Quote - hi guys im thinking of opening up a store here at renderosity. I have my first object almost ready.

'k... halt right there. You might want to build a couple of free items first, just to gauge your skill level and its reception by the public at large. After a week or so, check the galleries to see if the thing is being put to use - and if so, how much and in what way? Simply rushing onto the site then plonking down for-sale items is a bit too common these days, and the RMP tends to show it IMHO. Not to mention that doing this too often leads to dissapointment for the new vendor. I just checked your image after writing the above para. Here's some simple criticisms you may wish to follow (or not - up to you): * the textures. Please fix them on the board... the tex files look a bit too low-rez for the cork and frame, esp. for the close-up image. The good news is, you can use a high-resolution noise shader / displacement map for the cork and just a plain brown color with some minor variations for its tex file. For the wood you're going to have to use a higher resolution image, or at least un-blur it. The paper textures are fine, with the possible exception of the bear on the calendar... it seems a bit stretched vertically. * paper meshes are fine, as is the underlying board. * this is IMHO a fairly simple mesh to build... what would compel folks to pay money for it? Not saying it to hurt your feelings, but hopefully to avoid hurting them later on. This would make a great free item, but not-so-hot for a sale item. HTH, /P