Where I've been + some lighting tests

Hey there! Sorry for the inactivity recently, I decided to take a break from working on posts and focusing on improving the quality of textures and sweat in my art.

I've been on Blender nonstop for 4 days trying to get a specific look on the skin of my characters and I almost gave up but Yesterday I made a lot of progress.

I'll be showcasing the tests I made during that time but keep in mind the posing and angles of the camera might look off because they were just tests and I wanted to put my full efforts in to figuring out how to improve the models.

Day 1 (Pic 1): I barely made any progress that day, I was mostly messing around with materials to learn how they're even made. the reflections on the abs and thighs are slightly improved but the overall render is fine at best

Day 2 (Pic 2 & 3): For the second picture, please ignore the eyes looking too saturated lol, it's a closeup so it's a lot easier to light. I think it's a very nice looking sfw render (minus the eyes) but nothing I'd post

For the third render, this is what I made a lot of progress with the reflections but with the new materials, my old lighting methods didn't work well with it so her face looks a bit off

Day 3 (Pic 4 & 5): this is where I figured it out and everything clicked XD the body looks gorgeous in pic 4 but as you can see the face does not look the best... 💀 I was very tired while working on pic 5, I tried having a nice balance of good looking body and face but the shading on her face is still off

Day 4 (Pic 6): I put everything I learned into that one render. The body skin and sweat looks gorgeous, the face is well shaded (though it needs more work) and I'm very proud of it, I'm glad the time I spent on this wasn't wasted and hopefully it gets easier to replicate from now. my only issue with Pic 6 is that the skin is veeery pale, hopefully I figure that out quickly

Also for Pic4, 5 & 6 the vagina is just a texture, that's why it may look off, ignore that please!

Tomorrow I'll work on the next set then the day after I'll work on the promised futa Jill set, very sorry for being inactive lately and I wanted to update everyone on what I've been doing. Thank you for reading all this if you got this far!! Though I understand if you saw the big wall of text and chose to ignore it LOOL

Thank you everyone for the support!! 🤍🤍🤍