"Square blocks painted on canvas or paint splattered willy-nilly (seemingly in a fit of spasm) are not art (sorry - that sums up my basic feelings about most abstract art, especially that of the latter half of the twentienth century)" Kuroyume i felt the same way like you did but later learned its not whats painted on the canvas but how its done.....if your gonna take a regular rolling brush and make a red line across a huge white canvas than fine ...its crap.....but do that same huge painting with say............. a pin .....and you would probably respect it alot more ......its not really the subject matter its more in the line of the technique that is used .......the same can be said about poser.....2 poser pics....pretty much the same......but one of the pics the artist made the clothes ....made the textures......made the hair and so forth ...while the other just got the props from vendors or free stuff and didnt make the textures and so forth.....which one are you gonna respect more?.....i dont mind people using other peoples props and textures.....but leave some room for yourself to add your own touch to it instead of giving credit on your gallery pics to the artists who created them ......and the only thing original person did was adjust the lights and not even pose the character .....big deal ( sorry for goin off topic abit ) nnuu