Billy, i dont think its down the somebody at rendo having a good buisness head, its just the fact that a large proportion of regular members and merchants kicked up a fuss and wont put up with riduclous costs. They realised there maybe a problem, and that more members and merchants may leave and pull stores, which alot have been doing, and it has been shown throughout the galleries. Hence why rendo has to now shut up and listen to its members and merchants for once. Which may i add, these people are the soul basis of this site, without them rendo wouldn't be a business!

Regarinding a new member joining every 10 mins, sorry but every time i log in the site only shows at most 2000 members actively posting, or browsing, so even though rendo has alot of members, it doesn't mean that all those members are active contributers does it?

Its like any business, and yes this place is a business, i'd no longer call it a community as such. Rendo needs to start looking after dedicated members who have been here from the start.. its like any business partnership, if somebody has been there, and dedicated for 10yrs or more, you dont tell them to Naff off to welcome in new fresh meat do you? You listen to members and contributers who have been there from the year dot and who have helped make the community what it is. Rendo needs to save that before more dedicated members leave and think "enough is enough"

I have nothing against people personally here, most of the mods, especially LillianH and Angel1 have always been very helpful to me,and i'd like to thank LillianH for giving me and mike the opportunity to promote our magazine here!

I know i went alot off topic but man, this had to be said and was long over due!

Cheers

Anna

Hello there, and thank you so much for your replies!!

Thixen, your words have really touched me and thank you. Its nice to see we've made an impact on you so much to change your view on online magazines slightly. Of course this magazine isn't just an ezine, it is printable too, but we've been having issues with that recently and will be adding this option back onto the site once the printing issues are resolved.

Thank you again for your words, its very much appreciated! Thanks again

Anna & Mike

FW Publishing

Hi Dave,

Yes i remember, michael is trying his best regarding your pages. I shall be sending you an IM/email regarding your pages.

Anna

**FW Publishing

Deadline is nearly looming for all entries to be included in the second issue of the magazine. So for those of you who have shown an interest and have not yet sent your images/bios to us. We will need them asap for inclusion into the second issue.

Release date of the hi-resolution printable PDF and the lite version will be 1st of December.

So far we have some fantastic talent! But we are always looking for more....

Send your submissions to** forbiddenwhispers@hotmail.co.uk or submissions@forbiddenwhispers.co.uk **

Anna

FW Publishing
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I think its stupid myself, no body in their right mind would buy their name to be changed. You used to be able to ask mods to change your name for free if you where having problems with other members etc...

Seems a waste of rendos time, as like others have stated you can easily make a duplicate rendo account. I have two myself, one for poser works and one for photography/2D. I like to keep the work seporate ya see.

I think because of all the merchants leaving rendo, and members, i think this is just another scheme for rendo to make money because of the loss of profit from their own stupidity.

When will rendo staff/mods...whoever this joint is run by, listen to its members!??  Has one person said anything postive about this new product in this thread? No.... only that its a good idea, that has been horribly overpriced!!

Now lets put this into perspective, msn groups, you can change your username with a click of a button in your profile settings.... for free may i add! The same on many other messages boards... now why can't rendo do the same? Its not complicated..... wait.....sorry, Money issues yet again....ahhh money makes the world go around and all that!!

I too would like to know why this has come into being, i for one wont be changing my username any time soon, as i am known around the web as LillianaSapphire/Mushypea.

Please don't flame me for stating my opinion, as I've seen happen to so many people on these forums, and people being banned for stating their opinion and proving mods wrong. I shant name names....

Thank you for letting me have my say, and i'm sure lots of other people are thinking the exact same thing!

Anna

We'll take your suggestion on board acadia, and see what we can come up with in the future, but we want it to remain clean and professional looking, as we're a business not just a magazine.

I'll try boucning some ideas around with Mike..... :)

Thanks again.

Anna

Oh i know what you're saying.... I'm just trying to work through programs one at a time until i reach the more complex ones like maya....

See i get good results in poser, and i'm not being big headed when i say this, because i know my work is good as is my partners, but when i go into vue and try in there...man you should see how crap my work looks lol... It looks like ive never done anything digitally before in my life lol. shakes head

That's the problem though, even though i do good stuff in poser from time to time its still frowned upon regardless. I just want to prove I can work in other programs instead of having stigmas attached to me...

Take Care,

Anna

Hi everyone,

I use poser myself, and  i do agree it is primitive compaired to what other programs can do. Slowly i'm getting annoyed with posers limitations so i'm trying to move on and learn Vue, and Bryce (still afraid), so i can move with the times. I want to show i'm a dynamic digital artist, not just a poser artist, and photomanipulator if you get me. Its all about self-growth...and also whether you have the pennies to buy the software.

I know at the end of the day what you create at the end result is all that matters, but some people do not see it this way do they? i agree why the interviewers laughed but i can understand their POV. If i was to have two different people that i had to interview that produced artwork/animations both of the same excellent looks, id still employ the person using the better software as they dont have limitations hanging over their heads which the older software can entail...... I'm sorry if i aint explaining myself well, but anyway...

Cheers

Anna

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to update you all and say we've got 53 pages of content so far, and a HUGE featured artist, and we also have a freebie item in the mag and .....

The best of all a very exciting competition.....

Will post more details soon.... sorry to leave you all with just a small tease....

Anna

I myself still use P4 Pro Pack,  i tried p6 and really really didn't like it..... Personally,i dont see any use in the extra features as they dont match my style of work (see gallery to get what i mean), i dont go for realism, and i'm working on painting clothe and hair, so i see little point in having the hair/clothe room... so i just use pro pack...

Unless p7 has something spectacularly different, like figures that pose without deformations, or volumetric lighting  (which will only save me the trouble of painting out joints...etc...) i dont think i'd be buying it.... I think i'll wait until its been out a couple of months...been through the traditional upgrade situation...like "quick...a problem we need a new patch.....and again...and again..." lol... if you get me.....

I'd like to see the results rendered myself before i buy, and to be honest...have you seen the two new characters Simon and Sydney?? THEY'RE HIDIOUS!! If not more ugly that Jessi!!! I think i'll stick with V3 and Stephanie thanks...hehe

hugs

Anna

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hehe good good...look forward to your comic strip!! :D

hehe i remember when it was three images a day..... oh how much has changed...i was mushypea back then though lol

hehe i'm sure you will.....deadline is november 25th

Anna

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Simon and sydney look just as butt ugly as jessie in my opinion.....

Whats so different about 7 that pro pack can't do?

I used p6 and hated it, so went back to pro pack...yes i maybe in the darkages.... but oh well

hi all,

Here's an update on the magazine....

This is a preview of the cover

Feel free to leave any comments/crit.

Anna& Mike