Thanks for the feedback everyone! Yes, I still tend to hang with the prefabricated textures, just to make my life easier. Eventually I'll have to play with textures more. :) I really worked on getting the lighting to look good. I didn't want the outside too dark, but I didn't want the room too light. Eventually I just built a box around the figures and the camera, except for the window to block out the sun from the room, really darkened up the back wall and the curtains and finally got the effect I wanted. The other hard thing was getting the cat on her lap to look vaguely like a cat. Not so easy when you are using the existing textures and the cat curled up pose. :) This scene came to my mind after the whole 'geographical influences' discussion. I figured some sort of homage to all our pets, past present and future would be nice. Lin