PJF opened this issue on Oct 16, 2003 ยท 57 posts
PJF posted Thu, 16 October 2003 at 5:13 PM
Recent events in our Bryce forum here have concerned the Renderosity magazine cover contest, with much grumbling over the level of Poser use (or, more accurately, perceived Poser use) on the winning entries. One comment summed up the grumbling for me, which was this: "However, BigT did not actually create anything in his image." So, did he? Does the act of posing models made by others, and assembling them in a program made by others, constitute an act of creation? Are Poser users nothing more than gallery curators gaining plaudits for displaying the works of others? We think we are creating art, but are we deluding ourselves? We've had this discussion with ourselves many times, but is the lack of an outside perspective preventing us from seeing a truth we don't want to bear?