Zev0 posted at 11:36AM Sun, 15 November 2015 - #4238739

Again I disagree. All depends on you rendering skills, and if ultra realism is your goal. In terms of physical structure, Genesis 2 and 3 can easily pass as realistic if rendered by somebody who can achieve it.

That looks good, but it does not look real. I mean no offense by that. Just look at the eyes. If you got a photo of a person to have that effect on the eyes, it would have to be retouched. It's just not what people look like.

Here's another example for the Reality site. Again, it looks good (the best example on that site, imo), but it does not look real. Matthew McConaughey does not look like this.

He looks like this.

Also note that the last two images are retouched for magazines, and they still don't have the somewhat fake look of even very good CG.

CG cannot create truly realistic skin. Perhaps it will in the future, but it can't yet.