Jeanne d’Arc It all started with this picture 10 years ago in June 2014. I had published it on Renderosity. At that time, although I had a purchased version of Poser, I had opted for the free software from DazStudio. I think it was a 3 version. At that time, Victoria 5 came onto the market. The image itself was assembled by me in various steps in the free photo editing program PhotoScape. Victoria 5 was created with Pose in DS and rendered without background and shadow with 3Delight as a PNG file. Rendering was quite a lengthy process back then. I think it took about half an hour at the time. I then added the background, text and frame in the photo program. I also used an “Out of Focus” function to let the image fade out towards the edge in sepia. As I had no idea about 3D images at the time and no idea at all about post-processing photos, it took a very long time to create this image. This was due to the fact that I had acquired all the skills myself. So I started from ZERO. Now, after a 10-year leap in time, I can only say that I chose the right hobby. I was always faced with new challenges. At times I published my pictures in eight forums. I was kicked out of two forums. That left only six. :) The latest challenge now, after 10 years of working as a hobby artist, is the emergence of image creation with artificial intelligence. I can't wait to see how this develops. I'm already looking forward to looking back in 10 years' time. Will I still be working with DazStudio then? I'll let you know then. Your Artur