Many people have been talking about and using 3d backgrounds for their art, in the interest of saving time. I felt like I was cheating, but after seeing the results, I can see using this method in the future.
I was not how ever as easy as it looks, in fact I think it took me about the same time as it would have taken me to draw at least a tight lay out. The advantage of course is the image was ready after the positioning .
Take a look at the final.



