The problem with having gone to art school and learning to not compromise my ideas and work is that, when I stumble upon something that elevates my work to a different place, there is no turning back and there is no way to make it easier to accomplish. Each design I come up with is more complicated to make, and yet since I can't be satisfied with simply reproducing the same thing over and over again, I insist on putting in the extra time and effort to do the work to get the results I want. I know if I adopted a different philosophy I'd actually get things done sooner, have more time to do other things(like tend to my yard and house) and possibly turn some sort of profit in business(thats another whole issue with me!). Today I completed the final design for the Saegertown Fall Sports MemoryMates by designing the Junior high football team. This, started out by my thinking I want to make a simple easy to reproduce design, but then I began seeing different possibilities and the next thing I know I'm playing with nearly 20 layers in photoshop and overlapping and shadowing etc..... And I think the result is something I'm proud of(ask me again in a couple weeks!) If my goal is to create one of a kind designs, then I guess this is what I'll have to go through each time. The more I do these the more I see potential of really going somewhere with them, though if this keeps up I'll need to quit my other jobs. So even though I still have to make about 30 more of these sportsmates for the football team--I should be able to get them back to the kids sometime next week. Half the orders are done and returned to the coaches for distribution and all but the Jun high football team are at the printer! We're getting there gang! Hope you find the images worth the wait.