I don't know that you want to start straight off by using photos for skin textures. Most people paint textures, at least, in the beginning. One of the best ways to figure out texturing is to open up the textures you already have, in photoshop or whatever, and work on them. For example, you can easily change the skin color, by using curves or hue/saturation. You can add tatoos to the skin, etc. Once you have an idea of what goes where, then you could try some of your own pics. mac