Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: What to tell someone that thinks Poser work isn't art?

Minyassa opened this issue on Mar 06, 2010 · 131 posts


Minyassa posted Sat, 06 March 2010 at 1:44 PM

I do very much appreciate all the responses this thread has gathered. I think in this case I am simply going to have to write it off. The issue is, unfortunately, whether or not I have permission to continue to post my work in a gallery that the site owner had no trouble with letting me post in a couple of years ago, but when she found out that I don't actually model my own figures, that was the issue. Nevermind making my own textures and shaders and painting a lot of details by hand...nevermind creating my own morphs with magnets and deformers...nevermind creating my own lighting, backgrounds, doing my own postwork, etc.  All that matters to her is that I don't create my own meshes, so...she can (insert really crude suggestion about impossible physical acts here). 

I do find it interesting that this question brought up arguments between Poser and users of other CG programming, while I was thinking originally that my own question was based upon this person's simple dislike of anything that isn't hand-drawn lines on paper or in a painting program with mouse or tablet. Lots to think about there as far as how far one must customize to legitimize. A'course, when it comes to arguments between programmers and Poser users I tend to just think some people are snobs and leave it at that, because I've been to fairs where the ladies that make everything from scratch are very kind and gracious to the ones that use mixes, so I've seen pleasant manners demonstrated without the effort causing any harm to either party. ;D