I think that achieving realism in 3D is a challange, for me anyway. I create both things, realistic and non realistic, but when someone thinks that a 3D image i made is a photo i feel like i'v acomplished something, but that's just my personal view. Besides, as you know beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Same with art. There are many styles of "art" that i dont like,understand, and wouldnt even call art. But other people would, and that's okay, the point is creating something. Personaly i like realism in 3D and art, but also enjoy the more painterly images. But as i said, that's just my opinion, and people have a lot of those, and different ones. Elantriell~