poser it didnt take that long becasue it took me almost a year to learn it. you have to get the model that looks like a maniquin and make it look like you want. im still trying to get down bryce 5 and z-brush to. and poser can be used in most 3d apps for animation or whatever. i want to show yall a couple of animations but i dont know how. its too large to upload. just gimmie ya e-mail and il send it to you they are very short.