there are quite a few character makers who make their stuff entirely from scratch. Most of the ones who sell only at DAZ for one.

How to tell? look at the readme... if you see a whole list of merchant resources there I'd want to look at the resource and the character side by side. Did you know that you are by contract supposed to change at least 50% from the resource set before releasing it? I dont think Rendo actually enforces that though.

Thing is people who do things the hard way cannot work as fast as someone who is recoloring and pasting togther existing skins. So the market gets swamped with sets that are made from the same few resources and the original stuff gets buried. And then those few original creators get discouraged and leave the market, which is a shame.

I know I can't be the only person who only buys original works. I dont even buy prints of pictures. If I cant have the original, I dont want it. :) Now if Samildanach comes out with one .. I'll buy it, because bets are I've never seen anything else like it. Unique ..thats the key to great sales. Surreality's lovely Lady Jane is already in my runtime waiting for me to finish that preraphealite gown for a series of commisioned images. 

Admittedly some people can do amazing things with a resource set .. but too many use it as a crutch to pump out as much stuff as they can.  I dont think she realised that by churning out stuff so similar so fast shes flooded herself out of the market .. as well as damaged the market for other artists. Now thats thinking of other people, eh? She would have done much better to diversify .. after all there are well over 35 base figures out there... and if you make anything for say Maddy or Laura or Luke you get instant sales.

As far as being ill and supporting herself .. shes in the UK right? I imagine shes well eligible for council housing and all. Unlike some artists I know in the US (most expensive health care in th world) who'd never make a peep of their condition in the forums.

So I dont know .. you make your own decisions eh? I've never thought well of any artist that thinks their personal beleifs or issues means diddly when it comes to looking at theit work. Let the work stand for itself without all of the creators baggage.

Personally of the three of her sets I've laid hands on I'd never use them. Blurry skin, baked in shadows and highlights, garish hard edged makeup (to my eye) and horribly flattened photos jammed on as second skins. Nah .. I can pass.

But for her loyal customers .. power to you.  I think you can still get all her gals over at Poserpros.

Lyrra