"Isn't this basically the same thing as taking a magazine" Nope but some do do that and call it Collage, including some very famous ones, who did "the snail" ? ;o)....if you have a dvd player hire "final fantasy" or "the mummy" and watch the extras, you'll find the movie is made up of 4 basic elements, texture artists, modelers, lighting, and animators, to create a still image you need 3 of those skills, the 4th is replaced by a layout artist (if you like)...i think the short version is some of us make models some of us make art some do both, and some make beauty how they do it doesn't matter as long as it touchs someone......Steve