"Mike Kost" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message
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| I'm hoping someone will have some suggestions for
| something to add in to help add detail and little
| touches to the picture.

The light source could be replaced. Whatever this is, it doesn't look
like the kind of thing which would be sitting on a table, which your
lighting suggests. The shadows also confuse the spiral and pentagram
patterns. Global illumination might work out better.

As far as little details. The stone-like appearance of the "floor" gives
the impression of something solid being formed. You could strengthen
this by showing some physical connection between the spiral and the
floor. Alternately, you could go with a more digital interpretation
(also suggested by some of your details) and change the pentagram from
six tubes to a group of lighted cells ("floor" tiles).

Unless you are attempting to show creation (*the* creation) itself,
consider constraining the scope of the "wizard's experiment" in some
way. A barely illuminated Stonehenge type structure around the
experiment would serve this purpose as well as add some mass to the
mostly empty space on the top of the picture and give the glowing
pentagram additional objects on which to cast "glow". A cliched idea, of
course, but just an example. I'm sure you can come up with something
better.

Remember, as always, that this advice comes from someone who has not yet
done a "scene".lol

 -Shay

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