well i seemed to have rattled a few cages since my last note. Chazwood the only one to agree in part with me. Messages from self satisfied artists telling me how long they have been a professional misses what i was saying. Yes i am a pro 28 years infact. This site caters for aspiring commercial artists. Like any pro i scattergun for outlets to sell. This being one of them. All i'm saying is if you are that good you will sell anyway with out scam emails from bogus chancers. to those who emailed me about how great they think their work is naieve childlike illustrations dose not make you an comtemporary artist. Oh yes i'm dyslexic too so dont give me any of that illiterate champion bollocks...life hurts get on with it.

Mark, you obviously haven't read the rules of this forum. You will see from the history that people are usually supportive and constructive of each other, and, we stick to the point:

2, No offensive posts/insults to other members.

3, Treat others as you want to be treated.

4, Signatures are limited to a small font and will be edited by mods and admin if they take up too much space (maximum 4 links).

5, Try to stay on topic.. (if the thread is about painters then keep the thread about painters, start a new thread for new topics)

6, No personal attacks, keep debates about opinions..

Perhaps thats what you intended I am in agreement with Juliegh,a bit of encouragement and if you need to be so critical it would be good if it were more constructive.Personally I am doing just fine thank you verymuch, and so are a great number of other Artists on here.In part I agree it is just another outlet to present your work.