Thanks to everybody for the advise: I went to Amazon and bought the Lighting book + a texturing book (from the same author) + a character posing and animating book. They look pretty good and I guess I really should read them before I really start my project. Which, if it pays off I'll get a g4 with a bigger monitor, but for now its just an iMac for me : ) The g4 processor and superdrive look pretty good compared to my old computer, anyway... I hope I'll be able to show you the animations later Thanks again. P.D. from reading the other messages I found out what was wrong with my picture...! My shadows were noy working correctly because of the the terrain I was using. Great forum Fernando