Choosing Software to Create Digital Illustrations

I want to send a shout out to Ken Kawashima ken1171.deviantart.com/ -- professional digital artist -- for his excellent journal commentaries here at deviantART that provide a rare background on digital rendering software. Nowhere else online will you find a better or more clear background about Poser and DAZ3D.

Why am I interested in this subject? Starting in 2007, I used Poser exclusively. In those days, I saw no reason to use any other software. When Genesis from DAZ3D was introduced, it was a crossroads moment for me as someone who creates characters for digital illustrations.

DAZ3D Genesis set me free to work intuitively and translate what I see in my mind into digital form very smoothly. So, I stopped using Poser. Anyone can choose for themselves what software to use for digital illustrations, but having deep experience using both Poser and DAZ3D, I would only recommend DAZ3D.