so about 80% of the way into my four of swords piece, i realized that i was not going to be happy with the end result. image and concept wise, i felt that it was falling short of what i was after. i don't know why it took me as long as that to make up my mind, but i came to the conclusion that the best thing to do was to junk it and take things back to the sketch phase. i don't generally like to scrap a piece and start over at such a late stage, but sometimes it's really the best choice, and having the freedom to 