Quote - Vast improvement in  a very short time! I am impressed! I am afraid that I have great difficulty in givu=ing  a good critique as all my training comes from a more traditional background. One thing that I ALWAYS do is to change the textures - I dont care for the way the usually come with a very few exceptions- I use the material room alot- I have a theater background so I tend to light the scenr like a set - Typically high right -high left and a back light ( in theater this is known as a chicken foot) Then I look to see if any of the objects in the room are casting light  or are reflecting light and add those lights. I can't really comment on the charecter as I know nothing about transexuals - I assume the breast are real? Breasts should hang from the body - think of the anatomy of breast tissue , maybe a different top would help this as the bandeau thing just looks wrong - His "package looks like a dance belt there is an anatomical structure under there- I would recommend trying this with a pair of jeans and a tee shirt to see if the charecter looks like a she-male - if it does with the clothing on then you can always lose clothing - i would adress the shin texture too - very pink orange and no freckles or spots - imperfections will help you pull this illusion off. Sorry I cant be of more help but this is kinda out of my range.- good luck

Thanks.  I'm glad it has improved.  I'll be experimenting with the textures more on the wall & his skin, I am shrinking the image down from 1024x768 to 640x480 so i'm wondering if some of the skin realism is lost, but I'm gonna try another skin combo. 

Also he has no breasts, it is just a wrap he wears.  It seems you are confused when you looked at his top. If that is the case then mission accomplished.  He is supposed to be confusing to look at . However, it is one thing to be confused but another to notice the geometry looking incorrect. If that is the case I'll definitely try to touch up on it.

Quote - I don't know why you need so much background "noise" when you want to focus on the character.  Look at most traditional portrait photos - the subject dominates the photo.  Just my 2 cents

This is one scene out of many.  The next scene involves a back shot with his mirror reflecting showing more of his body.  But I'll take that into consideration if it seems too busy.