Howdy, long time! Finished up this project and decided to give it a share :) Appreciate all feedback. More and higher res renders on my Artstation post
^ Some great tips there "just wondering when you do subd do you try and make the polys mainly square so you don't get too many flow lines which are kind of superfluous ? like here I have a lot of rectangles flowing from front to back, should i try and square them all up, so there is consistency in the mesh ?" Well, only…
Regarding the firefly and continuity of professional renders. Are you talking about videos or stills? I rendered in 5.0 for my last portfolio project and at least the stills did not seem to vary (with lumen).