Well, there's also an important point that "photorealism" is not always good art or what you want, is it? :)
I love Clyde Caldwell's art, he has an odd "cartoonish" quality to his work, but it's gorgeous.

I vary from wanting realism (which isn't possible far as I'm concerned without an unbiased renderer), to wanting "my style" (which isn't realism but worked heavily from decent renders)

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