- The glaze would be natural in case the character was perspiring, but then the glaze should have carried to other side too. The skin looks a bit too dry on forehead, cheeks and neck, where the primary light source is hitting and should have been glazed in case of sweating. Adding hi-light and glisten to the blood near the wounds (they do look a bit dry yet not clotted, all the same they do look great, as real blood permeates on skin!) would make it look more realistic. Another observation was, if the blue light is strong enough to glisten on the skin, why isnt it acting as an active fill light on the secondary characters? The shadow area of these characters is pretty dark. Also, the sparkle on the ring isnt un-natural, but with the ring falling in shade, which is the source of light hitting it that causes the sparkle? In case its luminous by itself, shouldnt it have a glow as against a sparkle? - Kudos for the haunted look, skin tones, hair and clothes! Simply marvellous work! - Lord foul isnt too visible on first viewing, but comes about clearly on inspection. Increasing cloud definition, off his forehead and along his ears, while seeming to merge into his face might help. Also the highlight on his cheek is a bit distracting, and prevents the outline of the face from forming when the eyes scans it! Muting this hi-light a making the wooliness of clouds more evident along contours (Photoshop work here, with a lot of cloning patching etc) might make the face more cloudy and a tad more evident. Unless the ethereal look has been achieved on purpose! Making a separate rendition of the cloud face and then composting it might help. Also I got better results with the snowy/fluffy cloud material (in clouds material in Bryce) then I did with volumetric material. Do you think it might be worth a try? - In terms of composition, what if you had the secondary characters placed slightly lower and starting off with The First (I take it, its the lady with the sword, am not familiar with the book or cast of characters) and the rest arranged as they are? It will make a triangular composition, providing easier entry and exit point for the eyes as well as accentuating the natural triangle forming between Thomas head and left arm. I have taken the liberty to work on your image a bit, but only to roughly illustrate what I meant. The blue line delineates the eye path with the entry and exit points (as I see it), and the orange/red lines composition. Please let me know if you have seen it and Ill delete the image immediately thereafter. Hope this input proves to be useful. Avi