I don't remember when it was, but I got into Poser to develop cartooning skills. As a graphic designer I am a decent illustrator, but not particularly fast. Getting characters 'right' made things a lot quicker. I'd simply pose one or more of the default poser characters to the pose I needed, print it out, and draw the characters on a light table (the Poser print out underneath to show the positions). Before long I had moved out of graphic design into other areas, and I can now render full scenes much faster than I can draw or paint them (although I'll NEVER regret gaining the skills I did with pencil, brush, pen and camera).