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I gave some nephews and nieces copies of Poser, but, other than occasionally messing with the program, they haven't really dived in. They'll show interest when I visit, but that interest wanes when I'm gone. I'm not going to pressure them into using the program (all that does is push a child away because it no longer becomes fun to do), but figure demonstrating what they can do with Poser is a means of nudging them to play with it more on their own. One of the things that spurred me to producing some finished Poser drawings was so that I could show them what could be done with the program without a lot of postwork. Like most kids, my nephews and nieces are fascinated by monsters and by things that are scary. With Halloween coming up, producing some horror oriented images seemed a natural. I produced a couple Halloween themed images and kept the post-production to simply adjusting Photoshop curves to punch up colors and contrast. My theory is that too much postwork will scare the kids away. Show them something, like Hobbit's work, and they'll throw up their hands in despair. Few of us will ever do anything that remotely approaches the masterpieces that Hobbit does. By keeping the images simple, a few figures, textures, and props, it shows the kids what is entirely within their grasp to create. Composition and lighting might be a bit beyond a 13 year-old's sensibilities. Yet, even a child, with a bit of patience, can produce images that will blow their friend's minds. Just playing around with an image can often produce some very nice results. The witch's shadow, in my last Halloween image at http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=529752, was completely accidental. It happened when I added a light for a post-production effect I want to put in when I have time. I didn't see it till the image was rendered and thought it was so cool. It's an effect I want to enhance when I play with it in Photoshop. It's a good example of how experimenting with an image can result in beneficial results. I'm curious whether anybody else has had much luck in getting children interested in working with Poser.

My son is learning Poser at this time. He is 11 years old, and he loves working with making monsters and robots. My experience with him is the opposite, he can't seem to learn enough about Poser. Now he wants to become a member here to post up his work. I think it depends on the child...some children will find it interesting, some will not.

My daughter is ten now - half a year ago she started with Poser 5 and she loves to do poses for the animals. Doing images and rendering isn't much of an interest for her yet, she is happy with her poses :-).

If a child of 13 is interested in art they will have a good grasp of composition, lighting and perspective at that age. The key is encouragement, not pushing. My parents provided me with endless opportunities to develop my skills without ever forcing me.

My son is 6 and I can't keep him away from Poser and Particle Illusion. My younger girls like to watch Daddy animate (like realtime mouth movements and stuff) people and make them say silly things.

look at the gallery of thomaskahn - he started at 14 :) I think he's what, just turned 16 now age has little to do with it

My daughter is 7 and showing an interest in what mommy does.. She's currently working on an image for a school competition :)

my son is 4 & 1/2, he watches me use poser, he wants to have ago, but i said wait till he is five! he asked me to do a picture for him, which i put up in my other gallery under Rubbermelon, he wanted me to do a speciall picture for him, which i did, he loves it, as it is dedicated to him anyhoo! i would love my son to get into poser, he does mess about with paint on the pc, and i have got him on to Dog waffle! he loves messing about with the pc, whether its just playing,drawing or even building his own little fake pc (which i have just for him, my hubby lets him muck about with it) i think its a good idea to let kinds of all ages to get into all kinds of new things whether it be from drawing on paper to doing graphic art! there imagination is so much more then ours can ever be, you try and reproduce whats going on in a childs mind, its hard believe me, i have tryed, lol!!!

my youngest daughter (15) shows a little interest. So,we'll see.Mom's really not pushing her as of yet because next she'd be wanting her own account at DAZ! LOL.She is very good at PSP and even has her own forum on yahoo...

My older son loves Poser, he is 10, and he is always commandeering my computer to make images of the Hulk and monsters and demons and sci-fi heros. LoL. I think I posted one of his images here in my gallery under 'Refrigerator Art.' He won second place in a contest at WooYah for that picture, and he was so proud. :)

My little one loves Poser. (He's 5) Him and mom fight over the computer. Thought I could hold off until he would need one for school, but I think I have to get him his own computer just for Poser. :D I figure as soon as he can spell, he can have his own Poser gallery. (He is quite good, too. Think he has a better eye than his ol' mom.)

My kids are all grown but they love what I do with Poser. My daughter says her apartment will only be decorated with posters of my work, my oldest son wants me to work for him, and my youngest son stands behind me now and then while I work and shakes his head, amazed at what we can do with this wonderful program. I'm working on a special image for him using The Freak. I've kept that one figure hidden from him for now, LOL, until I finish my image. When he was younger he used to have me do portraits of Spawn and characters like that for his wall. He'll be blown away if I do one using Poser. A few months back while visiting with my brother and all of our family, everyone kept asking me what I do so I logged into Rosity and took them to my gallery. They were amazed! My great nephew was so intrigued, he's 2, he kept me busy for an hour showing him not only my stuff but other images in the gallery, especially the fairies. I've never seen anyone so fascinated, except me of course. :o)

My 6 year grandson likes to pick what to use and to make stories about what we make together. He loves Flash! Diane

My 17 Y-O daughter loves it. Hooked her up last Christmas and she's been rendering naked Michael ever since.

My niece looked at some of the comments and it's gotten her a little more interested in playing around with Poser. I guess that hearing that even 5 year-olds can use Poser sort of got her out of the mode of thinking that it's too complicated a program. She's very much into arts and crafts and drawing, so i was surprised that she didn't jump more into the program.

What child can resist the ability to create something like this? 8-P