Chapter A. Hi everyone, hello family... how are you? It's a long time, I know, but whenever I can I browse the galleries... missing you and the B-Forum a lot :) Chapter B. I'm still without a house (I'm living with a friend right now) so my connection time is very limited. I simply don't have anymore the time to browse all the galleries like I used to, sigh. That's why I'm adding some of you in my fav's list, so I'll get e-bo(o)ted whenever you post something. It's really the only way I have to follow the work of people that I know I like (both for their art approach and their ideas). I'm still straining my head off to learn Maya, but now the agency I collaborate with (ok, the one I use to watch real animators work - I think it's a more proper definition of my tasks there, LOL) is seriously thinking to switch to XSI, so be prepared to see some really crappy XSI stuff in my gallery soon. And, by the way, thanks to all the lots of you who take the time to open the Maya gallery and comment on my works there. Really thanks: you know that I appreciate it, and even more if you have comments and or crits to share. And this brings the matter out to: Chapter C. It's a long time since I decided to disable the ranking on my gallery images. This is blatant, because when you go there, you see that you cannot rank it. But maybe it's more subtle that I don't give anymore any ranking at all when I comment an image. I received angered IMs for a "Great", and I think it's really stupid. I'm having the feeling that nobody (or near nobody) is enough "prepared" to receive constructive criticism, so I'm limiting my comments to the images that I like... and it's sad, because criticism is really important. Please, take a look at my gallery. Go down to the first postings. I was AOM in august, but I think there was at least Flakmonkey in the Maya gallery that was absolutely superior to me in technical skills... and I voted for him. Not that I was displeased, mind you! It was one of the most exciting days in my rendering life. But this is not the matter here. Go down the gallery and take a look at my first crappy Bryce images. I'm not falsely modest, so I'll say that I improved a lot in these two years and change... but it was so because of all the critics and suggestions I received here and mostly in this Forum. But this seems no more possible when you comment some image... reactions are too much heated, so I stopped giving out crits and advice. But -- and I want to say it out loud -- feel free to criticise my images anytime, because it's so precious and I'm not offended a tiny bit by critics, I've never been and I'll never be. Finished ranting. I know that Draculaz (hi dude!) has a way better ranting style than mine, but I'm working on that. ;) Have a wonderful week, family. :)