np Donnie.

Not sure what you mean by "false POLITICALLY CORRECT STYLE" but as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, I do find it disturbing...just my opinion...doesn't make me false or sick.

"I find it more disturbing to see the PT girl being used in sexual scenarios (implied or overt) - it just presses my buttons." Karen...I'm with you on that and think it's a very valid point as is the point that most people see the Girl as an adult..as I do. I might still use her for innocent, child-like renders but I still essentially see her as an adult figure.

Ethesis: first off..cool name! I think you are absolutely right...the majority of buyers are hobbyiests but, and that's a big but...people should still not under price their products (for whatever reason) nor should they price gouge. Some hobbies are more expensive than others. Take book collecting for example..I collect First Editions of well known authours. There's no way i can afford to pay 30 grand or even $1000. for a collectible so I shop within my price range. That doesn't mean that book sellers should all go out and put there collectibles on sale for $5 just because it's a hobby. I don't know if you're following what I'm saying. I just woke up so sorry if I'm not clear and please understand that I'm not trying to discount your opinions. I just feel that people should get more for most of what's selling for $1.99 to $2.50 than a mere 99 cents to a buck and a quarter. Don't get me wrong, as a buyer i love these prices but as a merchant it is pretty tough to put food on the table when you rely on this income to do that and you are NOT doing it as a hobby nor do you wish to ever be lucky enough to reach the professionals who do see the value in the work and are willing to pay for its worth. :) --Pam

Thank you. :)

sure thing...I'll be around. :)

Sure! Sounds great. Thanks. :)

np. :) Personally I'd rather see something on pricing. I feel that way too many merchants are under pricing their products which kind of leaves the rest of us in the lerch...either follow suit or, well, I think you know where I'm going with this. I'd be interested in your thoughts about how to handle this...do we stick to our guns and charge what we "know" its value is or drop prices to keep pace with the going prices no matter how ridiculously low they are. When I first started selling here I was selling character/texture packs for $30-$35. You'd be really hard pressed to sell ANY type of tex pak for that today. Take a look in the MP and you'll see ppl giving them away...which is basically what they are doing when they sell a complete character & texture for $5 or $10. It's really rather discouraging.

Phily has a point too. That's a lot of cash to put out especially when your target market is new or potential merchants. Anyone who has that kind of cash to spend on something like this probably doesn't need it.

Oops...I meant reading "straight thru". Lol.

Well, the article I was referring to was a rather short one but I think i got a better overall feel for it by reading straif=ght through a particular section more so than i think I would if it was just exerpts here and there. It's too "chopped up" to get a feel that way. That's just my opinion of course but I have purchased tuts here without seeing ANY thing in them and turned out to be rather disappointed. You really don't stand to lose anything that i can see by giving out a section or a chapter - only to gain. I'd be more inclined to at least consider it that way...especially for that kind of money. I'm not saying that it's not worth it...it's just a steep price compared to most MP products of late and you may have a hard sell at that price. Just my 2 cents. :)

I just had an idea for you...Yesterday I was looking through my files and found a "sample" chapter for someone's article on CSS...I bought the entire article within 10 minutes of reading the sample...I had a better idea of what I was spending my money on. :)

Looking good Dru!

Got it...love it!

Thank you. :)