===== From johnson@pharmacy.arizona.edu: Well done. Good use of depth of field. ===== From Sean_Hamilton@amrcorp.com: Great use of focal blur! And where can I get one of those figures? ===== From caleb@chemeng.uct.ac.za: Very nice, well done. Maybe a bit too much focus blur ? ===== From gmccarter@hotmail.com: Lots of drama, simplicity, emotion here. Excellent modelling. Good use of focal blur. My only complaints: no caps on the markers, and one Rotring seems precariously balanced on some pencils. ===== From tina@tezcat.com: This was probably my favorite of the entries. I think the concept is exceedingly cool and on top of that it was really well done. Very realistic. I'm highly impressed. ===== From djconnel@flash.net: Hmmm... the position of that pose looks as though it could get him arrested :). Nicely done! I would have moved some of the markers into the background... they are a bit distracting all placed in the foreground, especially since they dominate the color of the scene. The models are very nice -- they almost demand to be animated :). Also, I really like the use of the wood texture. ===== From east103@dialaccess.com: Beautiful picture, well done. ===== From dnash@umich.edu: Wow. This is easily one of my two or three favorite images this round. The wooden mannequins are superb, and I like the sense of depth that the focal blur creates. ===== From ethelm@bigfoot.com: Dare we say Gallic Humour? Nice image. ===== From blaineholmes@hotmail.com: I like the focal blur. Very bright scene. I like it. ===== From wozzeck@club-internet.fr: Belle idee, simple et bien realisee. Par contre les parametres de profondeur de champ sont encore trop faibles: je trouve qu'il faut etre beaucoup plus contraignants en echantillonnage et seuils que dans les exemples de la doc. Eclairages un rien surexposes. ===== From clem@dhol.com: A very good simple image. The focal blur in the foreground doesn't work for me. Rather than enhance focus, I find it distracting. The blur in the background isn't so bad, but I find it frustrating. That painting on the wall looks quite interesting, and I would like to see it clearly! ===== From jaime@ctav.es: Impressive realism. Mastering blur, superb texturing and coloring, apparently simple but very accurate modelling. The idea is not typical (see, not very on-topic), but beatiful and interesting. And the light, nicely exccesive, is the touch... ===== From arcana@sinbad.net: The background seems a bit stark. From my experience of artists, their workspace tends to be cluttered and full of half finished projects. Also, am I right in thinking that the kneeling figure's left kneecap is partially imbedded in the table's surface? BTW, great image. :{) ===== From r@digital140.ism.com.br: the idea is incredible, needs some retouch , maybe in the table irself ... Notable for originality, composition ===== From r@haka.saunalahti.fi: If all the humans you model look like wooden dummies, then.. :-) Seriously, it's a great image in its simplicity, though the background might need some detail. Notable for originality