mmm...i don't know pjz99, you can get this lighting in Poser. And fake SSS with face_off's tools. You can also get the highlights with a dedicated spotlight and a glossy shader on the lips. It is easy to get the reflection in BlackEyes.

I still say the most ambitions element is the moist eyes. I won't "accuse" the maker with doing that in postwork, but if not, I'd like to see the shader settings. It would have to be a something on the reflect node with raytrace turned on.

Propschick, if you start by learning how to place three lights around the head of the subject with standard portrait array, you'll be on your way. Then, just try to emulate one element at a time. For instance, learn how to get that great shadow cast by the hair across the face. You attack it through the settings on the light itself, the map, the bias and the blurr. You also have to set your firefly redner settings agressively, like pixel rate of 8 or above and a shading rate below 1.0

Once you figure out how to get shadows like that, move on to the other elements I listed above. It's worth the work to learn all this; you won't get it through any purchase of light sets.

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