Quote - or ball over water pics of pov-ray.

I thought that was Bryce........?

Oh, well: whatever.

Here's the Official Pecking Order (please note that each succeeding level denies that participants in the level just below it represent "true artists"):

(Note: peck marks are designated by the symbol "<", with the number of pecks indicated by the number of "peck marks".)

Poser / D|S hobbyists < Poser "pros" << 3D "high end" dabblers / hobbyists <<< 3D "high end" intermediate / semi-pro  types <<<< 3D "high end" experts (freelancers are somewhat lesser ranked than overworked, underpaid 3D sweatshop employees) <<<<< Top CG'ers, such as ILM types <<<<<<  3D Magazine editors / columnists <<<<<<< Artists who work in "traditional media".  To many of them: by definition, no image which is produced via the agency of a computer represents "Art" at all.  It's all artificial junk.  In fact, many movie critics say pretty much the same thing -- they tend not to like CG movies, or movies that are laden with CG effects -- no matter how well done, or "Artsy".

So buy up canvas & oil paint & slap some color on -- then (and only then) will you have any hope of being a true elite in the Art world.  They'll buy your junk at New York art shows for hundreds of thousands of dollars, too.  And when that happens: then you'll know that you've arrived: and that your Art has True Meaning.  You'll have been validated.  And doesn't everybody want to be validated?

In much the same way: every Hollywood nymphette wants to be regarded as a "serious actress" (with the emphasis on the word "serious").  Nope -- folks don't pony up their hard-earned cash at the box office just because they want to see them naked in their latest bomb.......the rabble do it because the actresses' "Art" is just so deep, you see...........in much the same way: some 3D "pros" take themselves quite seriously.  And it shows, too.  That's why they all get along with each other so well on the "pro" websites (snort).

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