I guess rounding everything up in a nutshell: Setting things up to receive comments is more of an art than producing the graphic in the first place. [Tack a LOL on that!]

I realize the problems with folks using DL accelerators to 'strip mine' sites...but I consider them necessary evils on the slow dialup connection I have, without the capability to resume broken downloads I am up the creek. Therefore I buy very few items of any size from sites that don't allow DAP. Most of these store sites offer little in the way of freebies to d/l so I fail to see the need to prohibit those d/l accelerators that are spyware free...anybody have the answer to this?

Hope to see you back again soon after your sabbtical away from the Poser addiction. ...and thanks for the heads-up, I didn't realize that pencils and paper were still available!

Thanks for the warning...and this notice should not be considered off-topic for any of the forum boards. I am sure other categories besides the Poser group will eventually be hit. Why can't some folks find better ways to spend their time other than be full-time buttheads?

I have to quote/comment one more time to SomethingWicked: >>what is it with you guys and boobs anyway?<< I normally use this to make a point as the boob thing seems to be what gets comments...the bigger and more unnatural they are the more comments they get. Me? I personally am more drawn to the renderings of shapely legs and/or nicely shaped and well rounded bottoms. Normal size breasts with the proper amount of gravity work for me. And the models don't have to have beautiful faces...I don't like to carry fantasy too far, will settle for more reality in a picture.

Quoting SomethingWicked: >>What I want are comments... preferably helpful ones.<< I really think that is my prime goal for comments as well. I have viewed a few pix from 'big name' artists here and commented on some little thing I thought could be done to improve the pic...I have been surprised to get some response IMs thanking me for pointing it out. Surprising because their regular clique and fans just gave them the usual wow-beautiful-sweet adjective comments. This is turning the topic completely around, but on the theme of making comments I also like to tell the artist exactly the things that appeal to me....color, poses, etc. Sometimes "Nice Boobs" will work, but I always like to know what I did in a render that compelled the viewer to take a look.

I sure wish I knew the answer to this one. Top 20? I would probably jump and clap my hands if I could manage one picture that even got 20 comments....I don't want to be at the top, just want to rack up some comments even if they are critical..LOL. When I get 3 comments on 200 hits I have to think positive: Gee, 197 of the folks that looked were so overwhelmed by the picture they were lost for words!

I never really thought about needing a dart set until I saw this...I need it! Thanks for sharing, it is a very nice prop.

http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=252744&Start=1&Sectionid=1&WhatsNew=Yes&Form.sess_id=7165915&Form.sess_key=1079657034 This was the very first Poser render I posted on the Web, and did so at insistance of my friend, GaribaldisCat. I pick this not exactly as my favorite or best, but it is the one that has had the most varied comments from at least half a dozen sites where it has been posted. And it is the one that still draws occasional comments even at this late date.

As followup on program crashes, this is a problem that affects all programming at times...even the Self-Proclaimed King of software programs -- Microsoft. Often there is no available fix because there is no apparent reason for the problem. This is merely the bug in the ointment we old time computer users have learned to live with. Some of us experience things happening with certain pgms that never effect other people, it is often due to the interaction of different program files and system setup/operation and has nothing to do with the software that appears to be at fault.

The only names I ever used and still use: MondoJake mondo_jake ...and mondoxjake here since the site changed my underscore character to 'x' when I signed up 3 or 4 years ago. I find using the same name in different formats a lot easier to really get to know online folks and be recognized at various sites. I am always running into 'friends' using different monikers at obscure sites, but they know who I am right away. Bottom line: There is only one Mondo Jake!

Well, there is a site that has these all beat for realism in the full size mannequin department....but I won't post it here. I am talking bendable, lifelike...etc. [And they have nothing to do with art!]

I declare ernyoka1 the winner of this thread's award...she has done her homework and came [no pun intended] prepared!

butterfly_fish, no I am not condoning child molesting [or kiddie porn] on any level...global or familial. Just pointing out that the 'majority' of these people are not mad persons roaming the streets seeking victims, but family members who have their victims close. As to asking "one" about getting heated up viewing kiddie porn, I am afraid "one statistic interview" is not very solid evidence for forming an overall criteria. Don't misunderstand me in my presentation, it is the whole censorship roller coaster that upsets me...something is allowed over a long period of time, suddenly it is no longer kosher.

Step 1: Acceptance - "My name is ______, and I am a Poser addict." Step 2: "I love Poser and 3D art, and do not wish to recover." Steps 3 through 12: See Step 2.