Errrr... Better yet, for areaLight1... setAttr "areaLight1.lodVisibility" 0; Don't use the shape lodVisibility. ( Transform will override ) Parent the light into yer object. Grade A 101%
new model coming.. with touch support, use a pen or fingers... i smell i phone esque interaction.. http://www.wacom.com/pressinfo/press_release.cfm?id=131
if i went to the ripe old age of 101 and feeling satisfied with life.... THEN exploding into thousands of tiny fragments that would start the portents that bring forth ragnarök.
Don't bother with that! Pick up a good reference photo or texture, and copy it. It's all in your eye! Great example Suffeli. It's like, an organic texturing 101!