I could use more time. I think 2 months would be a bit more realistic for the "offical" carrara contests. Sometimes it takes me 2 or 3 weeks just to plan out the scene. I was looking through the Carrara gallery and saw some of the pics that came in to late for the last contest...they where pretty nice. It can take a lot of time to crank out a good pic. Of course I have an adversion to using things I didnt make. I really want to buy Litst's metal shaders but I cant decide if thats cheating. In my head I know its not but I have this nasty tendency to want everything to be mine. I used a tire from Mark Bremmer in a commercial last year and it killed me to do it....I want it all to be me :)