Now I remember why I stopped posting here about 3 years ago. Because it turns into a bitch fest. All I wanted to say was that I miss the good old days of poser before all the high tech, fancy-smancy premade shit came out. That was it. Nothing more, nothing less. I never said anyone's work wasn't art, and that they were less of an artist, or anything like that. I never degraded anyone's work, or put anyone down. That wasn't my intention, and will NOT be my intention.

To Karen: I clicked your link. It looks great! And more real than Poser hair. Keep it up!

To Kiwi: Thank you. That was really sweet (though, I didn't post here to force people to comment on my work smile). But thank you none-the-less.

To Acadia: You seem like one of those people that is a "post whore" so I'm going to skip over your post and continue to the next, because after the first few lines I formed one quick impression. You like to rip people apart, see what you want to see, and nothing else. Twist my words all you want, and interpret them how you will. That's your right. But I won't be a part of your little game.

To Modus: I did do the all poser thing at one time (except NEVER hair...because that's my personal preference), and I have gotten it down to where I can put together a picture in no time at all. Once you get used to Poser, the camera settings, lighting, shading, clothing, etc, it becomes quite easy. At least to me. Maybe not to others, but not everyone has the art background I have. And maybe you are right...maybe it should be called "Mixed Medium". That's the first piece of good "advice" I have seen on here yet, which is kind of what I was looking for when I created this. A solution. Because a picture that's not done completely in Poser shouldn't be classified as Poser. Because it's not. A majority of the time, the character is the only thing I pull out of Poser. Once in a while I will use back props from DM, but that's because they look realistic, and it's something I can't paint by hand no matter how hard I try. (And I generally do try first.)

To Coldrake: I did my first piece not too long ago completely freehand, without using a Poser character. But you have discovered my biggest downfall. The human body. In my eyes it is too magnificent and beautiful for me to capture it the way it should be. There are thousands of details that I can't seem to grasp right, but I won't give up trying. Some people can draw houses, some people do trees, others can do animals...and others can do humans. I am not quite one of those yet. I'm not perfect, and nor is anyone else (which is why I will NOT "slam" people for not being able to do all of it). But I will ask "why not try?" Why not push yourself to attempt something that maybe you don't think you can do? We all come here posting work to look for help, praise, and admiration. Face it. No one comes and posts here simply to have a storage place for their work. We have hard drives on computers for that, and disks we can save our work to. All I'm suggesting is that people branch out and try something new. Take your art to a new level, and see what happens. You could be surprised. I know I surprised myself the first time I drew an outfit that looked like actual clothes and not paint smeared on a body.

Message edited on: 03/25/2006 01:55