"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote in message 
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> Marc Jacquier wrote:
>
>>
>> Jim, I have to say I love your image!
>
> Thanks man.
>
>
>> The concept, the modeling and texture are great, and the ape's fur, 
>> (though
>> it suffers artifacts which I think made your image downgraded) is
>> wonderfull.
>> Maybe the ressources your  image needed and the time you had did not meet
>> the deadline?
>
> It was underbaked in several ways.  The technical things involved were 
> developing on a timeline a little out of synch with this contest.  But 
> again, the contest forced me to think about, and lead me to thematic 
> ideas, that I wouldn't have gotten to otherwise.  A number of the ideas I 
> tried, but were eventually discarded, *will* provide rich creative fodder 
> going forward.

I think I agree with the others.  Your scene was great, but the 
unfortunately, the image suffered from some technical problems.  I think you 
imply that you were overly ambitious.  But I get the feeling that this would 
render quite well with a few adjustments, and enough time.

I purposely tried to make my entry rather simple, especially given the 
initially short time frame.  With the extra time, I tried to clean it up, 
and I added a few more objects.   At this point, I'm embarrassed to ever 
display my October entry again.  Radiosity was kicking my behind.  I had no 
idea that the lighting setup would be so difficult, and without doing lots 
of day-long renders, it was difficult to get a handle on.

Incidentally, I adapted your Wings3D women's shoe tutorial for the boots 
near the door.  Unfortunately, the boots aren't the best boots model, but I 
couldn't stand the thought of starting over again, and they're not a major 
focus of the image.

On a lighter note, I sometimes find myself making that same ape face after I 
just finished creating something cool.  I'm such a primate.  ;-)

-- 
Jeremy
www.beantoad.com