Start with the first tutorial in Poser 4 manual. Take a guy, dress him, pose him, animate him on a walk path, lights and cameras and rendering... oh my! It is simple to follow and by the time you get your clown walking around (without leaving hat and/or hair behind), you'll have brushed against most of the basics of working with Poser. You'll also know what gives you troubles, and can ask more detailed questions... such as "where do I get high-heeled clown shoes?" or "how do I use this 'point at' command and still keep his eyes crossed?" If you discover that posing is easy but that applying the right light colors is hard... you know to spend your money on lighting presets. If you can't even get one person to stand hand-on-hip without his hand sticking out of his chest and thumbing his nose at you... the thought of 2-3 people together in a scene should make you search for master pose makers. As a Bryce user, you may be a master of atmosphere, but getting a skin texture to stay attached may prove harder than nailing Peter Pan's shadow to his feet. I will suggest that you first look at art outside of the Galleries here. Whether you admire Rembrandt or Frazetta you may wish to use similar lighting to add drama to your images. If playfulness or mechanical accuracy appeals to you, you have a beginning point in creating your own imagery. Identify what it is that strikes a responsive chord inside you. THEN go through the galleries, checking the work of people who come close to getting "the look" or "the subject". Most of them list the programs and models they used and whether they purchased something or created their own. If you see a prop or something and there is no source mentioned, IM the artist: example, "Dancing with Droids is wonderful, but where did you get that reflection map?" Few artists turn down a compliment or an opportunity to help. Whether or not you have a message of your own yet at this point, you'll know what sort of images you want to make and we can help you find the pieces you'll need. BTW, don't use the nudity and violence flags just to draw attention to your message; those filters limit who can see your threads, which is counter-productive to what you want. Carolly