@ Teyon, Not trying to get you started...

You don't have to tell me what the minimum wage is on the east coast (where I currently reside), trust me I know all about it. The only arena where I've ever sold any of my art is in the realm of ceramic sculpture... as I was a gallery contracted artist in San Francisco and additionally was the lead tile glazer @ Heath ceramics. Did pretty well at it too, although as I've said the gallery owners get about 50% of the final sale price.

Now your field is the CG market... And from what I've gathered you're a full time professional in that field. You probaby make a pretty decent income doing something you love, an envious position for anyone working in the arts.

All of this being said, Nowhere did I suggest that I was fine with an artists efforts being exploited... I just think that $1000 a pop is rather a lot for an item which is mass-produced. And lets face it, any art object which can be copied at the push of a button is a mass production item (Otherwise, would IP piracy be an issue?).

Of course, I'm unversed in the realm of CG market forces and practices so maybe I'm speaking out of turn.

Anyway... Quite a beautiful model... Quite overpriced as an item(s) of art, in my perhaps naive opinion. Or maybe it isn't art, then? (scratches head). On that note, does anyone go into the arts with the expectations of making a haul of loot?

Incidentally, I might contradict myself by saying that poser content creators seem to be getting a paltry sum for their labors.