===== From trioker@wanadoo.fr: Impressive. ===== From cdsi26@bupers.navy.mil: Pretty cute. I'm reminded of kids playing tag. The thought of a bunch of skelitons running around to graveyard does hit my funny bone. Random placement of grave stones and the errie green light make the scene more interesting. ===== From timk@jtse.com: Great concept, but disappointing use of it. The Jack-O-Lantern should reinforce the action, not distract from it. Maybe have one of the skeletons hurling it at another skeleton, the yellow-orange light illuminating the target's skull. Nice use of cool colors and eerie lighting effects. ===== From jcheves@ix.netcom.com: Background too dark ===== From ameede@madmac.com: I do like this image, it is unrealistic as you suggested but it is very dynamic in its composition. Although the crucifix in the background, next to the skeleton, and the pumpkin appear as afterthoughts, they do help bracket the scene. Finally what makes this piece work is the skeleton in the foreground looking up personalizes the work with the observer. Great job. ameede@madmac.com ===== From dwallace@lynx.dac.neu.edu: "Eye candy" jack-o-lantern wrecked things. If placed INTO the scene it would have worked beautifully. ===== From tina@ripco.com: Sickly green lighting cool. ===== From ericf@foothill.net: This has a much more humorous feel, and I guess that was intended. The skeletons are well done, but I would have liked to have seen more detail in the scene. ===== From gmccarter@hotmail.com: I like the top-down viewpoint, and the good poses of the skeletons. The elements at the bottom of the scene are a little bit distracting: pumpkin, dark cross, and your signature. Why should they be there? For example, the cross must be floating two meters above the ground! ===== From mark.wagner17@gte.net: What is the horror in this image? ===== From sjlen@ndirect.co.uk: An interesting image, the skeleton with the glowing eyes looks good. The skeletons in general look too plane, dry and clean, they should have bits of flesh, vegetation, clothing or soil hanging off them to make them look as though they've just got out of the ground. You went to a lot of trouble for the ground and your efforts didn't pay off, you could have used a plane and spent the time working on an interesting texture. Don't be discouraged by this, I look forward to seeing some of your work in future rounds. ===== From file: If this is the best idea you can come up with, I pity you.