I sincerely doubt it's a "everyone else uses it" kind of thing. After all, in mid-2002, many of us decided to play with the MilGirl characters over at Faeriewylde because it well suited the theme of the site. The MilGirl doesn;t have a whole lot of commercial items, so most of us enjoyed seeing what we could either make fit, or what we could create of post-work in. Me, I enjoy the Aiko mesh because I happen to find her among the most versatile... same with the Yuka/Mayu mesh variants. OTOH, if I want something a bit more realistic, I'll whip out the Vickies, or whatever comes handy. Anyone looking at my wee gallery will know that I'm not one to ride popularity waves... Outside of the hothouses of PPros and R'osity, I've found that the hottest download item I've posted was a Yuka render, followed very closely by Aiko... the whole list of stuff I've contributed to the Linux world is here: http://themes.freshmeat.net/~Penguinisto/ . Each page has it's own download stats, and I enjoy adding to the pile as time permits. :) To make a long story short - you do what you like, and the rest of the world will judge the results. If it's good, then you've managed to transmit your creativity well. If the result is bad, at least you can be comforted by the thought that you never gave in to crass commercialism. /P