I think it has to do with the image editing... like I said above, I'll take a picture and make a sig out of it and upload it and looks bad. But that's just a guess...

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~Red~

Red, your pics look fine, the black rat is good but the python is a bit dark to me.
Ken Thanks, I have a dragon tattoo on both shoulders. And more to come!

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Merlin,
What's Life Without A Little Magic!

both shoulders !!! cool i have 7 tats and counting,,,,but smart enough that when I wear a t-shirt,,,all are covered(sold out to big biz)

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Ken
" The United States Marine Corps......sure we are a department of the Navy,,,,,,we're the MENS department "

Hi Merlin-

The only difference I see between your two pics is size.

And size doesn't matter.

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Dominick
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"Do you watch too much television? Did you do so as a toddler? Evidence tonight that it could be the cause of learning disorders, like attention deficit and hyperact-Ooooh, a kitty!" - Keith Olbermann

The diamond pic is dark b/c I took that pic at a zoo inside the fish and reptile house. If I tried to use the flash, then you would have seen nothing but the flash on the enclosure glass! LOL I wish I could say I was photographing one of my own snakes! The black rat pic was scanned in b/c I took it in the mtns back in 1998, loooooong before I even knew what a digital camera was (where they even out yet?). Our scanner isn't the best in the world either. I'd like to get a new one, but I don't use it enough to warrant buying a new one, when I could be using the money on snakes!

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~Red~

I happen to be a graphic designer, and I dont see any difference, other than size. If you need it altered, I have photoshop. Id be happy to fix it up for you.

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Ditto (I have PSP8 but I'm working on trying to get some Adobe software now). I love making avatars and sig tags as well... this is one I was playing with earlier today. Web programming is what I'm going back to school for this year, but there are some graphics classes as well. That, combined with what I've taught myself, should set me up real good! I'm hoping to work from home, but if I end up having to work outside for another company, at least I'll finally have a degree in something so that I can get paid more (like $7/hr vs. $6/hr! LOL)

Nice work Red!

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"Spread Reptile Awareness!"

"You know you have faith when you realize that thoughts are things; what you feel, you attract; and what you imagine, you become."
-Joseph Murphy, Phd