[naikku]

the prodigy?
Just a wild guess...

[Fernando Tella]

Maybe increasing roughness? You can add a bsdf to give the shine you want.

[cgbeige]

the prodigy?
Just a wild guess...

no - it's for Andrea Fiorito. Not a super famous guy but very talented.

I ended up sorting out the ham SSS - increasing the scattering and absorption did it. thanks for the tips Bubbaloo. There was a BDSF layer with Additive for the shine already but thanks for the tip.

I'll post a link to the final tonight.

[cgbeige]

final image posted here:

http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/view ... 135#292135

[philmartin]

Very Creative, just be careful with the density of your blacks if you are going to print this CMYK. Your black background is very dense.
Recommend:
60% cyan
45% magenta
40% yellow
100% black

[cgbeige]

My background is actually in print - 3D is a newer venture. I've done retouching for print for about 14 years and I've art directed four magazines but thanks for the tip

I also wrote this CMYK conversion note for newbs:

http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/ ... view.ars/8

But this was a tricky CMYK image since it leans so much into the darks, it's important to use a custom black generation curve so as to not lose all the saturation.