===== From Alain.Culos@bigfoot.com: For the sand, take lessons from Jaime Vive ... his sand is really great. An inordinary concept, nice. ===== From jouni@mikrobitti.fi: A good artistic touch there. The red and green lights from a boat (?) are a really nice detail. As you said, good sand isn't that easy to create, nor are sandy shapes. Both these difficulties slightly hamper the technical score. There's an odd light contrast too; the sea is very dark, but the sandy beach is fairly well lit, even highlights form. Hmm? ===== From StephenF@whoever.com: I love the use of color in this scene, and the sandcastle turned out well. It's hard to really tell that the lights in the distance are from houses, though... it looks like it could be a fireworks display or an odd meteoric phenomenon. ===== From sjlen@ndirect.co.uk: You've made a good start on this but wouldn't there be footprints around by where the castle is, and the sand would be less undulating in an area where children had been playing.