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From scooby@pld.com:
The decanter and other glass are remarkably well-modelled.  Hats off!

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From tlyons@gnn.com:
naa, get off your butt and WRITE a book on how to do this stuff!!!

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From ewgr@abaddon.globalnet.co.uk:
Keep going, you're doing well. I have never read a book finding trial and error
to be the most thorough teacher... and the pov documentation helps too. ;-)

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From gmccarter@hotmail.com:
Potent stuff!  I like the star on the decanter.



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From djconnel@flash.net:
Nice play on the topic!

A few comments:

* The "water" is too heavily pigment mapped..
* The scene is too dark overall -- it is mostly
  ambient lighting.  Try a few more explicit light
  sources.

Still, nice modeling on the flasks!


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From bill@apocalypse.org:
I love that bottle (with the fire in it) a cool concept/look.  The rest
of the scene does little for me.  ...except for that fire/cube that was
a nice touch.

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From wozzeck@club-internet.fr:
A commercial for whisky? I should have have thought about it ;-)

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From 101741.541@compuserve.com:
Topicality seems good to me.  I think you didn't achieve the bar room
lighting
you wanted.  To obtain that, you should leave most of the room in the
darkness
and illuminate only some areas with soft spotlights, combined with
arealights,
if possible.  Use colored lights too...


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From r@dial-up46.webbernet.net:
Nothing wrong with punning on the topic.  The bottle and shotglass are very nice
models.  The simple "fire-water" texture is surprisingly effective as literal
fire-water.  Oddly though, it works better in the reflection than in the
closeup.  The liquids don't really sit right in the containers, giving a
suggestion that they are really solids.  Realistic surface tension is a pain to
model, though.  There are a couple of irritating visual artifacts on the
bottle.  There seems to be an untrimmed edge at the top of the liquid, and
there is the mysteriious color band on the bottle a bit below that.  The
lighting is an interesting idea.  The sloganeering on the mirror is a very nice
touch.  Considered as a magazine ad layout, the image is very credible.  Good
job.  This comment by clem@dhol.com.