"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." (Nietzsche)

Everybody is entitled to an opinion (though not all need to be voiced) - personally I prefer constructive criticsim - who knows, maybe I could learn something?

OK, I'll be constructive: my suspicion was (however unfair) that you entered this as an initial salvo, an experiment to see how many likes such an image will entice; ie. it was just for grins and basically an insult to the audience. I apologize if this was not your intention.

I KNOW that painterly styles do usually not win anything in competitions (though somehow I seem to always enter one when I decide to take part), because I like them. And yes, I might redo this, but not after judging the chances but to improve on the sea monster. Also, I do expect to see a lot of bikini beauties at the now prescribed age of 21+ entered, oiled up and sultry. And although I occasioinally do like images like that, I always try to brush against the grain with something different.

I create what comes to mind and though I happily receive likes and comments, I do not live on them. Maybe you'll find my upcoming summer render more appealing, which I will not enter in the summer contest as to not flood the contest with my stuff only because it fits the theme.

Yep, we are one big family here. And I call it that with full intention, because one can choose friends, but not family

Thanks for your support.

Hahaha. No worries, Have a great weekend

“Life has so many surprises that the only real surprise in life is when nothing surprising happens.br>― Lemony Snicket, Poison for Breakfast

Thanks for commenting! Much appreciated.