First of all, I dont normally frequent the forums, here, or anywhere. I work a fulltime job, and am a fulltime mom and wife, so I consider my computer time very precious to me. Secondly, please don't throw tomatoes at me for my opinion, but I think things are getting blown way out of proportion here :( I have known Stefy since she posted her very first image here in the gallery. It was of her Noa texture that she was working on. The only reason that I met her was because I emailed her asking her how did she create such a gorgeous texture. I love doing textures, I'd LOVE to do models, but my modeling skills suck bigtime, so I'm still taking baby steps :) Anyway, Stefy, who didn't know me from Adam was so very kind to me, and sent me pages of instructions on how to achieve such realism. I've learned a lot from her, and got to know her quite well. Now, from an outsider looking in. I read this thread.... Blackhearted posts Stefy's very first IM to him, and if you look and see, she was very kind. All she asked for was the name that he purchased Asia with. After all, Renderosity goes thru hoops keeping records of buyers so that we can keep track of who purchases what. Now, do you HAVE to give this info, probably not... but wouldn't it have saved a LOT of stress, aggravation, and grief had you simply just replied to Stefy with an answer? I saw the stipulations that Stefy put on her newest package, and after hearing from other vendors, as well as customers, she decided that wasn't appropriate, and she promptly removed them. I KNOW that Stefy isn't on any kind of "witch hunt" here, and if everyone here would put yourself in her shoes, I think you'd see differently. She IS a very talented texture maker, and is only trying to protect her hard work. As for the image posted ... after seeing it, I have to apologize for not commenting on it while I was right there in the gallery, but I'm doing a dozen things at once, (had a major computer crash last week) so I'll comment on it here, and try to get back to it :). It's a beautiful image!! Wonderful postwork, and the lighting is excellent. However, if I were Stefy, and seen that image, and seen that you'd given credit to everyone else, and not me, when in fact it's my texture that makes up the majority of the image, well I can't say that I wouldn't have sat here and thought hmmm wonder why he didn't mention me, but mentioned everyone else? In fact, a comment was made, and the person that commented even asked what texture it was. Had you had no credits at all for anything used, I wouldn't have thought twice about it, and neither would Stefy I'm sure. I've seen lots of images in the gallery with Stefy's textures, but there were no credits for nothing used in the image. Do people have to give credit, nope, but I've always known artists to be very respectful to their peers, and do it anyway. Heck, I've already given credit to the wrong people, and been contacted. Have I spoke to Stefy in regards to this situation at hand, yes I have. And I have to tell you all that she's very upset over the whole ordeal. It was never her intention for things to be blown so out of proportion. All she did was ask how you got the texture. A simple reply as "I bought it under another screen name, and the name I purchased it under was "John Doe" ... Then she could have checked her records, and all would have been good on the homefront. I do hope that everyone realizes that all she is trying to do is protect her work. Deb

Debbie M.