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View Poll Results: Your desktop preference (colour or B&W)?
Scenic 10 40.00%
Abstract 10 40.00%
Risqué (political or whatever) 2 8.00%
Plain 3 12.00%
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Old November 19th, 2007, 01:28 PM
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Sorry, just a touch late, but I was referring images, IE pieces of artwork. I dislike working against a solid color; I've found that any shade, if constant, can skew my interpretation of my work. I tend to use pictures that have a good range of color, but that are not intense and easily fall into the background (I don't like backgrounds with a lot of blue).
I agree with you about the blue. For reasons I don't understand, I keep gravitating to the image below.
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I agree with you about the blue. For reasons I don't understand, I keep gravitating to the image below.


Nice Guitars - Yours?
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Sadly no. I used to play piano, but if I had to do it for a living today I'd starve to death within three days.
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How come on your site. When you choose a font color it is 'Gray'????
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Sadly no. I used to play piano, but if I had to do it for a living today I'd starve to death within three days.
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