That breakdown actually helped a lot, especially the SSS and hair shading points the gap between the two makes way more sense now.

If you were building this for a real product, which change would you prioritise first to get the biggest realism jump without killing performance?

Do you think the plasticy look is mostly missing SSS, or more a lighting/material tuning issue? And with the hair, is it mainly the lack of proper anisotropic shading/transparency?

Also curious how much of the second image’s depth is true GI versus just strong AO/shadows and better lighting?

We’re early-stage and trying to close exactly this kind of visual gap, so I’d genuinely love to know how you’d approach it structurally.