Everything in the Poser gallery must be art, then, since it is all capable of generating strong negative emotions in 3D snobs.

True. If art is defined as something which sparks an emotion, then lots of the posts here (and lots of other things) are art.

technical skill does not make an artist
Also very true. A lot of the controversy over "purists" and "snobbery" against Poser only makes sense if there is a confusion between art and virtuosity.

Most CG "snobs" are not really artists but rather artisans or craftspersons.

An example of art v. virtuoisity: one great singer with a tambourine can potentially create and perform greater art than a whole symphony orchestra full of virtuosos with Phds in music. I think art is about more than eliciting emotion, and I know it is about more than mastering 3D software, however good you become at that. Message edited on: 02/07/2005 19:18