If you're a non-artist, Poser is The Bomb! It's the Copy-N-Paste of creating Artwork! Poser has made it possible for anybody to now make great works of art with little or no skill, and in a relatively short amount of time, too. How many people really have the time to learn Maya? Or the brain-power to master 3ds Max's +12k commands? (And the majority of population has a 6th grade education at best!) How many have college degrees or work in a high-paying union job that can afford the high $ of Lightwave? Take it for what it is (excluding animation)...Affordable, Art-creation for The Masses! :) :D