Simple image, girl of poser. The background is very simple and texturing is bad. The clothes of the woman are very ugly but it is not bad idea, and the sky is good.

Ahh ok so you like it then :o)

Personally myself, I like the image. I like the woman's facial expression. I think the background has a nice soft hazy look to it. Keep up the nice work. I enjoy seeing all of your little creations :o)

I know it was mostly a lighting test, and the lighting really does a good job setting the mood. But if you post a scene, expect crits on the whole scene. Here is what I get.

• Her hand isn't gripping the gun.
• There is no sense of scale between the girl and the towers in the back. Is she that tall? Put something like a railing behind her. Also, the texturing on the resoivour objects look stretched and blurred. Try tiling the texture a couple of time. Smaller details spell bigger object.
• I agree the sky is nice and I like the background city.
• Did nice with the hair and lighting. I don't personally like the outfit, but that may be just taste.

I have to say that I always get get excited when I see human models in the TN and then I see the full view and it's only Poser. I wish everyone would keep poser in the poser postings... so I dont waiste my time. The is not a personal comment just an overall opinion... after all modeling the human figure is one of the most difficult tasks to be done with a 3d package. Sorry about the gripe.. the clothes look a little "painted on". Overall nice pic, keep at it. ;)

its amazing the lack of respect for other artists we have. if you dont have anything nice to say....... im the guy for crying out loud. there is a HUGE difference between a critism, and whats going on here... id like to know how some else would know if the guy was only doing a lighting test.... (lol, i can imagine magritee..... "...i can see you were only doing a lighting test...") i like the image. thanks for sharing w/ us...

Nice work. Keep it up. There is evidence there of your own modelling, such as the ship. And I like the city scape in the back. There doesnt HAVE to be anything to give a sense of scale... I think you should add a little dull browny yellow ambient light to push the woman into the scene more.

I agree with flamedragon completely. Keep Poser stuff in the Poser section!!! Although I have to say that the facial expression on your Poser model actually looks less corpse-like than most Poser model facial expressions people attempt.

Special thanks to all who contributed help here though there were actually only a few good hints and helpful critiques. I will say this regarding this work. It is a lighting and hair test only, and it is rendered in MAX4 not poser. I use poser models when I can to save time. An artist makes use of all available tools at his disposal and it is not the first time nor will it be the last time I use poser figure models in a MAX scene. I see no reason spending days modeling something I already have access to. If this offends any of you don't look, but it has as much rite to be here as anything else in the comunity.