3D renders are as much art as is Photography. A render is a captured image yes, but it still requires the same care and setup a photograpger would. Photographers don't make people, sew the clothes, build the props, or make up the models either, but they are still considered artists.

-Anton, creator of Apollo Maximus
"Conviction without truth is denial; Denial in the face of truth is concealment."

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