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Hey nice to see you again Jon, been awhile huh. [excited]

Great effect you got too man, nice touch with the cloud swirls.

I agree about you 'photo-realisim' viewpoint.

I personally have no quams what-so-ever about giving up some realism for a cool looking effect -- creating didgtal art/graphics would be very boring if we didn't do that.

But my point earlier was directed specifically at those trying to achieve more realism -- especially with this one effect.

And i'd actually like to clarify my view on this subject... for those who might be wondering

The only reason i ever tell people to really try to achieve some realism in their images/effects is because there's a whole lot to be learned about creating graphics, in general, from taking on that challenge. No matter what program you're using. You'd be real surprised to see how much better you get at noticing the finer details in the world around you -- from trying to mimic it on the computer.

Otherwise... i'd suggest using a 3D app as the best solution for that.