Well compared to everyone here I am truely a lame dude. I can sketch pretty good but really don't get paid for any of my work. No works hanging in galleries etc. In fact my pictures are cobbled together with a few pieces of freeware shareware open source apps to get the look. I don't have thousands of dollars to spend on high end programs or the latest video card so if it is a challenge of who is better then I am out..

     One thing to talk about your exploits but in this medium do you enter competitions and put yrou skills up against other skilled users or are you in a vacum with people who give you empty praise. I just downladed a free version of poser. Well in the future I might put it to some use but really nto in the stadard way more of a way to rig and animate if need be my own creations that are made in Wings or another modeler. I did try it out a bit but really don't like working with it that way the look of the stuff is not consistant with what I want bu tI think it is useful.

Darkskies you need to go to other sites and get your stuff out there. Renderosity is not the only site I show my work in because I think I can do more and really the site culture here is not to my liking either. A lot of people are afraid of the pro sites because they feel unworthy or they are afraid of real criticism.  CG Talk is a perfect example I used to be terrified of that place. but I show my better stuff there now. I enjoy having the criticism. I think you need to go to another site and be ready to get away from renderosity a bit. Empty praise does not help one improve.

The wit of a misplaced ex-patriot.
I cheated on my metaphysics exam by looking into the soul of the person next to me.