I hesitate of course speak for Blurededge, (that sort of second guessing really leads to un-intentional flame wars). But I do not believe that the point he(?) was trying to make is that making figure studies, or looking at them, is a bad thing. Folks have injoyed looking at art depicting flesh since the beginning of art. The vision of ideal body styles, and the quality of the work of course varies. As long as the work does not violate some very specific items in the Renderosity TOS, it need be judged only on its own merits. In particular, much of the work that you post here is excellent, and it would be a shame to not have it available. I believe the point Blureredge was trying to make, and which has been pointed out by many folks before here and in other 'osity forums, is the bias in the numerical "hit" counting. [Personally, I value the three or four encouraging and constructive comments I receive from thoughtful people much more than any "hit" count.] Personally, I have been amazed again and again, when within a few hours any thumbnail even hinting at the possibility of a flash of skin accumulates hundreds of hits. How can this possibly be? Are there thousands of people worldwide just cruising 'osity for a little excitement? Seems there are better sites to go to for this. And how do they invariably pick out the hot images, when the thumbnails are often only vague suggestions? Do the viewers immediately e-mail each other saying, "Hey, look at this one!"? Or is it only a couple people, returning to the same image many times? As such things often go around here, I expect this thread is going to be very popular over the next couple days. It brings folks into the forum who we have never seen before, and some stay to be valuable contributors. Sadly, it usually degenerates into name calling and hostilities. And then the moderators, as they should, remove the thread. Until then, I hope we have a lively and thoughtful discussion.