* but it's a bit much to have extra work labeled as laziness

*I think I'm just too lazy to do the extra postwork to make my work better.

I took a look at you gallery and I agree : it's the postwork that makes your work better, not that there's something wrong about your renders but it's just the little extras that makes it good.

 Maybe I'm biased and I was too generally speaking, But about the hair... I saw it and thought: WOW, I wanna have that for my renders, and then I heard: no you have to do that yourself, Damn, why can't  I paint like that!!
So I think a little disappointment is me allowed...

*it's sort of like saying you can't appreciate woodworking done with power tools

I worked three years in interior workshop (as a draftsman) and I have as much appreciation for handwork as work with powertools, and I know some things just have to be done by hand because you can't do it with powertools and for other things it's just stupid not to use powertools.

Best regards,

Bopper.

-How can you improve things when you don't make mistakes?