I think there should be a slight twist to her upper body. It looks a bit unnatural for her chest to be pointing completely left. I mean yes its possible to be in this position (I just did it in fact!) but its not really natural if you know what I mean. I probably couldn't aim at a bird with a bow and arrow comfortably. BUT don't get me wrong it looks awesome! The scenery is amazing and I love the lighting. I'm so jealous! Kelly PS. Yeah I'm new at digital art but I'm not new to art! :)

Well her feet look weird but other than that I don't really see any huge problems with her pose. I'm so jealous that you can create this having just started using the software. I also just started and I've come no where near this good! As for the saving issues, I'm sure you'll get some excellent answers in this forum. Its really helpful! Kelly

Dale: Do I need Vickie to use the free characters you are talking about? I mean I really would rather practice with things before investing a lot of money into Poser, I've already invested most of my waking hours and half of my sleeping hours into. I just looked the "free stuff" link here and its seems that 90% of the things mention V3 as a requirement. The little girl in me is coming out. I used to spend hours dressing Barbie.. now I'd love to spend my adult time dressing Poser characters ;) I can rarely get the clothes to work for Posette! I have so much to learn! :) Kelly Ps. Thanks for the info igo, looks like I have a lot of saving up to do! To me $40 bucks is a lot! ;) I recently lost my job (even in this wonderful econmy? amazing huh? - anyway!) so I have tons of time to invest in learning Poser but without Vickie whats the point! sniff sniff ;)

Thanks everyone so much for the help! I appreciate it so much and already my experience with Poser was better (I stayed up until 5am!) Cres: I know I probably won't ever be able to make my own clothing but its good to have goals right? :) I have Maya and learning that will be a difficult task which there is no rush, since I'd rather master Poser first. I saved in .psd last night to see how much of a difference it would be from the .jpg and holy cow! Huge difference. And since I don't understand what you are saying about make-up yet, I just painted in on in Photoshop, which doesn't look that great, but better than nothing! I learned out to change breast size thanks to Dr Geep, but I still haven't figured out how to change nose size. Another new question I have is when I put clothes on my Poser characters (I don't have Vickie yet) weird holes appear. I know the FAQ mentions this but I'm not quite sure I understand how to fix this problem. If someone could explain it in super noob language I'd appreciate it :) Thanks everyone for the help you have no idea how much better I feel about all this! I mean yeah, I have a long way to go yet, but at least I feel its actually a possibilty that I will figure this stuff out! Kelly

Ahh awesome! Thanks a ton!

Lol yeah I've spent a lot of time futzing with things I didn't understand. Lets just say I made a lot of crazy blobby deformed characters! Its true tho, the more I use it the less frustrated I am by the actual program, but I don't understand it. Does that make sense? For example, if I mess with the eyeballs, the character will turn to a box and I'll have no idea where the iris or pupil are pointing. I still haven't figured out how to change the characters gaze. One eye usually ends up looking one way while the other freakishly is hidden in the back of the head. Is there a way to select both eyeballs at the same time? And is there a way to actually move them with out the character turning into a box? Everyone in this forum will hate me in no time :) Kelly

Thanks Dr Geep omw to check it out right now! Beryld - Do I understand this right? I need to get Daz Studio (free) but I will need to also get DazBryce Turbo Import (not free). Then I open my pz3 file into Daz Studio (I'm not sure I understand what role DazBryce Turbo Importer plays) then save it in Daz Studio which I will then be able to load into Bryce? That is a lot of work. Is it that much work to load a poser character into say Maya or Lightwave? But from what I understand, Bryce is different from Maya or Lightwave. (I'm also new to Bryce - but I'm not going to rush into that or anything - I need to figure out Poser first!) Also you mentioned you render in twice the size. How do you do that? Where do you change the size? I apologize, you all have probably answered these questions thirty gabillion times! Thanks again! Kelly

Ooh! I totally didn't see the "%" thing. Thanks that will definately help. I've looked through the Poser FAQ, which was helpful but some of it just didn't click. I will also search for Geep's tutorials. Hopefully one day I'll be able to understand how to get from Poser to Bryce to finished work of art! I just hope everyone felt this way when they first started out! I mean its exhausting, Poser has become the only thing I think about! An obsession if you will! :) Kelly

Oh shoot. And I forgot to ask, does anyone know a way to import my Poser peeps into Photoshop 6 without them looking so blurry and pixelated? Kelly

xantor: If I can get the hang of this stuff, I will definately consider Poser 4. But since my Poser 3 was free I can't really complain! EnglishBob: I will check out the links you posted and you are right that stupid inverse kinematics thing was checked. That'll help a little! Thanks for the help!!