After seeing so many renders from the best artists on this thread I'm wondering if anyone has any tutorial to get to this photo-realistic result, I know there is probably a good amount of post-render work but that doesn't scare me much. I love how you guys are making so much awesome stuff.
Thanks
stoaunt, There's a lot of stuff on the web regarding the same but personally I usually just play around with lights & skin. Then some more hit & trial with few adjustment layers in photoshop hoping for the best. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't

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but yeah, I feel like postwork is definitely the main key to it & it's something that improves only over time while working around with different settings.
Sorry, I don't follow any specific steps so I couldn't help. Hopefully, somebody else here will tell you a better approach

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