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From sonya_roberts@geocities.com:
Good concept, nice image.  I like your lamp posts, and your rain technique is a
great idea.
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From ddonegan@fix.net:
Like the "feel" this picture has to it.  

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From kazemir@pde.com:
Great Image!  Great atmosphere!  I must say, I was dissapointed when I read that
the man was a 2D object, but you incorporated him well.
I would have spaced the lamp posts less symetrically, and perhaps added some
partially torn posters on the walls.

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From bill.marrs@pureatria.com:
The rain, the wet cobblestones, the person - all done wonderfully!  This is a
winner!

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From jaime@ctav.es:



Wow! Very artistic result! I suspected something about the man, but the trick
is really convincing and very well done. You're a newbie with POV? Wow, you
have a great future with it! About the final question in the txt, I don't
understand exactly what you are saying. I must re-read your comments file...







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From gmccarter@hotmail.com:
I like many things about this image.  The way the "n" looks a little burnt out.
The textures on the street and sidewalk.  The overall symmetry.
Two things bothered me: the pointy feet on the man, and the small spots of light
on the wall behind the streetlights.



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From wozzeck@club-internet.fr:
Very nice picture; nearly nothing to say but the fact that it looks as if the
man was about to enter the cinema... which is not what you intended...
Your 2D man is perfectly disguised into a 3D man!

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From bsieker@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de:
Really excellent image! One thing: it looks as if the two street lamps cast
light on the rain plane! Surely that's not intended!
Nice "cheat" with the 2D man with 3D umbrella.

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From i_emackay@mountains.net.au:
One of the better entries. Realistic. I feel it is too symmetrical for a really
strong composition. I would try moving the camera a bit.

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From Martin.Magnusson.7121@student.uu.se:
Great! The man really fits in the scene. I like
the lighting and the wet street and the whole concept, too. Very good!

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From arcana@sinbad.net:
For a second image, it's a great one! :{)
Of course, the 2D man would have gone across a lot better if he were 3D. Good 
choice for a short-cut of using a plane to imitate rain. The only drawback with

doing it this way, instead of say using blobs, is that you lose the subtle
effect
of depth. I know, you'd think with the resolutions that it wouldn't make a
difference.
But the human eye can, and does unconsciously, pick up myriad tiny subtleties.
Even
an odd pixel here or there showing a bit of depth, refraction, reflection, or
whatever
will lend to the mind's ability to take the rain as real. :{)
Again, good effort. Oh, and you were asking about something to make beziers?
Check out
sPatch. It's a freeware program that exports to POV format.

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From msfl.bf@fasonet.bf:
hehe, good trick with the peasant.
And don't worry, the neon looks good. Nice touch with the unlit letter.
Good work!

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From ptdawson@voicenet.com:
This is flawless - excellent job! 20-20-20. Great neon!

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From bobfranke@halcyon.com:
The 2D figure and 2D rain work quite well in this image.  The sign looks good, I
like
the burned out letter. One flaw, for me, is the glass in the ticket boot looks
too
thick. Good job I am look foward to your next entry.

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From peter@table76.demon.co.uk:
I liked the explanation of the 2D Korean with the umbrella :-) .  Very
effective scene.  BTW, do you know about the Usenet group
comp.graphics.rendering.raytracing?  That's a good place for such questions.