Originally posted by belle hell i didnt start getting my serious shit till i was over 30...when i could afford to pay a well respected awesome artist not some back yard hack....

+1 and totally agree. There is work I have wanted for decades, but have not found or been able to get with the artist I want for that piece. There are artists that I have pieces I want done by them, and until I can get to their neck of the woods, or they come to a convention in my state I will wait. I have a brilliant artist, but he has his specialties, I have even taken a piece to him and he suggested another artist that he said specializes in that style and thought would do a better job at it. Now that is a good artist and a good friend.