"Too much postwork?" Depends on how you wish to view your images. Whatever tool or tools it takes to make your image look the way you want it to look, it's the result that matters. You might want to consider how heavily you used what tool when determining what category your image belongs to. In the Poser gallery here on 'rosity there are many, many fine images that hardly have anything to do with Poser (and a lot with very skilled Photoshop/PaintShopPro work) and IMO they belong to the 2D or mixed medium category. Bottom line is, you make what you want the way you want it, using the tools you want.

The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter

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