Where's the poll lol? 

I started off using Cinema4D, then Terragen, a bit of Bryce, some Shade and a load of other apps, most of them were 5 minute wonders except for C4D which I really enjoyed.

Tried Vue from the front of a magazine cover, then I bought Vue 4 Esprit, then up to Vue 5 Inf, 6 Inf and now 7 Complete. 

6 Inf caused me no end of problems, Vue 7 is a lot more stable. As a hobbiest I just cannot afford infinite and I think E-On will need to keep there prices in check for future releases. But Vue is my program of choice currently, you really can create pictures that are out of this world.

I have paid more attention to GeekAtPlay tutorials lately, they are fantastic and well worth anyone looking at.

As with many other comments here, I don't say I am a good artist, most of my work is standard at best but I do it because I enjoy it, I like posting images to say,hey I made that. And thats it, if people like it then excellent if not then well no worries either :)

Jon

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