Hate drawing backgrounds? If you're like me then this nifty software will make it enjoyable!

http://www.sketchup.com/





Comic Pro's like Joe Quesada and Leinil Yu are beginning to use it in their work with stunning results!

Check out Leinil Yu's deviantart page for a behind the scenes look

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/52891040/
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/52955441/

I'm using it for the project im working on and building the environments has been really fun. Download it, it's free try it out and i swear you'll love it.

And to get you started with a few models download some from the Google 3D Warehouse TONS of stuff there, from Death Stars to sports cars

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/

DAZ Studio (like Poser)
http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/studio/-/?

Terragen
http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/productmain.shtml

Terragen is a scenery generator, created with the goal of generating photorealistic landscape images and animations. It is available for Windows and the Mac OS. At this stage in its development, Terragen is free for personal, noncommercial use.

Blender
http://www.blender.org/