hmm.. bases... i think honastly, if your bad or not as good as some people at art, then you have the right to use a base, if you fallow all the rules. i cant draw shit on the computer, or with my hands in fact, but i go out and buy a coloring book, and color it. if the person who makes the base says its ok to draw on it, then by ALL MEANS, DRAW IN IT!!! granted, bases arent real art, but they reflect the person who made them. if someone wants to add their own touch, but links it back to the original, i dont see why thats such a big problem! and all the people that spend all their free time making stamps that say bad things about bases are ju