I can't model organic stuff very well at all, and my "artistic" abilities are relatively non-existant. However, through animation I can at least tell amusing stories! Keep at it Dave-So, you'll get there. Someone around here does holographic stuff - I've seen their postings (including images) a couple of times over the last year. You might do a search for the word "hologram" within this forum. I've seen one game (at an arcade) that looked like you could just reach in and pick up the characters. They appeared overed a mirrored surface - not on a monitor screen. It was incredible. That was a while back - I haven't seen anything like it since.

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