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In this full lesson, you’ll learn how to polish your character render from top to bottom. We start by fixing the hands using custom reference photos to ensure the pose feels natural and the lighting hits the joints correctly. You will see how to add life to hair by introducing color variation and saturation instead of relying on simple gradients.

Dave Greco demonstrates how to render specific materials like leather straps and metal buckles, adding wear and tear to make the character feel lived-in. You’ll also get workflow techniques for fixing composition errors with the warp tool and using atmospheric effects to separate foreground elements. This lesson focuses on knowing where to put your effort and when to stop rendering to keep your process efficient.

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