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From bobfranke@halcyon.com:
I think the composition if the image is fine.  More items 
in the wall and desk top will just take the focus away 
from the fractal and sketch.  Also the pencils look good.  
For me, one improvement is to rotate the wood texture 
on the stand for the fractal more.

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From Sean_Hamilton@amrcorp.com:
Very nice.  Your julia model is great and the sketch is very appropriate!

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From dick@buckosoft.com:
Best use of the "useless" julia shape i've seen.

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From gmccarter@hotmail.com:
Very nice gooseneck lamp, and wall texture.
Some of the primary colors are too intense.
Good overall lighting and ambience.

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From tina@tezcat.com:
I think the pencils came out great. Also the coffee mug and its coffee, 
and the coaster.  The way the mug was just a little off-center on the 
coaster added to the artistic competition from my point of view.

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From djconnel@flash.net:
This is a very good image with the real chance to be 
excellent.
The idea of the sketching of the fractal is a good one!  
However,
I really don't think it meets the topic as well as it 
could.... the relationship
between the artist and the subject is not on the same 
level as the relationship
between subjects.

But, I think the inclusion of the pencil sketch is quite 
good, artistically.
It presents a nice contrast between the mathematical 
perfection of the rendered
object and the filtered interpretation of conventional art.


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From east103@dialaccess.com:
Nice job, well done.

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From ethelm@bigfoot.com:
Nice image. Good detail and lighting.

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From 101741.541@compuserve.com:
A bit of a pretext concept.  I like the desk lamp,
especially the spring-part.

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From blaineholmes@hotmail.com:
I like the interaction with the pencil sketch and the fractal.

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From wozzeck@club-internet.fr:
Nice texturing and lighting. The red pencil and blue pot are a bit flat, but
jpeg created the problem.

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From clem@dhol.com:
The connection to the topic is kind of thin.  The drawing 
is nicely done and is a nice touch.  The desktop texture 
is quite good, and the lighting works pretty well.  The 
image doesn't really say much, though.  Instead of just 
displaying a Julia set, it would have been better to *use* 
the julia set in some clever way.  I have seen one used 
as a gateway in a "little Nemo" type scene in a previous 
round and as facial hair in a still earlier round.  A  scene 
with multiple Julias as, say, trees and bushes and clouds 
etc. would have carried the idea better.  I know you had 
time pressure, but it would have been nice.


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From r@haka.saunalahti.fi:
Never mind the drawing, I'd like to meet the guy who sculpted that in the first
place! :-) The scene might look better with some details add realism, say,
coffee stains on the table, dents in the pencil, a poster on the wall..