===== From tek@evilsuperbrain.com: I like it! It doesn't look real but I don't think it needs to, the idea is really good. ===== From rgow@lanset.com: Well modeled gun. Scale looks a bit off, hand looks too large for gun. ===== From the_dark_allies@hotmail.com: Good concept, could use a bit more detailed modeling as well. ===== From N6re@mminternet.com: No recoil in the pistol...powder products extend much farther and the pressure wave distorts images...Typical concept.. ===== From bsieker@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de: Not a bad idea, but some technical points struck me: - the outer diameter of the bullet is a lot smaller than the inner diameter of the gun's barrel. Real bullets fit _very_ tight into the barrel. - at the moment the bullet leaves the barrel, the hot gases are in immediate pursuit and under very high pressuer. They would not only make a small puff of smoke, but shoot very quickly into all directions, and also past the bullet. - The way the hand (a few more blobs would have made it look a lot less "blobby") holds the gun, the recoil would have knocked it out of the hand. The palm needs to be _behind_ the pistol grip to absorb the recoil. ===== From david.madore@ens.fr: This image is pretty heterogeneous. Some parts of it are nice (the skeleton, the smoke caused by the bullet's escape) while others are very unsatisfactory (the hand holding the weapon). ===== From clem@dhol.org: I completely agree with the sentiments in the text file. The idea of literally freezing such moments is, incidentally, quite poetic. The skeleton in the background is interesting symbolism, although it needs to be more visible. It did take a moment to understand. I am glad that you modelled the hand yourself. I get tired of all the Poser people occasionally. The flesh texture isn't bad, but the gun and bullet are too plastic looking. Good effort. ===== From p_chan@shaw.ca: Creating an image of skeleton in the smoke from the gun is an excellent way of giving emotion to the work. The hand could use more work, as the blob components are fairly obvious. ===== From batronyx@alliancecable.net: There are really a lot of bullets this round. ===== From jfempire@yahoo.co.uk: Good thinking but still need more realism ===== From r@jerkweed.kiva.net: At least you showed the gun.