Thank you nessie! Yes, the stuff I produce on my own (as opposed to fan art, say) tends to be pretty dark in tone. Gives you a window into my mind... every night should be Halloween night for me (I'm angling for Jack Skellington's job)! If you do try the Kinko's experiment, please let us see the results. I'd be fascinated! I hear nothing but good things about Photoshop, but each time I check it out the price knocks me backwards: $750 is well beyond my means. I'm told there are ways to get it (or something simliar) for free, or at least cheaper. I'm always hesitant to download something unless I'm sure of the terms, though. The Wacom tablet, like Vlad just got, always seemed like a cool idea. That might be one way to go; it appears to have everthing I'd need already included. But I'm really pretty comfortable now with my process, cumbersome as it is. I love the security of having the finished copy in my hands to file safely away. So I'm in no big hurry to change. One of these days, I promise, I'll join the 21st century. But it took me long enough to join the 20th!