This is really a weird, but beautifull picture, Bernie, I really like colors !

Cool idea and great picture. My only problem could be on the Wallace pose, it looks to me unatural for a corpse...

Yves, I think the goal is not to reach anyone's level, it's to be pleased by the act of creation and sharing a unique point of view on things ("arte e causa mentale", like this good old Leonardo used to say...). For the mosaic, the problem is not the repetitiveness, but the flatness... a little reflection, aded to the bump, could really make something good. And, concerning Anim8or, I wanted to give you the link for downloading it (I forgot to say that it is 100 % free) but while I was typing, the idea flew... It is : www.anim8or.com En attendant de mettre mes mains sur ces petits bijoux, bonne continuation pour tes crtions :-) (for others, I said : "While waiting to put my hands on this little jewels, continue this good work...")

errr... I don't know, but this could have two reason : - don't use the "open in a new window" option (or shift+click on the link), this could cause problems. - if you try to use a download utility (getright or others), close it and try again. Scripts cause problems on this apps... hope it can helps... :-)

Excellent work on both model, YL !!! I used spatch, and it's a really good app, even if I had a lot of system crash with it... :-( If that can help you, have a try to Anim8or, another 3D app, as easy of use than spatch, but with no crash and a lot of more modeling possibilities. For the picture, try a little brightness on you mosaue (I can't remember the right english word, I'm french !) floor and a little bump. That's the only problem to my eyes... Continue this really cool work ! (Errr... maybe put your models on sale, or on freebies could be really cool, no ? :-))

Yes, in fact, that's axactly that ! It will export your model in frame one and render it, then, reimport it in frame two and render it again, etc... The only problem is that you can't have control on your character within vue... Hope this will help you... :-)

Argh ! I really love this challenge, but I'll never have time to upgrade my computer and make a pic... bouhouhou... :-( Good luck to all of you !

After lors of discussion with myself (:-)), my vote is for MikeJ

Yes ! I saw'em !!! I'm a genious ! I saw'em !!! Lol...

Thanks Vibes ! errr... are you sure you put fish in your scene... errr... I mean, are you sure that someone hungry didn't eat'em ? ;-)

Excuse the stupid french question but what is 'DOF' ? :-) Thanks !!!

Wonderfull work on the tower, Red Dog !!! I think the atmosphere still needs some little tweaks (maybe off the lens flare on sun, and re-work the clouds)... I wait for the final scene !

Second one !!!

Lol Varian !!! Excellent answer...

OK, OK, OK... Well, I know that was what I asked to you, but there's always something hard in accpting criticism... But, I want you to know that it's a great gift from you to say me that my picture was not as good as I supposed... (I hope you understand what I mean : I asked your opinion and I'm pleased, even if I thought that my picture was good, that you gave your true thinking about it, to me !!!). Thanks for all your comments. Now, in detail : Agiel, Tradivoro and Bloodsong, about the snake : in fact, there was an intention behind the snake, but this intention was not clearly assumed. There was, effectively somthing about Eve, Agiel, but it was something beyong that. It was something mysterious and deeply symbolic, like the 'Remember that you are mortal' thing (I can't remember the term for that in art !). Yes Bloodsong, this snake seems to be subtle. It was supposed to be more subtile. i had a problem : my screen was settled darker than it should be. But when I looked at this picture at my work office (and not at my house) I was unsatisfied about that... it was supposed to be more subtle. For my next release of this picture, there will be more elements of this symbolic mystery but they will be more subtle... :-) Agiel again, and Audity : yes, there is a problem with lights. The thing you pointed is the light from moon. Yes, it was a perspective problem : the left trees were supposed to be closer to the character than it looks, masking moonlight. It's not convincing, I agree and it will be changed... Audity again : I agree with you, there is a problem of 'layers' between character and background... I got some ideas for fixing that, but it needs a lot of experiments... One more thing : there is absolutely no ambiance lighting !!! And yes, your comments (and oghers) are REALLY helpfull !!! Agiel : I'm confronted to a Vue problem. Reflective materials doesn't reflects lens flare, and all particles in my scene are lens flare... I must find something to fix that... :-/ Tradivoro : Yes, I will fix the knee problem with a little photoshop touch... :-) Varian : A little operation in Vue will fix the 'sameness' problem in the sparkles Another thing about your comment : I prefer that green-blue color for the sky... I hope you will not hold rigour (is that real english ?) about that ;-) Bloodsong, MikeJ and Varian : 120 hours was for Ultra render of the first version of this scene (that I won't make you the insult to make you see... :-)). Yes, all the 365 lkghts required for this scene are set with 'cast shadows'. But with Final mode (the image posted), it takes only twenty hours to render... Bloodsong : no postwork, guy ! ;-) MikeJ : you knocked my fingers about the 'nudity' flag for the very first version of that scene while I was playing with the Vue De. Even if I think that the Vue Forum Users are sufficently matures to support that kind of nudity, I respect the rules of the forum... :-) For all the guys named above, plus Sharen and Irish; I'm glad that you liked this first picture (or I supposed you do...) and I really hope you'll like the next release... :-) Wow ! Long message, but I have in heart (once again : is that real english ???) your opinions and that picture represent a lot for me... thansk to you all and I wish you the best for year 2002