Heh - it's always amusing to hear the palaver of some self-proclaimed guru of 'highend' 3d art bash Poser because of the types of images created in that low-end app. Lots of people like to 'talk the talk' like they really know something about 3d art but if you ever get the dubious honor of actually viewing their art you see right away that they just can't 'walk the walk' and create anything that's actually worth viewing. Endless streams of mechanical dreams and architectural settings that have all the cool charm of a visit to the dentist's office.

Art has never been about the tools and one thing that's certainly true is those that 'can' do and those that 'can't' pontificate endlessly about how it's supposed to be done. Poser is a figure oriented application and so it's no surprise that the majority of images created in it are about figures, nude or otherwise - jeez, get over it already!

I just can't see what all the ruckus is about anyway - but it sure is entertaining. What's even more entertaining though is matching up the so-called experts with their galleries - now that's really fun stuff.

• Rick