Chris: Just wanted to let you know...I don't use premade hair brushes. Every stroke that is painted is done by hand, one by one. And yes, a lot of them look similiar. But if you look at a portrait of me, you will see why. I paint hair like I see it, and my hair is my reference. To everyone else: I'm sorry I started this post. I had some frustration, I let it out, and now I've been trashed for it. Oh well, Renderosity loses another artist. No biggie. They have thousands. They won't miss me. But I've decided for now to just keep my art as my own and not post here for the time being. I work hard at my art (weeks at a time on a picture getting it just right sometimes), yet I feel underappreciated (as do some of my friends who have long gotten smart and left this place). It's sad that you have to comment on others work just to have them look at yours. You can no longer post something and have tons of people look at it and comment unless you are one of those that have been here forever, comment on everything, or are part of the "popular" group. Just because I don't post on everyone's picture doesn't mean I don't like it. It just means that it didn't jump out and grab me, looks like everything else I have already seen, or I just don't have the time to comment. (Full time job, a marraige to plan, and a child take up a LOT of my time. Also, I am not a liar. I see a lot of people post tons and tons of comments on people's pictures, yet every comment says the same thing. It just doesn't seem sincere. There are tons of time when I refrain from commenting for the simple fact that I might see a flaw. But I know no one is perfect, so I don't say a word. I don't want to be known as the "criticizer" and the "she thinks she's perfect" artist. So, I comment on those people's work that I admire, and those images that I know someone has spent a great deal of time on because of the level of extreme detail and the attention to that detail shows. SVDL is a good example. Yes, a majority of it is poser done, but the time spent shows. Every piece of dynamic cloth looks natural, every curve of the body is where it belongs, etc. SVDL doesn't slap on dynamic clothes, hair, etc, and leave it at that. You can tell that every detail imaginable was looked at from many different angles. And there are a few others like that, and when I see them I comment. But like I said before, that's a rare thing these days. But that's my opinion. Maybe a few hours to you is a long time to create a picture, or you don't have the time to do 100's of test renders. But it shows. Oh well, I am not going to keep going on. Just remember this. I never once said what is posted here isn't art...because it is. Just not to me personally. I asked myself a rhetorical question aloud on paper and was slammed. Guess that's what happens when you post on a public forum that has an immense sea of different personalities. You rub 98% of them the wrong way. Don't worry, lesson learned. Good-bye renderosity! Happy rendering, drawing, creating, or whatever else you want to call it.