Hey @tanya53 ,
Looks great already, the porcelain especially.
Not so much answers, but perhaps an option to each question.
1. Cycles will give you a more realistic look to your render. Eevee is all about faking it, you can get good results, but it will need extra work to get it right.
2. You can adjust the brightness, contrast and color settings on your monitor/TV. When setting my monitor, I have a series of greyscale images on screen, to aid the brightness and contrast settings, and a color image when adjusting the color settings. You probably won’t have that on your TV, but I am sure you could find something online to assist you. Then use the same images on each screen. You will find the settings will vary between each monitor/tv.
3. I would leave the lighting until last, stick with what you got for now. When the time comes, you can always add an area light in the window, the same size and shape, and in the setting select portal.
4. A vignette is a good move. There is the Final Touches and Compositing lesson in the Sand Dunes Course , Kent uses a film grain and distortion look, which may be a good look for a scary scene.
5. Rats generally look the same, I would go with sculpting one rat with a rig and use duplicates and pose each one differently.
I’m looking forward to seeing your awesome sculpting. 👍
