===== From jon@vulpecula.us: Cool picture! I like the concept...made me laugh when I figured out what was going on. I'm not sure I like the wall texture though...too many colors...feels really noisy. The books...it would have been cool to create a macro to place random titles on them, so they don't look so much like colored blocks. Still...good job! ===== From rgow@lanset.com: Good concept. Good job on Christmas tree & bookcases. Wall texture needs work. ===== From thegreatbambeeno@yahoo.com: i like the idea a lot. but the objects arent edited right. ===== From hildurka@simnet.is: Your textures need a lot of work and the lighting of the scene seemes strange. But I like the concept. ===== From somers@w-link.net: Textures need some work, mayby scale wall texture smaller? fireplace bricks look very out-of-proportion. maybe a stronger AA? tree looks nice, bookslelves are nice too. ===== From pbrasolin@yahoo.it: I don't like very much the library, but the rest of the scene is very nice. The subject also is original. PB ===== From ralf@treuherz.de: Pretty good joke, indeed ... Depicting the moment BEFORE something happens ! So this image is containing nothing mysterious at all ;-) ===== From info@michaelscholz.de: Nice idea :-) ===== From the_dark_allies@hotmail.com: LOL. This scene has a great concept. You should make the film more closer to the render camera so we can get a better view of what’s on there. Also the books could use with some texturing to prevent them from looking like simple colored cubes. ===== From zio_tom78@hotmail.com: Funny image. The tree and the floor are good, but the other parts of the image need better textures (for instance, a specular finish for the camera holder). ===== From p_chan@shaw.ca: Nice work on the tree. The textures look quite good for the most part, but the tripod for the camera and the bookshelves seem a little out of place because the texture/detail isn't up to par with the other objects in the scene. ===== From emediez@emediez.com: Amazing how Christmes is differently assumed in every culture. ===== From glenn@mccarters.net: Nice design. The shoes are well done, as is the Christmas tree. I think the viewpoint should be moved over slightly such that the camera = tripod is not cut out of the image. The books seem to be a little plain = - need some illustrations and text, perhaps. ===== From file: cute, ah the author is french, now I get it. ===== From file: Pretty good modelling. There is some abominable wall paper, however. The books are a bit gaudy, and the overall scene suffers from unfortunate ambient lighting, which washes it out a bit. What is the object on the coffee table, on the lower pane? It is a bit distracting. Need to finish the textures on the tripod. The camera is neat - the separate perspective in the view finder is a nice detail. Notable for modelling