Heya bonni... Nice to see ya.. Yanno..I don't really expect any paying work from Rendo gallery posts really..or any gallery posts. But since I'm making the effort to contact publishing houses and such directly, it will help me to be able to have somewhere that I HAVE been published. When someone sees your site for the first time, and you have a few things there such as "as seen in" such and such...it helps with credibility. When you're new..every little bit helps. Besides...it makes me work harder and spurs ideas for me. It helps me learn to work under pressure. I know that if one of my pieces is good enough to be judged acceptable by an independent jury...it can't be all bad. It inspires me to keep working. There was a max of 5 entries I think...so even if we entered as many times as we could, it couldn't cost us more than $60. I've got all the hardware and software I need..I just don't have a whole lot of exposure...so..it was perfect for me. Once I feel capable enough of entering for CGTalk books (Ballistic) or Spectrum, I'll certainly do that too. It's also a lot of fun during the competition to see what others are working on...getting feedback...getting to know other people, seeing how others interpret the same idea, etc. But I HAVE come to the conclusion that in most cases I will choose to enter things that are NOT voted on by the community. Too much chance for favoritism etc. If this had been a community based vote..I would have never entered....shades of Hot 20. I guess the upcoming Daz contest is one where I'll have to bend that rule though. It's not the exposure I'm after there...it's the BOXX...:)

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