I will explain since its kind of quiet now.

Two words fetish porn LOL. As you well know by now I do my size realted stuff. I got into DS just to make fantasy land of the giants stories back in late july of 09. I used to try PSing stories but its tough to keep steady characters then I made them collaging fashion dolls I had (Example http://www.flickr.com/photos/37909888@N05/6888890005/in/set-72157629350378009/lightbox/.) You cant give them the same movements or expressions.

A guy from my type of "community" explained to me enough to get started. Being primarly a PS user at the time I used to just render all the layers and PS fake the lighting and shadows and sometimes linked them with real pic BG I would take with my digital cam (Examples http://fav.me/d2yh2fl  http://fav.me/d38yjr8  http://fav.me/d38wzkz) it was rough but served its purpose. Then wanted to evolve so I got into LDP2 followed by UE AO and now Reality / Lux. This went wayyyyy beyond what expected when  I got into this.  Some of the real cast of LOTG including the actress whom I base my main character after took notice. 

Folks seeing I was patient and capable of pumping out long winded TV / movie style episodes started requesting custom stories of their own. Its not that I charge alot its when you get ppl requesting sometimes up to 150 render stories is where it pays off... I think you just need to find a niche that will appeal to ppl..

having shiny Lux is nice but alot of my fans still favor the collaged crap over some shiny Lux renders to this day... whatdoyoudoo still I think it is helping to boost revenues.. That is why I dont over worry about re building maps and all that in the end it wont matter all that much...