OK, Tisa, do you create everything you use in your daily life, all yourself? Do you sheer the sheep, spin the thread, weave the cloth, then sew all your own clothes? You buy them, don't you? When you fix dinner, do you raise the cattle (or the crops), slaughter (or harvest), clean, dress, then finally cook it on cooking utensils you've made yourself from materials you've mined or created? How many oil painters out here don't go to the art supply store and buy their oil paints, brushes, canvases, etc. to complete their work? Do sculptors go out into the wilderness and dig up all their own clay? No, they buy it from an art supply store. Caligraphers go to the art supply store to buy their pens, paper, and ink. What the heck is wrong with buying the supplies needed to create digital art? How is that any different from any of the other art genres that I mentioned above? Lady, you sure opened a can of worms on yourself here. You see, this topic has been discussed numerous times over the years that I've been a member of the variious 3D art forums. You didn't come up with an original rant here. And every time it's come around again, the rest of the community proves the ranter wrong. If you find it such a waste of time and effort to create digital art, then why are you using the program and creating it yourself? The mystery of the day..... Melanie