My grandfather was brilliant at carving things out of wood and painting them, and sometimes making plaster casts from the things he carved. He didn't know the first thing about computer generated art but he always wanted to learn it. I however don't know the first thing about carving things from wood or making plaster casts. But both of us are artists, each skilled in our own fields. I regret that I never took the time to learn from him how to carve or cast, or to teach him how to create 3d models or work with programs like poser or photoshop. He passed away in february of this year and took all his knowledge of the things i wanted to learn with him. But the point is whether you're the one that constructs the 3d meshes, or the one that uses the mesh to create renders, its still art, and in this environment they're both equally dependant on each other.