First, big thanks to all who've expressed your support. It means a lot to me. To Poppi: I can't imagine what it is in your psyche that prompted your nasty little tirade--the suggestion that I somehow "tricked" you into viewing my image seems, frankly, a little paranoid. Your negative response to the campy light-heartedness of the image doesnt surprise me, in retrospect: people who have trouble sorting out layers of meaning tend to dislike and distrust jokes. As to your critique of the image: 1.Sure, the nipples are a bit exaggerated; I'm not going for absolute photo-realism here. Why do you assume that I am? 2.I don't presume to understand your intellectual process, but I think you mean to say that the horse looks TWO dimensional. 3.At what resolution are you viewing? I work at a relatively low-res 832x624, and the only pixelation I notice is around my signature. It's evidently a by-product of Photoshop's "bevel/emboss" filter. I should've caught it, but I guess my eye wasn't really focused on the lower right corner of the image. Go figure. You are living proof that one can be a long-time member here and still not have learned the first thing about internet civility. All I can say in response is, boy, am I glad I don't have to live in your extremely negative headspace! And hey, maybe next time we'll chat about YOUR work. Now I'll take the kind advice offered by many who've responded here, and put this business behind me. Flame on if you want, Poppi. Whatever floats your sad little boat.