Thanks for those posts arcebus and pakled...   that's basically the truth of it I think. 

I have taken art courses in college and one thing I learned from all of those hours of listening to the professors' lecture and the images of the "classics" up on the overhead was that some images touched me and some didn't.  That doesn't mean the ones that didn't weren't good, they just didn't do anything for me...

So what does that mean exactly???  that art is all in the eye of the beholder, and nothing more.  It's as simple as that, there is no good or bad art, there is only the image one is viewing at the time, and how it appears to that viewer, because the same image will be interpreted differently depending on who's looking at it.

lol,  I know my images aren't anything to write home about, but so what, the fact is I love 3D art of all kinds and "play" with poser and other 3D apps because that's what I enjoy doing (all the artists on this site, it's all your fault!!!  it wasn't until I started browsing the galleries here that I got so hooked on this stuff!!   lol)

I have to agree with a few of the posts that I just can't understand why someone would waste their time knocking other forms of 3D art, websites or apps.  All I can say is they must have too much time on their hands...  lol

I've seen images in the galleries that made me think; what was the artist thinking when they created that ?!?!?!?   But who am I to say that the image doesn't mean something or is not important to the person who created it?   You'll never catch me giving bad reviews or mean or unkind comments to any artist on this or any other art site, because what's the point?  

anyways, had to put my thoughts in on this one 'cause it's a good thread.  I really admire some of the people who create some of the images I've seen in the galleries here, and wish I could do as good work.   Some of the images I've seen are amazing.

As far as the reference to the "ghetto" -
hey, I grew up in the ghetto,
have lived my life in the ghetto,
I love the ghetto,
it's all I've ever known, so what's the big deal???

cheers,

M