I'm on a Mac using the Safari browser. For the last two days I can only access both my gallery and homepage through comment e-bots . And even loading your front page is unbelievably slow. I can't access anything except forums that way either and also really slowly . What's going on now ? I haven't been having any problems before now . Other sites load like lightning so it isn't my browser .

Also- in regards to the recent nudity issues and wishing to make the site 'more professional' - I do understand all that and how you can't please all of the people all of the time. However, rather unbelievably ,in the last week two film producer/writers here in the UK have wanted to see my recent work with a view to using me as an illustrator and I have directed them to my gallery but I doubt as people want instant results that they will bother to take the time to register, log in then go to their profile page and change the nudity settings even though what they are interested in is exactly the images I post with nudity ! So the new default setting sure isn't helping this professional.

And yes, I suppose the answer is to set up my own website but quite frankly I have neither the time,, or know-how to do such a thing right now and have relied on my gallery here to be the on-line portfolio I occasionally need.

So here is a suggestion : Could there not be some way, for fee paying( ! ) members perhaps, that outsiders, if given a special link or something, could access an individuals gallery without all this default nudity-off rigamarole ? As it stands people won't even know 2/3rds of my gallery is missing as nudity marked images don't show up as even a blank space now, do they ? That hardly looks professional in my eyes nor I suspect will it to such people as I've recently directed to my gallery here for lack of an alternative.

I repeat, I do understand the issues behind the recent changes and until now I haven't aired my views on this subject but as it now stands I can only use my gallery here as a hobby site and think that is a shame and wished to say so.

" Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations."
-Monty Python