well....if your just using poser itself and no compositing, etc. is involved, just "pure" poser content (i.e. wham...bam load a figure, hair, and all that good stuff), then i will have to say "hell no" you aint no artist! BUT... 1. if you use Poser with APS n doin composites then YES you are an aritst....this includes simple things like painting hair and stuff.... 2. If you use Poser and model even simple stuff like props in Carrara for use in Poser then YES you are an artist...... 3. if you use 3DS/Lightwave or other high end progs in conjunction with Poser (for use in Poser) then YES you are an artist.... pretty much any thing you do besides using Poser ONLY BY ITSELF (i.e. "poser purists") makes you an artist. with the number of poser users growing per month....and all the DAZ stuff being bought by many people per month....WHERE WILL THE ORIGINALITY COME FROM? the answer is in modeling your OWN stuff to make your pics/animation unique....