I can draw, paint, and sculpt. Even when I was a young man, and would do a scratchboard drawing of a fantasy subject, like King Kong, even THEN the squares said "Why do you do that?" Any form of entertainment can be thought of as a waste of time and money - watching football games. In that case, nobody asks "Why do you do that? "Conquering faith disregards the discouraging worlds of others" -Charles Stanley "The artist is. All others are not. What is not creation is graham crackers. Let them all crumble - to feed the creator!" -Charles B. Griffith. At first, Poser was a replacement for those little wooden mannequins that helped with difficult poses. Then, as it got better, you could actually use the models in a finished work of art. I like the fact that you can use photo data of actual people on a CGI figure. The amount of detail I can get in a Poser figure with that method, very quickly, would take a long time to do in an oil painting, if ever. Also I can have fun with lighting without having to set up bulky, awkward and expensive lighting equipment. What is the difference between Poser and traditional art methods? "Quicker, easier, more seductive." -Yoda. Someday, I will try copying a Poser picture as an actual oil painting on canvas, to see if it works, and because I dont know if it has been done yet. Ive been threatening to do this for years.