Riddokun: "Especially when you finally admited that NO you did not made the model you used polygon by polygon, you did not draw the textures pixel by pixel, you may not even had doen yourself the poses used dial by dial, or the light set too. Then the question is "What the hell did you do, in fact ?""

"I loaded up Poser 8 and pushed the 'Make Art' button..." (^_^) Boy, life will sure be easier when they get around to implementing that one, won't it?

I will say this: I have gotten to the point, as my skills have progressed, that I rarely use out-of-the-box poses without at least some modification, and I generally do all of my own lighting anymore, and I usually do some texture work as well. But this is not because I think "real" artists don't use pre-fab poses/lighting/textures, but rather because I'm starting with an image in my head, and these are the things I need to do to get that image out to where other people can see it.

Even assembling pre-fab elements into a final whole requires creativity and talent. If it didn't, why would anyone listen to rap music? (^_^)