Unless I've been struck blind, the "real business" of this site is quite visible there at the top of this page and every page. From the owner's perspective it is to sell us stuff and take a commission... the Marketplace is right there with a single click. It is also to sell our eyes to advertisers, and the banner at the top does that. From our perspective we get 3 things: models and such (free stuff, marketplace), ideas, help and inspiration (gallery, tutorials, forums), and communication with our peers (forums, chat, messaging). Again, all accessed right up top with a single click. Our business is to access all this information and use it profitably, either through an increase in wisdom or an increase in skill. If the "real business" of this site is to provide cover for alienists or to smuggle emeralds out of Columbia, it is failing badly. If its "real business" is to provide a setting for a community of artists, it seems to be succeeding. Carolly