I did spend alot of time playing pc titles....rpgs....age of conan....probably too much *shudders*.....but now though, I'm holding down two jobs and trying to fund a masters degree, so needless to say, I ain't seen the inside of a virtual world in a LONG time lol. Any free time I have is usually spent reading up on art, sketching and erm, ...

I wish you and your wife all the best Mindbender. My thoughts are with ya man. Ukko.

This is my first portrait. Hopefully people recognise it as Tom Waits! One of my favourite musicians! Photoshop, one layer. It's taken so far about 10 hours - mainly redoing over stuff I don't like. Any critique is very, very welcome.   Cheers guys!

This is amazing. Everything looks so lavish. A real feast for the eyes.

Ok, this probably applies mainly to Uk'ers. Anyone else done / doing a-level art in school at the minute? I'd taken the course a rake of years ago, and it's only when I've come on forums like these and have actually attempted to 'learn art' in my own spare time that I realise how little I'd actually been taught in ...

About the critics - yeah, I know what you mean. Before I went to see Pan's Labyrinth I'd read the reviews on it - one of my fav sites utterly panned it. Turns out I thought it was one of the best movies of the year :s . Screw critics :P. I can't wait to see this movie next week...post-apocalyptic robots exploding all over the ...

Welcome Shockstrut! The sci-fi machinery sounds epic...I'm lookin forward to it! :D

American Psycho! Good movie! I've mixed feelings about Terminator, loved the first two and I quite liked the ending of the third. However,  Salvation seems to have been panned by the critics on www.aintitcoolnews.com.... anybody else go on critics views?  

Hey Tomagnetti, check out Hogarths book - I've got it myself and its pretty sweet. Here!

So true. Talking about that pressure to produce something significant everytime you pick the pencil or brush up. I just bought this book yesterday and initially flicking through brings an immense sense of relief! Finally! Some way of actually structurally thinking about producing a piece of art.