LOL! This is a test render and I draw hair by hand during post work so don't worry they don't end up coming out
looking like an alien hahha.

Thank you for the tip and you are right I never used SSS and always stick with bump map which looks
awful on skin. Oh, I do use HDRI and I am really fond of ...

I use both Poser and DAZ and I render my images with Octane. However I am very unsatisfied with my results. I know I am missing something because I see other peoples render with Octane and some of them are really epic. I took a screen shot of my characters face in Octane daylight. :cry:

I would ...

Rendered with Octane and came out like an oil painting


http://ouraknysot.deviantart.com/art/Never-463310245

Yes unfortunately I tried many different lights to get something good on the mosquito but then heart looked very plastic like etc. it was a battle to be honest but we are still learning right, there is still hope for us!
Thank you for being supportive cyNickalCyn!

Hey there, cyNickalCyn. First of all thank you for looking. I totally suck at lighting and I don't deny that at all haha...but I am happy that you love this lighting. It motivates me to improve my ability to light my scenes.

I am sure there is a way to get those light rays in octane, sadly, I am ...

This is the raw version of the image. No PW and different POV without aperture. I must admit though, I am surprised that you couldn't tell that it was a heart...hmmm

No, it's a high tech mosquito sucking blood from human heart. I can see why the mosquito would look 2Dish instead of 3D. There is a lack of shadow and depth because of his silvery legs, it doesn't look like it's feet resting on the heart. But the whole thing is 3D

Thank you very much for looking, Resmas!

Thank you for looking!