"Forgive the cynic in me, but they've risen because of folks like Catharina and Steffy -- and as we've just seen, it's their work that raises the quality bar for everyone else through the Magic of Photoshop." Well, no. While the work of Steffy and Catharina has been a useful driving force in raising the bar I think it is safe to say that their work is not unique or even (in the larger community of 3D work) all that ground breaking. Big fish indeed - but only in the little Poser pond. The work in the Poser community tends to track the work done in the bigger 3D world... not the other way around. No single artist is responsible for this... and it is disingenuous to say that all the excellent work out there is only possible because people are stealing the work. The creation of a photreal texture from digital photgraphy is hardly a unique skill... rare yes, valuable of course, a true talent for sure - but the world of textures will keep spinning without any one, two or three artists.