since the vast majority of previous AOMs came from the poser gallery (which kindof accurately depicts the userbase anyway, but lets not get into that) RO split up the AOM into different program categories for each month or so. some of them are more obscure than others... im sure that in a voting month where the app in consideration is bryce, there are many fresh nominees that have excellent recent work. but this month? theyre pretty obscure programs. also, the next time these apps may have a turn at AOM could be in a year, so i dont see anything unnatural about nominating artists with work that is a couple of months old. cheers, -gabriel