===== From : Needs an outdoor setting. ===== From batronyx@cadronhsa.com: You must have rushed this; I've seen you do better people. Still, I really like the monocrome pink effect and the detailing in the headdress. ===== From tony@awmcs.net: A nice face considering you didn't use poser. ===== From d_chappell_link@hotmail.com: This is one of my favourite entries this round. Almost feel that image work just as well if you lost the totem-pole and focused purely on indian.. Love it though :) ===== From marlo.steed@home.com: Nice image ===== From StephenF@whoever.com: Very nice! The shaping on the face and especially the headdress look great. I like the muted colors. A few nit-picky points: the feathers look rather solid, and the tattoo on the face doesn't seem to work as well as the red design on the totem pole. These are very minor, though... overall, a very impressive piece of work, and my top choice for the round. ===== From tom@tomandlu.co.uk: Good modelling. The feathers are very effective, given the semi-abstract quality. ===== From chris_hormann@gmx.de: Nice picture too, the totem pole is a very interesting use of heightfields, feather stuff and face look well done too. Also like the B/W style. ===== From youknow@ucan.foad.org: Heap big Injun smoke peace pipe? ===== From albiaprime@aol.com: Technical: Very realistic features, especially good work on the feathers. ===== From delfeld@mailcity.com: Epistemology: What is a totem the symbol of? Is it what they worship? Or is it more a symbol of what they are thinking? Axiology: The value is obviously in design: monochome against another hue, lights sharply contrasting dark, movement of the structures through the image. However, what is the implication of the symbols? How (if it is even important) does it relate to worship? Is mystery equivalent? Ontology: There is a concern as to whether people are symbolic. Do symbols people represent overshadow the significance of person-ness? Is it possible that a person can be a symbol and still a person? If so, how is it shown in imagery? ===== From file: consistent set Notable for composition, originality