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From tek@evilsuperbrain.com:
Oooh, cones...
How did that take 6 hours to render??

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From rgow@lanset.com:
Good job on the graffitti.



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From ggargett@attbi.com:
So violent.  And you're from Canada?

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From maarten_hofman@hotmail.com:
I like the use of humans, but in this case the lack of contrast and the strange
implementation of the blood make it less effective. There seem to be some
compression issues as well (maybe use a different jpg compression?). 
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From the_dark_allies@hotmail.com:
That would be a frozen moment for sure.  However, the texturing & lighting could
do with a total overhaul.  Also, the image suffers from major compression
artifacts.  Try rendering at a lower resolution next time if need be.

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From sammyf@wanadoo.fr:
Hmm ... not exactly tastefull handling of the theme, but I gave you some extra
point for coming with something different than the usual bullet through
glass/cup/fruit story. The lighting is a bit bland and so is the background,
and it doesn't look like the guy is actually HOLDING the gun or pulling the
trigger.
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From jonathan@scudder.no:
What in the image did you create, and how? Bit difficult to tell, as the methods
are not obvious, and not covered in the text file.

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From bsieker@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de:

Aside from the poor taste of the image itself, there are also some technical
points I'd like to mention.

The "stars" around _both_ people's heads do not really seem to have any
function.

The most striking thing is that the quality setting of the JPEG image is
extremely low, so that no details are visible at all. All edges are "smeared".

The thing to do is to use a lower resolution and as high a jpeg quality setting
as will allow the filesize to be with the 250k limit.

The lamp really looks phyically impossible with only one point for attachment of
the shed.

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From david.madore@ens.fr:
Why the title "ally", I wonder?

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From clem@dhol.org:
Dramatic use of shadowed out detail.  I like the way the 
shooter's hair plays against the stylized spiky blood.  The 
pose if the victim is good, but the shooter seems too stiff.  
Given that you wanted the shooting theme, did you 
consider the famous scene of a South Vietnames police 
chief shooting a suspected Viet Cong execution style on a 
busy street?  Or perhaps the execution of Mata Hari?

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From rich@brickbots.com:
There are some pretty nasty compression artifacts on 
this one. You are way below the max file size, so you 
should increase your quality setting while saving as jpg.

Aside from that, this is an interesting and powerful 
choice for an image.  The lighting is too even, and the 
fog too thick to determine much.  The lightpost needs 
some work, and it does not appear to be producing any 
light.  This may be intentional, but the contrast of light 
and dark could have added some real depth to this one.  

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From p_chan@shaw.ca:
I like the foggy, dark feel of this image, but I find the 
jaggedness is the colours distracting (not sure if these 
are compression artifacts or intentional).

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From noe.falzon@tiscali.fr:
Good style, but a bit... to much bloody...


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From r@waps-163-94.public.utexas.edu:
I am not one to judge for content, but if there was a message to be sent within
this picture, I don't get it. I only see an unrefined rough in of a disqusting
predicament which is not what I would expect from an IRTC submission. Your
description of your image is equally as unrefined and I am put off by you
saying "getting his brains blown out." If you had a purpose other than wanting
to submit something of this nature and seeing what happens, I don't get it.


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From r@cntr37979s.dmps.k12.ia.us:
Original idea.  The modelling and texturing leaves something to be desired.
Notable for originality


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From r@cntr37979s.dmps.k12.ia.us:
Original idea.  The modelling and texturing leaves something to be desired.
Notable for originality