Any ideas on how to create a diffuse human skin map?

[@matrix]

Ive been searching online everywhere and havent found much maybe someone here can give me some info,  how would i go about creating a skin map for a human model. It needs to be realistic and im obviously going to have to make a map for every part of the body (hands, elbows, neck,etc) should i just use high quality skin images or paint them or what.. it seems like a daunting task and im not quite sure how to go about it.

[maru]

Hi, sorry that you haven't received any replies so far, but your post seems to be a bit too vague. Creating detailed texture(s) for the whole human body would be an extremely laborious task. To simplify it you could try getting as much textures as you can from photos, or from other ready-made resources such as textures (obviously you would have to be careful about licensing).