(clearing throat quietly) i have been doing nudes lately. i am trying to work on realistic looking skin, mainly wet, sometimes not. i don't do them for the jollies, or for hits. i find it's harder to make skin look real than cloth. my latest, called "close to real" took me a couple of days to do. lighting it just about killed me :) i have seen nudes here at 'rosity that just blow my mind (texture wips like syyd's, dmentia's and destiny's come to mind, but are certainly not the only ones to do so), that's how real they look. and yes, i've seen gratuitous T&A - but in a lot of these cases, it's either in pursuit of helpful comments because they really want to improve it, or the result of an inside joke. (then of course, there's the deluge of nudes after every thread like this one G) you may love nudes, you may loathe them.... but they are here. so look at them or not. peace. (what do you want to bet there will be another nudie protest within 14 days? it seems they are regular as clockwork! as to the counter idea, i'm sure at least one of the mods/admins is keeping track - just for the hell of it! G)