I've gotten many suggestions and remarks about the current setup being too complicated, not user friendly, and hard to navigate.  Based off this feedback I'm working to make corrections needed to all the sites including a major overhaul on Amped Arts.  These updates include the following:

As a lot of you know from Premium Renders, our most successful element was the shout box as far as activity was concerned.  I wanted to do something new when we launched netMist, so I tested a chat room ideal that I had for a while on Amped Arts.  Needless to say it didn't work out as I intended it to, so we've gone with a whole new focus.

It's time to vote on your favorite SOTW over at Digital Arts Contests.  We've just closed the entries for the first SOTW contest hosted at our new home, and we're ready for you all to help pick the winner.

Well after a lot of thought and consideration, we've decided to implement a language translator to our site in hopes of expanding our member bases ethnicity range.  Right now our community is 100% completely translated into the following languages:

I used to go to college for Programming/Web Design/Graphic Design. I still have my Academy e-mail and use it to talk to old teachers and friends still there. I had this in my inbox from my old Photoshop instructor, thought I would share:

Yes netMist is technically able to send you text messages giving you the latest updates in our art community.  Whether it's who just won the SOTW or the latest article to hit our shelves, you can get the information before everybody else does.