I wasn't claiming to be speaking for everyone..only myself.

My motivation would be solely for getting a foot in the door to being a professional artist.

As opposed to receiving recognition purely for ego or a free software package.

My motivation is greed :-)

Just like E-ons really - No need to pay a professional artist to create an excellent image for their next box cover-art when there are so many talented armatures to do the work for free.

It's a shame stupidity isn't painful.