===== From agage@csee.usf.edu: And the "Gratuitous Use of a Julia Fractal" award goes to.... A bit simple, also reminiscent of an entry to the "Toys" round. The detail of the desk and other assorted objects is good, as is the texturing, but the motion of the entire thing seems either too fast or too perfect (those middle balls would start swinging eventually due to imperfections in the cradle). ===== From vansickl@erols.com: I'm afraid this idea has been done to death. The movement of the spheres was unnatural as well. The background objects did make it a bit more interesting. (vansickl@erols.com) ===== From Martin.Magnusson.7121@student.uu.se: It looks good, but as you said, the movement of the balls doesn't look quite right. The light and models are good, though. ===== From clem@dhol.com: The "use it just to use it" mentality is a mistake. The things added by focal blur, radiosity and area lights are just the kind of thing that mpeg is most likely to lose completely. I can't see where any of those things added more than an artifact or two to this animation. No story, very little happening. Even something simple like a little bug jumping from ball to ball and narrowly avoiding disaster would have helped this immensely. The comment you made about adding frames to bring it up to 5 megs is unwise, also. If more frames will tell the story better, fine. Two extra megs of more of the same would just add boredom. The varnished wood texture of the table is the main bright spot here. The modelling in general is ok. ===== From gregj56590@aol.com: High artistic merit: nice realistic view of a desk. Not much else there.