I will do that, thank you!  I have one book on how to work realistically done skin just by painting rather than rely on photos and it did help me when it came to the bump/spec/displacement maps I've made but I have yet to go as far as starting the skin from scratch.   I'll look into that book and author toot sweet.  XD

 

I know what you mean about how you see things- I'm always........always taking photos of textures.  My poor phone has been locked up more times than I can admit with photos of textures I've come across; cement, brick, tile, bark, rust, chrome..everything.  In my heart, I guess, I'm more of a texture maker than a modeler if you compare the two.  I don't see in wire frame (yet).

I'll have to remember the point about saving imprefections for later in the design- perhaps that was part of my problem when I tried to start off with them in the base mesh of the head I Tried.  Everything came out wonked.

No worries if you ever miss mine, and I'm glad to be a part of this one!  I'll just mark my corner here, cop a squat, watch and sketch while Mr.  Lucas progresses. ;)