Dear Romangirl; It is a rare privilage to be the first ot comment on a render, and one of yors especially! First the critical part. While the base render is VERY good, it is some dire need of postwork. If you have Photoshop (or even Paintshop Pro), you need to go around the edges of the figure with a soft blurring tool, so as to soften the edges and blend them in better with the background. The needsto be blurred a bit too, so as to meld the hair better with the texture of the face. The skin appears to be a bit plasticky too, and possibly needs to be bumped a bit. As for its positive aspects, they are numerous and varied. First of all, the face is strong featured, and ful of 'Character'! The hair is nicely filimented, and looks quite real. Also, I like the woman's honest, unabashed, and level gaze. This is obviously a person who is unafraid to meet the world headon. All in all, a very good first render, and worthy of a top rating. I'm giving this a five, and also adding it to my growing collection of favorites. My you find the Poser expreience rewarding. Yours truly, David P. Hoadley

Thanks so much for your helpful comments, David! I will do some postwork. In the past, I have used an old Corel Photopaint program to blur and blend, but omehowm I have never found that tool in Paint Shop Pro (7 and 8). I'll have to look further!!! Thanks for opening my eyes! romangirl

I don't know if this helped or not, but at least I got that hair out of my eye! How do you "bump" a face?

I've always liked this image . ...It is truly your blonde fantasy . . .piano

Thanks!

Wonderful image !!! Fantastic creation and render !!! Love the colours, excellent work !!! 5+ Hugs:):):)

Sweet portrait erland

That's an old one, but thanks. I have to update my gallery.

Excellent portrait!

very nice job on your first one and fun idea to see how you would look as a blonde

Thanks, I created this a long time ago!