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> Thanks Steve. A little support goes a long way.  My entry was a
> calculated risk all along. I came to the concept rather late.
> Never-the-less, even though I expected it, I was feeling a little
> bruised that I couldn't make the top 1/4 in the judging.
>
> Chris Cason made a point of noting that the ranking outside the winner's
> circle was just approximate, an attitude I wholehearted support.  If
> anyone remembers, I have been quite vocal on that subject in the past
> and believe that a detailed ranking makes little sense in the context of
> artmaking and expecially so when you enter the middle ranks.  To me it
> is simply an artifact born of the need to find a winner.
>
> Whatever my need to whine, I must confess that this contest forced me to
> intensify my thinking about the themes I want to pursue.  And that is a
> good thing.
Jim, I have to say I love your image!
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?

Marc