This is going to be the new Karlabot 2.0!!  I did this illustration using Iray.  It looks a lot better.  I didn't do any lighting for this test image either.  Once I come up with lights for this illustration and render it I'll post it so the two illustrations can be compared.  The lights add a lot more depth to the images and make them look awesome!  all of my College Mannequin illustrations and the last few The Stand captions used lighting.

The most important thing I've learned about adding lights to my  illustrations?  It's a pain in the ass....