If I outlined how the image could be improved as a comment, it'd be taken as an attack as well, been there, done that, had some irate mammary fan on my hands who just wouldnt let go. I am probably not the only one who's had that experience - so now I only comment on images I think rock. To be honest, I stumbled into this thread in the belief it was a follow-up to the seneca semi-brouhaha ;-) As for the nude in art - they sure as hell werent prebought, preposed, and rendered in bad lighting. I dont have a problem with nudes, I have a problem with needless nudity in an image to get clicks - and to compare the generic rendo nude with Zorn, Rubens, Titian or other famous paintings is stretching the boundaries of the realms of art to places it's never been before. I am not sure its being stretched to a good place, to be honest. I also dont think that one needs to provide super-specific tips to improving an image - That'd be handholding or tutoring, but to take the image in question: 1) skin looks too metallic 2) teeth are too white and glaring - they could use some postwork 3) if there are shadows on the skin, why doesnt the chain cast a shadow ? 4) her mouth could probably do with another pose: shelooks like an inflatable ready to get on the job 5) the hair could have been softened a bit, and some stray strands here and there. 6) the punch from the arrow would have bent her more backwards. 7) The eyes are too flat 8)And I am not sure if she is wet or just drenched in Ambre Solaire Thats just top off my head... And I concur with Alamanos ~S