JKELLER! How could I forget? JKeller man, you rock...he's helped me out with a few other problems over time, always friendly =) I made a point of harshly lighting the figure, both to get the shadows happening, and to make the explosion look larger and more explosive...but yes, it was more a trick than what would happen in a "real life" situation the hair could be fixed up I guess, I didn't really think of it as a problem, maybe my eye isn't drawn to it as much - how do you suggest fixing it? just adding more colour so it doesn't look washed-out, or properly drawing in new hair? as for the vampire image, I didn't bother posting it because I didn't think it's that exciting. Yes, the layout of this image is inspired by the movie "The Shadow" (hope this accepts HTML) SewerRat