Thomas de Groot wrote:

> 
> 
> Nice work, Jim. I particularly like the table tops. They look like pieces 
> cut out of paintings or photographs (face? Rose?) and the texture suggests a 
> certain roughness.

Thanks. The texture is actually individual rounded boxes arrayed in 
concentric circles.  Each takes its color from an underlying photo using 
trace(). So it is a kind of fake mosaic.  To automate a more realistic 
mosaic, where the pieces loosely follow contours, would be an 
interesting accomplishment, but not within my reach I am afraid.  The 
photos are by a contributor I know over on DeviantArt.  The pinkish ones 
are of her own lips, closeup.

> 
> The legs seem a bit flimsy to me. I would be afraid to find myself sitting 
> on the ground beside an interestingly twisted piece of modern sculpture :-)
> Not recommended for overweight persons.

Yes, furniture always gives me problems, especially with proportions. 
Wrought iron I think can be very strong, but this may be a bit spindley. 
  Maybe Wire this thin might be used double or more on the legs. Also 
this furniture is probably still quite high vs its footprint.  Believe 
it or not, I already took the original models and reduced the vertical 
scale by 1/3. Here I think I both wanted to show off the table tops and 
the bricks so I probably tended towards tall and spindley.  I can never 
quite believe chair seats are only up to my knee.  And I agree these 
chairs are more like stools, not really suited to a wide bottom.  Maybe 
I picture this place with slender young women nibbling on silly little 
sandwiches.

http://images.patiofurnitureusa.com/mgen/digimarc.ms?img=master:ALH162.jpg&h=175&w=175
http://images.netshops.com/mgen/digimarc.ms?img=master:MDW322.jpg&h=300&w=300
http://www.holloways.co.uk/garden/wrought/bistro/large/provence01g.jpg


> 
> Plants and lighting look ok to me, and the overall color combination is very 
> well balanced (the eye of the painter!). Perhaps the wood texture of the 
> posts could be finer. It seems a tad to large to me. In addition, where the 
> posts reach the ground, there should be some kind of interruption in the 
> (very nice) pavement.

Yeah I'll fix the posts.  The arbor structure was a single modelled 
piece with one wood texture applied. The center of the circular wood 
texture (rotated to vertical) is about at the right foreground table. 
I'll take a breath then make the posts separate with separately applied 
textures.  I was just being lazy there, though I might get away sith it. 
  What *was* I thinking?


> 
> Overall, it reminds me of some impressionist paintings
> 

Never thought of that, a nice compliment.  I love those impressionist 
paintings.

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