How do you know that?

LOL!! Oh, there you are -- just what I need, more excuse to procrastinate. :) Listen, I can't talk right now -- I'm too seized up from jealousy. Have your people call my people, and maybe we'll get together and take lessons from freaky-deaky Poser Boy. Heheh. Okay, that's enough snark for a bit. It's just all too hilarious. :)

I dunno, Rosemary, since Freak is obviously so much better at Poser than you (LMAO!), maybe you should just give up. Or maybe sign up for lessons (ghastly idea, really). Sorry, this is just too funny. Either that, or it's too much fun playing hookey from my work... Or both. :)

LOL!!! I'm so glad I looked in here tonight; your post has given me one of the biggest laughs I've had all day. I'd stay away from sharp objects if I were you -- you're so full you're ready to pop! Yes, you found me out -- I'm terribly jealous. Green, even. Well, more of a teal, though a sagey color with a nice purple is always lovely... Hey, I wanted to ask you, what are those bug/amoeba things hanging on the the thorns around the woman's ass, anyway? And is that Jesus? He looks either like he needs to take his meds, or he's having impure thoughts. Gotta see those professed awards... Wheee! Back to work. With a chuckle. :)

Freak, you obviously are not an experienced artist, Poser or otherwise, as with experience comes exposure to critique. Honestly, if you want to ensure no negative comments, turn off the feature when you post your work, then that ensures your widdle feelings will be protected from any negative, even constructive, criticism. One tip, though, part of being an artist, and living in the art world is critique. In studying the history of art, one is able to not only understand a particular artist's work, vision and technique, but it lays a foundation for one's own work. Inherent in the study of art is critique. Some people, though, really are not artists in the true sense; they just whip out the Poser (or whatever), and click away at it, not understanding anything at all, and also not willing to learn. Getting indignant when you get less than glowing reviews (and my comment was very mild, compared to what I was really wanting to write), not only makes you look bad, but you cut yourself off from the opportunity to improve your work. Not everyone is going to like our work, and that's okay. But get a grip why don't you.

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:) Cliche, Min. I'm sure it's been done many times before. :)

Agreed. I think the original intent of the thread was valid (at least in something like the Poser/3D venues), but real artists don't worry about views and comments. A true artist creates art for art's sake, and fulfills a drive, not a view quota. It's so odd, I mean, there's no equivalent to this in the world of fine art. You have art critics, and in school you have your instructor and group critiques by fellow students (always interesting); but this is something else entirely, and often not really about the art at all, but more about popularity and cliques.

Heh. Paragon, I can totally relate. This zooming thing spoils us, I think. Yes, fractals mimic nature and nature is made up of fractals. Gotta love it. :)

Who cares? I suppose if one is only posting to put another notch in the 'image count' headboard then it might make a difference. Seems to me that is the antithesis of what the artist's drive is all about.

I think that it depends on the colors in the fractal. Sometimes a black background will make them come alive, though mostly I like to do some sort of artful 'framing' that looks like cast or reflective light, or as if the frac is made out of glass, and that can only be accomplished on a lighter background. I think our difference only make for more interesting art. :)

"post-process with extreme prejudice." Heheh. I like this term, Terry. As those who know me already know, the only parameters I like applied to my art are the ones in the fractal generator. Other people's ideas about my art are just that, and are therefore of less value than my own opinions of my art. Anyone who has taken art classes at a level beyond high school has probably experienced some scathing critiques of their art -- which is as it should be. Yes, this subject has been, and will continue to be, discussed in the fractal world -- just as people will always ask, "what is art?" The only real vaue in that, IMO, is when it helps the person who asks the question of themselves and lets it guide them in their own vision, and execution, of their art. Beyond that, I think it's ridiculous in the extreme when people put value judgements on others for post-processing outside of a generator when they're post-processing within the generator and then denying that the images have been post-processed -- "post-processed" being the working term, really, for "altered from the original fractal as originally generated before layering and texturing." Such denial is, IMO, akin to the child who closes his eyes and thinks he's invisible.

Like some others here, I have worked with traditional art media and have had some schooling. I've also worked in the graphics field (before it was computerized, and the 'fonts' came on strips that were loaded into the machine that spit out strips of type -- yes, I am a dinosaur lol). I started getting into hand-drawn animation and that is when my carpal tunnel flared up, and after surgery, even though it's better than it was, I still cannot hold a pencil, pen, conte or pastels, or brush the way I used to, or for as long. Several years before the surgeries, I started getting into computer graphics and found I loved it, so it just seemed a natural transition for me. It was when I got online that I found fractals -- Don Archer's, I believe, and was really astounded and knew I had to try my hand at it. So, the stupid argument about whether fractalists (and digital artists), are REAL artists notwithstanding, no, I don't consider myself strictly a fractal artist (as I am also a digital and graphic artist); but that is what I do that I enjoy the most and it gives me the most satisfaction. I can't imagine ever wanting to give them up. :)

Hey, thanks you two. :) I think I'm going to join over there. The prices seem very reasonable.

Can you tell me what resolution you used? I've been looking on their site, and other than an image size based in pixels, I cannot see if they want 600dpi, 1200 dpi or what. Any info would be appreciated. :) Tina