adjusted the material of the clothing in the appearance editor. it was actually that feature of character creator that hooked me in to the line, the way in which you can texture clothes (and characters) is just amazing. this render is just me exhaustingly testing and comparing render and dof options. joined blender artists and added the blenderkit... off the hook. mad at myself for not picking up blender years ago... another version of my "qube" that ive been working on for the past 3 years or so now? no longer pursuing it as a merchant item, but i still use it. and often morphed in zbrush and painted in 3dc.