@williamatics Ayooooo it’s the Faraam Knight, love me some Dark Souls.
To answer your question on which is better is a bit difficult to answer, but I’d have to go with the first one, due to clear shadows which in turn helps everything stand out.
I will say though that you need to give your render a background. Preferably an HDRI if you’re not already using one. The blank, pitch black background takes away a lot from the scene and just makes it look like he’s floating in the Abyss about to fight the Four Kings (hehehehe Dark Souls reference).
So with the lamps how many are there? What are their colours? Their size? Strength? Mind showing your viewport?
So I definitely think you’re off to a good start, but I think by adding an HDRI, adding a proper background (either the top hat thing seen in the streams or the HDRI itself), and maybe adjust the strength and size of the lamps and you could be onto something even better.
