===== From thomas_gaukel@t-online.de: Definitely don't want to meet that in the dark. Ummm... When I think about it, not even in daylight ;-) ===== From dooby@breathemail.net: The Beholder looks pretty scary! ===== From bonsalva@bellsouth.net: Great job ! Very original. ===== From elias@users.sourceforge.net: Artistic Merit: The cathedral, as well as the Beholder, look good. But by just putting one picture on top of the other, you can't get the highest artistical merit. 14/20. Technical Merit: The cathedral is done very well it seems, but it looks a bit flat, probably due to the lighting. The monster looks very nicely done, but something is wrong with the shape: It is a perfectly smooth line, while it seems to have a bumppy and crackled surface? This gives some technical points off. 11/20. Concept, originality, interpretation of theme: A monster floating in a cathedral, not that original one might say, but I like it :) ===== From tony@awmcs.net: I thought you bitmapped that beholder until you said something. Very Impressive. ===== From mikenmelanie@yahoo.com: Hmm, the rules state that your image must be totally original... that you can not use anything that you made prior to the announcement of the contest. Although your image is great, i'm sure that it will not get the score that is deserves. ===== From fmurr@free.fr: Your picture appears really dark on my screen. Once i added light, I've been able to see the background and appreciate your work. Wouahou!how did you do those great textures for your monster? ===== From jesseh@softhome.net: Best damn beholder I've ever seen... time for the boots of speed, methinks. ===== From delfeld@mailcity.com: I shudder to think that AD&D has consumed the imagination within fantasy. I suppose that lifting someone else's ideas and drawings does not infringe on your opinion that you did not use someone else's work, though it should. If this were literary art, it might be considered plagarism, simply because you did not give proper credit. Art is a different monster; even still, you obviously have a good skill at building models and bringing them to life, so there is no reason to limit yourself to other people's imagery and thinking. ===== From StephenF@whoever.com: Cool-looking... creepy... I think you've really captured the essence of a beholder here. Good modelling and texturing. The cathedral looks good, and the level of detail is very nice, but it seems a bit flat compared to the reality of the beholder. ===== From file: Fabulous modelling, texture so real I'm repelled. Notable for textures, modelling ===== From file: Nice fangs, the modelling is very good but lacks a bit in textures, although there are not bad it looks like plaster to me. The background is fine... the eyestalks are a bit rigid. In the overall is a fantastic image, it reminds me of some Monster Mannual cover... Notable for modelling