I tried to look through your gallery but I'm on a dial-up. It would take me all day to veiw them all. 400-500k for a 900x900 is a bit much. What I did see looked OK as already said. Your lights seem to be the same on most of the renders. So many of the skin textures look the same even if thier not. Bump your shadow maps up, this will help with depth. Geep has very good tutorials on lights. I might add that you paint hair and clothes better than I do. Try blending the background to match that style. Already said. Don't worry about comments, it will drive you crazy. Are you doing this for you or them? Relax, take your time. If you render, they will come. Mondoxjake - You forgot the News/letter groups. LOL.