I do this stuff for fun - I post the pics I'm happy (but never satisfied!) with in the main galleries (Bryce and Poser), but started doing the challenges because they make me tackle subjects I otherwise wouldn't bother with (I hate doing 'space' pics, for example, but learned a few things from this month's challenge). I'm not bothered about who likes what I do and who hates it - or who says so! I just enjoy the experience of creating - it's what I do to relax. I can see that your works take some effort and thought, but they're far too overtly technical for my taste - I like the 'soft' side of Bryce - couldn't care less about Boolean structures or how long it took to build them. In fact, I think that any pic which succeeds by virtue of the complexity of its construction - erm - doesn't. To me, art is about communication - it's implicit, not explicit. Skill is secondary - communication is primary. I don't call what I do 'art' (which is just as well, I hear you snigger!)- it's 'making pictures with the computer'. In other words, the medium is, in my case, more the point than the content. I wish it were otherwise, but I don't have the talent. Doesn't mean I can't appreciate it in the works of others, though, or acknowledge their right to have fun 'creating' - no matter how good or bad the results! You said, "My point, I guess, is that there is more to art than it being just in the eye of the beholder. It's also in the fact that the critic has to know what the hell he's talking about". Of course, that's not true. Critics don't have to know anything - what you post at Renderosity is open to criticism by anyone who's a member. Perhaps you're trying to say that you only value the opinions of those who you consider to 'know what they're talking about'. Fine - that's your privilege, and I have no argument with it. However, I reserve the right to differ in my opinion as to who knows what they're talking about and who doesn't! In other words - the way you feel about criticism is perfectly valid, but don't expect everyone else to feel the same way!