Quote - Compositing real hair onto a rendered figure can really increase the realism. There are several artists here who often composite hair and other bits and pieces with their rendered images. I have to laugh when I see comments posted about how real the hair/clothes whatever looks. Well, yeah, it looks real because it is! I wish people would be more forthcoming when the do this, but it doesn't bother me that they do.

While I don't have anything against postwork, it does bug me when something is obviously a photo composited with CG and the combination is put forward as an example of "realism".  I know that is part of your point.  Any time significant postwork is involved, the importance of the accuracy of shading techniques and render quality in general is greatly diminished.  Not that that's necessarily bad, it's just counter to the purpose of all this bigbrain stuff Bagginsbill is doing ;)

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