Fedodika the Koala

[EduardoGaray]

Duude, like others have said, the key to 3d looking artwork are good designed edges/brushtrokes.
I cant talk much about photorealism because i'm not really good at it, but back in 2013 i was really into Dan Luvisi paintings, and tried to emulate his style the best i could... of course i couldnt replicate it haha but what i learned is, for photorealism the most important part is the underlying construction of what you are painting.
Kinda like, if you are playing Bioshock, maybe the characters have realistic textures, but they still look like cartoons because the models are stylized, then you play Metal gear solid and it looks fucking real because the models are modeled 1:1 after reality.
So in the end what do you want to focus if you want realism is construction, whatever technique you use after that to render the image is secondary to that imo.
Sorry if this explanation was silly and unnecessary, i'm terrible at explaining things.

But yeah, you are indeed leveling up as i type this, so keep punching!