Lon....if you dont ask you will not learn fredramsey...so go for it :-)

Ask away my friend , that's why some people make tutorials. I made a tutorial on my cityscape technique because I was asked so many times on how I made them. This community is made for sharing ideas and techniques.

These forums would not be anywhere near as active were it not for the many kind people who share their ideas & techniques. We all benefit both from the question & answer. Just try to say "thanks" once in-awhile to those who do answer. By the way, thanks for asking about asking before asking.

Yes, by all means ask any question that pops into your head. I would not know nearly as much as I know if I didn't ask questions. It seems to be the general cencus among Renderosity users that questions are always welcome. now, whether or not that is true elsewhere will need to be discovered, but here, the more you ask, the more you'll learn!!!!

I get mail on a daily basis and sometimes it might take a few days to get back to them, I answer questions all the time. Way I see it, you'll never learn if you never ask. Im sure most artists wouldnt mind explaining a trick or technique. Ken

By all means... ask. We can't always promise to get back right away when we get busy, but to me one of the highest compliments I can get is when someone likes an effect or technique of mine enough to ask how I acieved it. If you need an immediate response on something not related to a specific image, sometimes the forums are the faster route - a question posted here will genearlly draw a response in short order. QP, you wrote a tutorial on that cityscape? Cool... I'm going to have to hunt that up - that was a sharp image.

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