i agree... hats off to Andy for everything she does, in the galleries, in the MP, behind the scenes

what you're talking about, those little imperfect images you can find in the galleries, well, i just love those. course, that might just be a way for me to justify my own junk... snort

i remember just strolling through the Beginner Gallery section, back when we had such a thing, because i felt i could get a better 'sense' of the artist [does that make sense?].  like in many ways, for me, technically sound images, whilst awesome to view, to strive towards, maybe, are so glossy good that the artist and what might be truly important to them is muted under all the shiny. yea, a neither here/there comment... i'm digressing... bad Kat! >smack<

there was someone who used to post here whose images were nothing special on the surface, but they were posting a lot of experimentation results in Poser under the guise of a full image.  they played with lighting, or with materials, just see scratch-that-itch and then go about trying to create a scene for an image after the fact.  my point being is that what might be important to a person mayn't be to be technically perfect across the board, but to be more of a 'specialist'. so much of the time, that person's images went unnoticed in a way, in general.

i think your idea of more Staff involvement might be a good one.  my concerns about that... well, no, not concerns... um, thought[s] would be to not only offer up encouragement, but maybe a tip on how to hone their skillset a bit more - not to be perfect [no such thing, in case someone out there thinks there is], but sometimes a person may want to improve, and yet have no idea as to how to begin/where to start... i mean nurture the creative soul, lots of nurturing actually, but not coddle it - you know, that other side of inspiration...

yea, i'm just gonna stop typing whilst i'm still a millimetre ahead here...  bad Kat  >thwap<