Many of the competitions and challenges in specific communities require that the artist model everything themself. I always model my own stuff because that is something that is very important to me. I want my scenes to be my total creation. ...I love playing God! :) I've played around with Poser and I know that it takes a lot of work and talent to create an Excellent scene in there, even though one is often working with other people's models. It does sometimes seem unfair that a scene that is 100% original is competing with scenes containing models, but I figure that the bottom line is the overall Excellence captured in the scene and that regardless of how one got there, the finished picture is what counts. -Perry