Xenic101: When/if I finish the picture, I will be posting it here, in the Bryce Gallery, because I am a Brycer. And I am the only one able to decide that.

The fact that this forum is much more friendly and helpful than most others probably helps attract poserites also.

Well, youre right on both accounts. No one here said you werent a Brycer. Your efforts in your work will be self-evidentiary and speak for themselves. We as a forum would be proud to have such diligent and creative artists amongst our midst. We, in turn expect to learn from you. Im saying, there are people who feel that they can just toss something together and call it art even if they put in minimal amount of work of their own. Sort of like a TV dinner, toss it in the microwave and well call it a gourmet meal.

Its not about realism, its about consistency. Finding Nemo, Shrek, Toy Story, none of these are realistic, they are however gorgeous.

Absolutely right, they conform to their genre and perhaps I should have applied cartoonists to the impartial list of: This is not to say that cubists, surrealists and impressionists are not allowed. But there are so many other artistic fields, which are not mentioned such as illustrators and designers that I could not mention them all. Everyone is free to practice their form of art but please, make it so, is my request!

Baufeld: yes, I know I still have probs with realistic figure poses and expressions

Yes, I know, me too! This is why I very seldom use Poser figures. Thats why Im saying, and not that yours fall into this category, that to get away from cookie cutter Poser images we must strive towards a higher end, otherwise well flood the galleries with druid clones and when newcomers see the clones getting into the top pics its open house for them. I dont think thats what we as a community want to aspire to. Its not a bad thing to entice people into creative work but it should be emphasized that artistic creativity is the end product.