Wow this looks great, very real, though her lips need something, i just don't know what.

I think the lips are fine, however this is a bit of texture line on her neck. This is quite good over all.

Ahhhh...Sweet Melissa, I'd recognize her anywhere :) She looks quite lovely here :)

Nice tear drop ruby!

Rubydear, You have something very nice going here! Wanna improve even more,,"sure;)" don't stop now! Decrease your bump-map alittle, 10 to 20% lower. Bring your brightest light around just enough to make the eye's and lips shine more! Then, make sure "Texture Changes Apply To Entire Figure" is unchecked and from the dropdown choose the lips and decrease the bump even more down to about 11%, "just on the lips" The bump for the lips may be at 11%, while the bump on everything else is somewere around 30 to 60 depending on the focus. You can also take the bump completly down to 0% on some things, like eye's and fingernails for more of a shine. Then you will be amazed of the realism you start making ;-) Good Work, KEEP IT UP ;) MEGAPIXEL

VERY nice and well done! As an extra added note to follow up Megapixel's wonderful suggestions, her mouth doesn't seem to convey the mood around her eyes. Try some frowning and perhaps MOUTH O settings

Megapixel : Thanks for taking the time to give such great advice. One major problem though - there was no bump map in this render, it's a straight skin texture, and that's all. I'm a total newbie at this, so I may be missing something? ~lol~ Myrddann : I wanted to try to convey a sense of mystery with the expression. She's not supposed to be completely sad, more like she doesn't understand why she has a tear in her eye. That's my excuse anyway. If anyone wants to rate this, I won't be offended by low marks ~g~

I really personally think this is a great render. I love the expression on her face and the tear drop does add to it....Great work..

This looks just perfect to me.

Looking back...this was a FIRST attempt? Why aren't you posting new stuff now? s