After about eight years of being associated with some very talented 3D artists because of my work in web site design, and after the frustrations of being an amateur writer and trying to make the pictures in my head visible to others, I gave in to Poser.
After about two years and a lot more hours and dollars than any sane person would invest, I thought a few of my creations were not too awful to show in public. So it was very encouraging that a number of artists whose abilities are far better than my own would take the trouble to say nice things about them.