Quote - One bad result of all these endless poorly posed nude Vicky images is that we have gained alot of nudity surfers. By this I mean people who surf the galleries not to see the creative and talented efforts of other artists, but who come here only to see nudity.

That's why you may have noticed I've been putting "nude, girl" etc in the keyword field. I think it's working... I've gotten a few private responses by some angry/annoyed viewers. :-)

Newbies, are just it, newbies. Some might come to post, not thinking their art is worth much, but they do it as an experiment. Then are amazed at the comments.. feel encouraged, and attempt another posting. After a while, as they are encouraged, the art evolves and the posting gets better. This is how it is for two family members who post here. Both use Bryce because of me. One loves glass, that's all she does, glass and color. The other is a florist, with a good eye for layout and color, but not for anything computer, so I often am helping here and there.

When I was a newbie, I already knew I wanted to grow with Bryce. But I've not had any art training, other than art history, as part of my first degree. I knew where I wanted to go but not how to get there. But it was comments from Doublecrash first, then "EYECON" (http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?user_id=135247)  who both opened my eyes with soft pointers here and there.  I owe Doublecrash a big thanks because getting comments from him was like getting a good comment on a test.