Those were mine.  Each had 4 prior posted opinions by the Moderators.

None conflicted.

I'm still trying to figure out why this was rejected.

Po that Kathy Bates "Misery" is the friggin shit!!!!!

actually, I think an 'artist' can see art in dead leaves....  link...    

I suppose it depends on your definition of 'artist'..

is an artist anyone who can put a brush to paper and produce something reasonably aesthetic.. or controversial.. or whatever..

someone who can creatively photograph nature... at it's finest.... or simplest..

press some buttons on a software program and produce something quite dazzling... whether tasteful or not..

I think 'artist'  has too broader spectrum of interpretation to state that, as an 'artist'... a dead leaf could not be found.. artistic..

I suppose I end up using a higher percentage of nature walls than abstract/digital... because there seems to be a higher percentage of people on the net producing  quality creative nature photography with or without some manipulation.... and fewer 'artists' who are talented enough as 'graphic artists' to be able to produce quality art from software..

and, as always, it comes down to individual taste..

has been a wish unfulfilled, I am truly amazed at some of the work that comes from graphic artists.

Thanks Po, I agree, I don't understand it either.

The links should´ve stayed and grilled horsesteak is still the best meat !

i personally think that you can only call yourself an artist if you were born with the god given talent to do anything naturally in the artistic field, like paint, sculpt, draw ect.  , for me that is the limit, and since I was blessed with the god given talen to draw, I guess i can afford to be protective of the term.

yes, the term artist is flung around to loose these days, if you can use photoshop and a brush, your an artist. (rolls eyes) that dont cut it for me.

but hey this isnt the subject at hand, and im not one to hijack threads.....

but as I said before, each to his own.  i just happen to think a dead leaf isnt art, but it dosent mean 20 people standing in line behind me will agree.

the links were gone, but I was still able to download from personal site to have a play with.... would still like to see you do something with the jellyfish one...

The Google+  +1 symbol means exactly the same as the facebook "Like this" and was referring to "beating a dead horse".

While I understand your frustration (it's happened to a number of my walls as well), I shrugged and tried to learn from it. I also became angry but discussed it with a very well respected artist in pm. She told me her truth in a female way and it made me stop and look twice. And again.

In retrospect, I think I should have "added" fewer Ps effects (which I had become enamored of) and applied them more tastefully. I think the "Doc's Pond" base image had more going on than the effects. Sort of like spices in cooking... to accentuate rather than replace the taste of the food itself.

There's no shame involved in being a member of the largest club here. It's happened to artists far more talented than you and I.

skyzyk appears to have taken that one on. there's more talent there than here and I'm looking forward to what will be done with it.

thanks Doc, guess I don't get around much, had no idea what it meant.

you can call anything 'art' - anybody can call themselves an 'artist'

but true appreciation is based on the perception of others

that picture from years ago (forgot who did it) - black dot on white background

art? not to me - to me just means the artist ran out of ideas, spent about 10 min on the pic and probably a couple of hours forming a plausible 'this is what it represents

giant can of soup - art?

not to me - to me, just a giant can of soup

WOW....love the screenshot of Redneck Dudes WB. I use this same WB almost exclusively, it's my all time favorite!! I even made some very cool Windows 7 style folders with wood grain texture to match the blind. The wallpaper in that screenshot of a dead leaf is interesting to say the least, and matches quite well, I need a copy of that. I have contemplated uploading my private collection of folder icons I created for this Blind in particular, but... I procrastinate because undoubtedly, someone will say I stole their technique for creating a wood grain effect, even though I learned in Graphics 101 that there is only a small number of ways to create the wood effect. So who needs the grief over that? not me of course.