===== From bobfranke@halcyon.com: Nice job modeling the child, however the skin look a bit plastic and Poser-like. The best area for improvement is in the lighting. The scene look very flat, almost two dimensional. The ribbons, tree and light cords are also well done. ===== From Martin.Magnusson.7121@student.uu.se: Paola's face is just excellent, as are the things hanging in the tree. However - things that could be improved: the needles could be more irregular, the light under the tree looks "flat" (maybe adding some extra light source or radiosity would be good), and the wallpaper could have some extra details, like edges between the different sections, if you know what I mean. Anyway, this is a very good image! ===== From gregj56590@aol.com: Actually, I thought this had more of a problem with ambient light than with the attractiveness of the child. The realism of the image is ruined by the texturing on the child's lower cloth, the absolutely uniform color and square modelling of the presents, etc. The tree and ornaments themselves are pretty well done. ===== From dick@buckosoft.com: The stocking looks like you layed it on afterwards. What's with that black outline? ===== From gmccarter@hotmail.com: The tree and ornaments are stunningly real, which is a large contrast to the baby which looks like a doll. A mistake: the blue sphere shows me that the rest of the room is empty. Great effort overall. ===== From djconnel@flash.net: Wow -- the modeling of the components of the scene is excellent! The scene just needs a bit more creative use of perspective and lighting to make it a real winner. The wallpaper, for example, appears a bit flat, and the scene is a bit to well lighted. But the model of the baby, especially, is amazing! The only issue is a bit more use could be made of texture -- the baby is a bit doll-like (I thought at first it was from Poser, which is characterized by this problem). ===== From east103@dialaccess.com: Very nice picture. Good tree and baby. The lighted part of the bottom of the sphere surrounding the lights dosen't look right to me. Also the texture on the gifts looks too flat. ===== From ethelm@bigfoot.com: Very good modelling. On topic. Could probably have been improved by lighting that was not so flat. ===== From blaineholmes@hotmail.com: Love the bows on the boxes. Lots of detail in the tree. ===== From wozzeck@club-internet.fr: Impressive modelling, really. But this took all your time so lighting and even more etxtures can be really improved. Go on! ===== From clem@dhol.com: This is a very good picture overall. The tree, the ornaments, the ribbons, the wrapping paper and the wallpaper are very good indeed. The lights on the tree are outstanding, especially the twisted cord and the glow around the lights. The clothing on the baby is also quite good (despite the purple dinosaur!) The baby is well modelled, but the pose is too stiff and the skin texture is too smooth and plastic, giving a doll-like appearance. The hair also needs more detail. The height field stockings do not work very well. They are much too flat and they detract from the very good realism of the tree. I particularly like the golden ornament near the top of the picture. Aside from the problems with the baby, your textures are very good. ===== From martial@biosys.net: Hi! It vey love this image! So! Sure, because the Chrismas atmosphere? Yes, But I love it sure because the works is very works! I to thanks you for the zip files, I already learn to the image_map ! :-) ===== From jaime@ctav.es: Buen trabajo con tu hija! Las proporciones resultan muy creibles. Es una pena que la iluminacion general no deje percibir bien las bombillas del arbol. En mi humilde opinion, podrias haber usado una iluminacion mas tenue, indirecta, como de una chimenea talvez, al lado contrario del arbol. Pero ya sabes, soy un fan del claroscuro... ===== From r@pluto.icom-solutions.com: I really liked the tree and decorations, particularly the needles which are very realistic. The background behind the baby is a little confused - I wasn't sure whether the red and green were boxes or skirting board on the wall. Also it would be better if there wasn't a present coming out of the babys head. Perhaps something else would be better in the background e.g. a chair or table. Notable for originality ===== From r@pluto.icom-solutions.com: I really liked the tree and decorations, particularly the needles which are very realistic. The background behind the baby is a little confused - I wasn't sure whether the red and green were boxes or skirting board on the wall. Also it would be better if there wasn't a present coming out of the babys head. Perhaps something else would be better in the background e.g. a chair or table. Of course in real life the tree would be being pulled over by the baby (1998 was my own son's first Christmas and we had to tie the top of the tree to a bracket). Notable for originality, modelling ===== From r@haka.saunalahti.fi: Adding some randomity to the tree would make it look more natural. Also, it seems as if there should be more shadows in the picture than there are, it's hard to establish the relative positions of the objects. (Is the baby holding the cardboard sock? If not, what's it hanging from? If the "broken" ball is lying on the box, shouldn't it cast a shadow?) The baby is well modeled, but looks a bit too much like a plastic doll. Oh, and the ear has no hole.