@ BB - Rendo is a digitatal art site and the OP did not ask for help with a particular aspect of production, the OP merely illustrated work in progress so I can't agree that we should leave this thread if we don't want to talk about fakeness.

The OP implicitly expresses the desire for photorealism and it's reasonable to ask why and illustrate other directions. I do agree though that photorealism is a laudable aim if photorealism better presents the message of the image.