===== nice, clean, simple ===== The transition between the snow(on top of the mountain) and the rocks is to sudden. And the rocks doesn't look quite right. Maybe you should've used trees or dirt instead of rocks. -hl ===== It smells a little Corel Draw here . ===== You have a good eye for color. ===== Nice balloons very realistic looking. ===== Everybody that has ever done computer art has made a hot air balloon. ===== More work on the mountains is needed, maybe a normal modifyer and some layered textures. ===== Good effort :) ===== Excellent composition, great colors, captures the essence of the theme perfectly ===== I think more reflection should have been used, perhaps with more light as well, and no, that rock tecture isn't very good. ===== The balloons probably weren't as original an idea as you hoped, but you pulled it off very well. _Nice_ balloons. ===== Very nice balloons. For some reason, the image has kind of a "posterized" effect, like not very many colors are being used. It seems to degrade the "realism" of the image. This may be a problem in outdoor lighting. ===== Cute, reminds me of the box cover for Corel products. ===== Good composition. BTW, I think the copyright is wrong -- POV wasn't even released in 1196! ===== Nice perspective. ===== not bad for such an old image! ===== I think the artists own criticism is pretty good. The balloons do have a nice sweeping up into the sky feel, and the textures are well done. However, the topic is not original (there have been many POV ballons), and the heightfield is really rather dull. I think maybe the lighting is to blame here, as the land seems rather flat and smooth. ===== Didn't one of these balloons have a coke motif before?? ===== To add interest to yet another bolloons over mountains image I'd suggest area lighting at a shallow angle from the left to cast soft shadows of the balloons on the varying terrain. ===== Summer revisited! You did a great job of aligning your pigment patterns to fit with your normals ===== Work on your textures. ===== Nice subtle colours. For once a picture that isn't garish ===== wONDERFUL ORGINALITY AND USE OF COLOR ===== Sunlight and shadows could have been more prominent ===== color combination for the screen is worth comenting. ===== good image. i agree with your feelings on the rock texture and the overall image could have been "sharper" to make it look more like a photograph than an illustration, but overall it was good! ===== The textures on the balloons are cleverly done. ===== More balloons... (by now I'm getting tired of them) ===== Cool balloons, great colors, nice mountains.