Quote - > Quote - Everything I make is done either because I need the item and can't find it to buy, or because I am using it to learn something.

Ditto. The reason I got into modeling to begin with is because I couldn't afford/was not allowed to buy things I wanted or needed.

I put freebies up according to whims of mine, and what I want to try to create.

I got into modeling because some vendor over at DAZ got mad when I criticized something he had done. He told me that if I didn't like it I should learn how to do it myself. Challenge accepted.

As for "thank yous", I'm not going to say I don't expect them, but it certainly makes you feel appreciated when people do thank you.

I do clothes for the Poser people because they need it more. when I first started using Poser, it was before DAZ really got going,  and there weren't a lot of places to download stuff. Then I found Poserworld and Fairyworld (Remember them?) and their stuff was free at the time. Any way, I'm tired of hearing people say there ar no clothes for the Poser people. Well, I've done 43 outfits so far  for Miki 4, Anastasia, Tyler, P7 Kate  and the G2 females, and I plan to do more.