thanks again. you guys are awesome! :)

Hey thanks that worked out great! I also discovered that just about any PT/PS bodytex is interchangable, as well as V2. Thing is, stuff doesn't come out exactly perfect -- nurples, for example, usually come out white or a different color than on the original mat -- but other than that, the mats work fine. Any idea what causes that color change, btw?

sweet prop, dave, just picked it up. Really nice! That's just what I had in mind!

Thanks Debbie.

"disturbing," hee hee! That's funny. well good enough if you want feminine looking milboys or cross dressers. thanks a lot for your help! MoxeyH

Thank you so much for your help! Kozaburo's hair is AWESOME -- OMG that dude is just giving away cool hair for free! I dl'd a bunch of the hair but feel like I should send him a check or something. Excellent hair! Anyhow I will check out the hair props you mentioned. Thanks again. --M

Cyclorama!!! That's what it's called! Can't believe I forgot. I want my next home to be in the cyclorama environment. :)

Wow, this thread kept going for a while! Anyhow, I thought it was neat about what aodor said about using Poser to reinforce better body perception. Who'd have thought this program could have such an interesting medical/psychological aspect? Personally, I have anxiety and i find that for some reason the poser beach and other scene environments, with their kind of soft lighting and detail, tends to really relax me. I like to load the scene sometimes and just use the camera and sort of "walk" around there for a bit. And yeah I guess i could just go outside but I like Poser a lot! Some times I have dreams in "Poser" format, where I can tell I'm inside a render-scene itself because of the smoothness of the details and whatnot. To me, the poser people always look a bit "off," as if their skin is too shiny or something. Also their eyes almost never look right, which is a little jarring, but the 3D scenes like that one with the beach and the forests and stuff is great. You know the one right?

i have a friend who is also a poser fan and once we got in a sort of discussion about some of the things avaiable at renderotica and dark toys. you know, those places, tend to specialize in a lot of stuff that's maybe a bit too, i don't know, maybe "over-the-top" for outlets like this one, and DAZ. torture sets and whatnot. pretty scary stuff! Anyhoot, I objected to one torture/bondage set called "the kidnappers cabin" (seriously i did not make that up!) as being patently inappropriate. But my friend said something interesting along the lines of "Well, maybe if someone plays with this type of thing, that will prevent them from bonking a real girl over the head and dragging her off to a real 'kidnapper's cabin.' " At any rate, it seems like 80 percent plus of the people who use Poser are already using it for a constructive (a relative term i suppose) sort of escapism -- fairies, medeival-type stuff and romance imagery seems to be most popular -- but without doubt there is a sizable minority who dig the bondage/violent stuff. I'm not really sure if it's because some artistic people (who use Poser) may be inclined to fantasize about that sort of thing, or if Poser becomes simply a "good outlet" for people who have that sort of inclination, if it's some kind of joke, or if it's simply an example of talented people pushing the envelope, so to speak, of artistic expression. Psychiatry-wise, though, and even in mainstream public perception, I think a lot of that sadistic imagery would raise more "red flags" and lead people to think the artist has homicidal ideations more than it would have people just sort of say, "well, this person is venting their frustration or whatever in an appropriate manner." Ultimately, I think just about everyone who uses poser is doing so for a therapeutic and/or escapist purpose, whether they are creating images of "a better world" in the future, a romantic medieval scene, the fairy world and even the controversial stuff. So really, i think it's already a therapuetic tool. it's just that the "rest" of the world probably has yet to see it that way and give it its proper respect, in those aspects. just my crappy opinion anyhow! :)later -- moxey

Yeah, I agree. I think a set of the working dungarees would be cool, too. I reckon Mike would be a second-class machinist's mate or something. And Vicky would make a good corpsman first-class or chief. Wish I knew how to make clothes!

I have put in a few comments here and there on ppl's work, and I suppose I'm one of the ones who is always complimentary. My reasoning is why bother to go out of your way to tell someone you don't like their work? I'm not a pro at poser, not even close, so just about anything people do looks good to me. Oh yeah, and post more toonimals. MoxeyH

Hey!!! that's just the thing I'm looking for!!! SWeet! I will ask him. Moxey H.