rokket opened this issue on Apr 30, 2011 · 260 posts
ShawnDriscoll posted Sat, 30 April 2011 at 4:25 AM
Rendering AO takes away from the realism, unfortunately. Use it sparingly. The lighting you use is 50% of the realism. The rest is the polygon model itself and the material you've applied.
I say keep at it though. Art is easy to do. Just look at all the 5-star ratings people get here for a couple minutes effort. Realism is a challenge that is for more rewarding.