===== From skipt1@aol.com: Beautiful work. One of my favorite images of the round. The textures are fabulous and so is the soft lighting. My only critique is that the sand doesn't quite come off as sand. Its looks like a solid object with a mottled texture. Excellent job though. ===== From tek@evilsuperbrain.com: Nice, the story in this image comes across very well. Very good textures and modelling. I'm particularly impressed by the holes where the string goes through the outside of the canteen, and the sand-blasted rock textures. One suggestion would be to add some loose particles of sand because at present where objects touch the surface there's an unrealistically hard edge with the sand. Also since the canteen's been there for a while some sand should have piled up against the side of it. ===== From rgow@lanset.com: Nice! Excellent texture on the canteen! Good modelling. Lizard's feet look like they are floating slightly above the gound. ===== From ewaninthailand@yahoo.co.uk: It's great, Art of Illusion must be a powerful tool. :) I gave you an average on Tech merit purely because I have no idea about the work involved to produce your image. ===== From i-mcnamara@cornellcollege.edu: I'm blown away. Some amazing work that you've done here. I'm not all that familiar with the program that you used, but it looks like you put some serious work into this. I love the plant, the lizard looks almost real, and the canteen is very impressive. Amazing textures and great lighting bring everything together. Great stuff, keep on entering in the future. ===== From jacoons@ameritech.net: The canteen texture is especially realistic. The rocks are great. Actually, all the textures are pretty good. ===== From ericf@foothill.net: No real comments for this one, nicely done image, can't see anything I would change. ===== From raytracing@grayproductions.net: This "still life" isn't still at all! One of my favorite images this round. Very nicely done. ===== From file: Notable for textures ===== From file: Good texture good modeling Notable for composition, modelling, textures ===== From file: Very good. Nice to know that you made all the objects yourself. Well done. Perhaps a little water dripping from the canteen would have tied the whole scene together. Otherwise, it's a nice job.