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| That's just it, Tex. If he was solely doing this for himself and his personal books, most of us probably wouldn't care (I know some still would though). But seeing decent mid-grade copies of silver age books being ruined kinda makes me sad. I mean, using the example above and the X-men which he pulled the pics of, I can easily say 'wow, the white is so much whiter' which is all MCPU wants to hear. However, if someone pours a bottle of bleach in the wash, fading the colour of the clothes and permanently ruining the integrity of the fibre of the fabrics and then goes 'but look how white the whites are!' they deserve a good smack down. If MCPU's goal is to offer his services to the public, he needs to show some care when working on books and not just the target the results of the specific work he is doing. I don't care how white the cleaning makes the book if colour is removed or more creases result. If, as a potential customer, I asked him to provide better before and after pics of his work and he came back with 'those are the default settings on my camera -- they're good enough' you can bet I'd take my business elsewhere. And you could also bet that I would let him know he's being an ***.
Aaron
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Well said Tex,
I tried to change the world, but god won't give me the source code, I tried to do it in Proton and failed.
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| I have posted this over at CGC and wanted to get it up here as well. Well , for a start I was thinking of closing website and switching to amateur experimenter on non-keys and just do some stuff for friends with detailed docs. Post my experiments online and take all the criticism in with stride. Avoid CT and don't do something on a key unless its done right. Just a thought. End of line.... I have all ready shut down website to the public..... End of line....
End of Line.... 
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I agree 100% with you Tex.
Some people are just making apples out of oranges.
I'm coming for you Fantastic Four #48!!!
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spruce213 (9/14/2009)
Some people are just making apples out of oranges.I don't get it ???
"Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them...I don't give a fu-- how crazy they are."
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MasterCPU (9/14/2009)
I have posted this over at CGC and wanted to get it up here as well. Well , for a start I was thinking of closing website and switching to amateur experimenter on non-keys and just do some stuff for friends with detailed docs. Post my experiments online and take all the criticism in with stride. Avoid CT and don't do something on a key unless its done right. Just a thought. End of line.... I have all ready shut down website to the public..... End of line.... Why the change of heart? ...and what does "end of line...." signify ?
"Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them...I don't give a fu-- how crazy they are."
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DeadOne (9/14/2009)
MasterCPU (9/14/2009)
I have posted this over at CGC and wanted to get it up here as well. Well , for a start I was thinking of closing website and switching to amateur experimenter on non-keys and just do some stuff for friends with detailed docs. Post my experiments online and take all the criticism in with stride. Avoid CT and don't do something on a key unless its done right. Just a thought. End of line.... I have all ready shut down website to the public..... End of line.... Why the change of heart? ...and what does "end of line...." signify ? End of line is what MCP from tron use to say. To answer your other question here is what answer I already gave at CGC: I think this sums it up for the most part.
[b]topnotchman Its a daunting task to swim a river upstream, alone. Massive energy being burnt and you do not even get anywhere. Its wiser to go with the flow and others can help carry you along your way. And this:
[b]Ze-man I think you would have been much better received if you simply posted hi res photos of your work and said, "hey guys.. I tried this on a comic.. what do you think?" Instead of what we got which was you posting off angle photos of work that you did for clients, that was less then stellar to the point of unnecessary. This isn't a game, or personal. It just is. I would rethink how you are promoting yourself because many of the people you should be trying to impress you are turning away. People want to root for a fellow collector, give them something to root for.
2c
I could just see it wasn't working and getting worse instead of better. I hope to start over with a clean slate. 
End of Line....
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MasterCPU (9/14/2009)
I could just see it wasn't working and getting worse instead of better. I hope to start over with a clean slate.
Okay brother,
If that's your decision, then you got my support. This ain't no dang defeat, but a new direction. Go ahead and commit to it with all ya got and I believe that one day you'll be one of the best in the business.
One of my college professors told me a story one time when I was in a bad place and struggling to advance in my studies. I hit a plateau, and no matter how much I tried, it seemed like everyone was advancing but me. He said to me "Dave (cuz that's my name), what's the most important trait that you need to become great?" I automatically answered that it was either raw ability or intelligence. He laughed. I was feeling so sorry for myself that I was like, "Dang, I even got that question wrong." He said the most important thing that a person needs to be great is perseverance. There are smart people everywhere, there are beautiful people everywhere, heck there are even gifted people everywhere, but those who would be great must be able to try and fail and fall and get up until they find that they have stumbled, and crashed their way to their goals. You'll get where you wanna go MasterCPU, but you sure as hell won't get there without bruises and scrapes. Hell, where's the livin' in taking the easy route? 
Good luck. Stay round here on these boards. You're among friends.
TEX
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MasterCPU (9/14/2009)
I could just see it wasn't working and getting worse instead of better. I hope to start over with a clean slate. I think you'll find it a lot easier with the community holding the doors open for you rather than trying to slam them shut. But be cautious, even the cleanest slate, once it has been written on, leaves an impression. Good Luck. 
"Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them...I don't give a fu-- how crazy they are."
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DeadOne (9/15/2009)
MasterCPU (9/14/2009)
I could just see it wasn't working and getting worse instead of better. I hope to start over with a clean slate. I think you'll find it a lot easier with the community holding the doors open for you rather than trying to slam them shut. But be cautious, even the cleanest slate, once it has been written on, leaves an impression. Good Luck. Unfortunaly that is true , but I think if I am open to all questions and can answer them without an attitude, I just may be ok. So far the response to my change has been good. That tells me I am atleast going in the right direction now. I also want to thank all those who did come to my defense and stuck by me even though it was getting ugly. 
End of Line....
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