the images are RAW poser renders..no touchup has been done to either image. The only editing at all was in the first post where I made the inset of the hi-res render. I posted a tutorial on this method a while back. I abandoned that method and have adopted a new one because I get more control over the hair. Instead of fake looking hair, it now looks more like fur. this is a different version of the hair technique used to make my bat (here in the store) which by the way is to be in a big screen movie this spring sometime. as for software to actually make the mesh Im using amapi, uvmapper, photoshop and rendering in poser..nothing special. this item when done, will probably hit around 25-30000 polys.. not sure yet because its not done and I dont know exactly how to model parts of it yet. I am using Poser4, a 500 mhz machine and 384 RAM...very low-spec as compared to current machines. :)