===== From maarten_hofman@hotmail.com: Good idea, with a few neat tricks (I like the light). However, the sky that Flofler is looking at is rather bland, as are his surroundings. ===== From : The person is quite low poly and could also do with better texturing. The lamp however is very good and quite entertaining. You may want to study up on making outdoor scenes for the next round. ===== From awilcox@dreampeach.com: Infinite horizons are difficult to do. Maybe a little fog would help hide the horizon. Maybe a height_field for the foreground waves, so they aren't so flat. The stars need a lot of work to be convincing. The lamp, abstract figure, and sand is very good. I really like the concept of this image, it just needs some practice to be first class. ===== From dapigg2000@yahoo.com: There are parts of this I like, but the stars, the highlight of the pic, (Queue Javert singing "This I swear, this I swear by the staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaars!") don't look right even though they're made out by the explaination to be a big part of the pic. Cute character, good lantern. ===== From rclee@oklahoma.net: I like the water but the stars do not quite fit. ===== From glenn@mccarters.net: The reflections of the stars on the water surface makes them appear to = be extending down below the horizon. I think some normals added to the = water surface would help break up this pattern. ===== From p_chan@shaw.ca: The glows and the lighting they provide are done nicely. The starfield needs improvement - the stars are toon dense in some areas. ===== From StephenF@whoever.com: Not bad for a first entry... the character looks good, and I love the lights in the lantern... they add a nice touch to the scene. ===== From jl@artcom-gmbh.de: The stars look a bit strange. ===== From clem@dhol.org: Postprocessing in the glow is against the rules and I had to score accordingly. You might want to look into some of the starfield include files and macros floating around. The character may be interesting, but the perspective left only a shapeless appearing blob to view. Hard to personalize. Nice water. Decent beach. Aside from the perspective thing, okay layout.