@vilters: it depends, that's personal you know. I explicitely stopped modelling about 10 years ago, because it's not my cup of tea, it's a sheer disaster. I picked Poser, Vue and the Adobe kit as my tools, and I'm into scene compo, posing & animation (and hence dynamics), and into lighting / materials / rendering and the various facets of post-work.

So I buy stuff, and modify textures. Sometimes I buy because I like it, sometimes too to reward the makers of the freestuff I use as well. But making content is definitely not part of MY creative process (it would be a serious roadblock instead).

Everyone's different - well, at least I am :-)

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Usually I'm wrong. But to be effective and efficient, I don't need to be correct or accurate.

visit www.aRtBeeWeb.nl (works) or Missing Manuals (tutorials & reviews) - both need an update though