I feel like I'm late in joining this thread, but here it goes, anyway. First - HG, thanks very much for putting me in the company you did; what a self-esteem boost! Second - what has been said above is very on-target. I feel that art is something that comes from inside; if you feel something, once you have the hang of a paintbrush, video camera, MIDI music studio, 3D animation package or whatever tool you chose, you can make art. To me, art is about emotion. Mark, for example, evokes emotion with his work -- the skull in the diver's helmet or the jazz album covers, they all evoke emotion. Third - this forum has been incredible for me. I'd just been playing around with RD3D, but seeing the work people here have been doing has inspired me to do more. It's inspired me to try harder, and to pull more out of the package than I knew was there. To quote Homer Simpson, "woo hoo!" - Chip