a1000, IMO photographs are your best bet. I know that Syyd photographs the whole human body piece by piece and then it is all blended together. The whole process can take weeks. Here's a tip...:) It doesn't matter how good your textures are realisticly, you have to have eye's that look great. If you are looking for realism to the point where your model looks human that is. If you are doing monsters and stuff, different rules apply. You need to get Steve Cox's UV Mappper to make templates. If you are real serious about making textures and have the money to spend then 'Deep paint 3D' by 'Right Hemisphere' is the best investment. It will let you paint your model as if it is in your hand. The seams are one of the hardest things to get past with realistic textures. Most textures that are available here, the free ones anyway, just have a skin coloured base. In this case the seams are automatically sealed. Take a look at 'Stalle's' textures for posette. They are the best 'Free' textures available for her. For Victoria and Michael, to get examples of great texturing you may have to buy some. For Victoria, I would recomend the new 'High res' texture at DAZ. For Michael, I would recomend Syyd's 'Adam' available here at the market place. Hope this helps.. Colm...