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Hey, now you've got shadows happening. And the pose is looking more animated.

I'm thinking she pulled the blade cause she saw the rat's shadow first. The pose looks like she's decided to just step on the vermin instead.:lol:

@Noel

See how adding the shadows affected the interpretation of the scene and along with the posing made it more dynamic? Because of this I was able to imagine the above scenario and have a chuckle....even though it's a simple picture it engaged me as the viewer, without the lighting and pose I would have passed right by it....and what separates art from Art is viewer involvement.

Just to visually enforce the difference for yourself render the same scene without the shadows and compare the two.

My gallery post that asks for suggestions is suffering from bad lighting, I have everything lit but it just doesn't work. Several of the suggestions given pointed out ideas that I was blocked on in this picture so are helpful and exactly what I needed to get over the hump. I haven't reposted because I'm working some of the suggestions into the scene and modeling some additional props but those suggestions that work will be included in the final  render.

It also suffers from the ground and background not blending well that I spotted in several of your images so note that it's a fairly common problem. Part of what I have going on is a matter of perspective. The main figures are supposed to be looking out across a desert valley from a cliff edge at sort of noonish during the day and I'm just not getting that separation that shows the effect.

Since I know what's wrong with the picture but am looking for ideas to fix the issues "Great picture" type comments are absolutely nonessential to my goals. I mean wonderful that someone likes the concept but not relevant to agenda. (Yeah, I know, after baldly saying that I'll never get another good comment on any render I post here. Yep, positively blew any chance of being part of the clique.:biggrin:)