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From chipr@niestu.com:
I hate to say this, but I liked one of the test images you posted on the web
back in March a lot better than this one.  That scene was just the table, with
the dough and the cookie cutter and some cutouts.  In the final scene, you've
added all sorts of garnish.  And while the garnish is very nicely done, I
remember the other scene I saw, and what an impact it had on me.  One of the
biggest changes is that the original cut-outs were all identical, and
colorless; these new ones are colorful, in different poses, and all have their
own personality.  Much of the point seems to have been lost.

Still, this is a pretty scene, with lots of good elements, and I'm still
giving it high marks.  I just miss what you might have done. <grin>

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From jsaxton@folio.com:

I'm glad you provided a description, because it was not readily apparent what
the image had to do with the theme. I gave you a relatively high mark for
interpretation of theme.


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From charlie495@aol.com:
Nice joke, but I shouldn't have to read the text file to get it. Shadows of the
frame also ruin the effect to some extent.
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From bbowen@cswnet.com:
I like the original insight into the topic. It has certainly come a long way
from
the preview image you first displayed a couple of months ago. My only real
complaint
would be with the frame of rings; they're ok but their shadow on the ground 
detracts somewhat from the overall effect IMHO. ^"^

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From ucoakc00@mcl.ucsb.edu:
Great idea. I like atmosphere. The back right seems a bit too vacant


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From amarok@geocities.com:
Maybe you should have used no_shadow for the border object?

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From bill.marrs@pureatria.com:
I really like the cookie-cutter idea!

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From tholal@bga.com:
Excellent picture all around. Good concept.

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From eallen@highway1.com:
I prefer this idea to classroom/apple any day.


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From jjanger@mail.cspp.edu:
   

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From shipbrk@gate.net:
Interesting interpretation of the topic!

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From sonya_roberts@geocities.com:
I like this image - it's quite different from the earlier versions I'd seen of
it when it was still a "work
in progress".  I like how the cookie-cutter students aren't all in the same
position.  The shaggy tree is nice.
Your sky texture is good, through the underlying gradation looks like it's
running the wrong way around; skies
tend to be darker at the apex at lighter near the horizon.  The shadow cast by
that circles-of-wood frame is a
bit distracting, though the frame is nicely reminiscent of the fancy border
printed on manu certificates.

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From jlb36@cornell.edu:
The border is very nice.  The frame adds a nice touch.

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From jaime@ctav.es:
strange imagination...
Jaime (jaime@ctav.es)