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Well, that was easy lol. Any ideas for better renders?

I learned to make 3d printable hinges this week here is the render and the mating i made. I don't know why but i had issues with rendering this time, tried tweaking several things but the issue continues. Anyone had that before? The errors with rendering are in the latter images.( Weird rendered lighting and blurred out texture doesnt look like that in the preview but it comes out that way when I render)

it took me a while as its shape is a bit weird but eventually i took care of it. What do you guys think?

i figured tweaking lighting etc but i feel like my renders look way too cartoonish, any recommendations?