hmm... not a bad idea. One of the things I have thought about concentrating on is materials (in a realistic way.) There was a brilliant image on zcentral a little while ago of an orc character sitting on a giantsshoulders, and the giant was holding a twig with some berries on it, and the berries and wood looked so real, and the rest of the image was so brilliantly rendered. It was amazing. I shan't forget the dead goat idea now its here in this thread, but I am trying to learn to go with the flow as much as possible at the moment so am not going to go so far as to say I will DEFINITELY attempt it... but I do like the idea...