I think this is a great shot, with the beautiful cliff in the background, and gloomy sky which perfectly fits the gorgeously rusty white car in the fore ground. Well done = ) Reply »

Congratulations on 1st place, great photo. Reply »

Congrats for your first place, Falkor! Reply »

Great shot Reply »

I l ove the colors...wonderful! Reply »

Well done, it is wonderful Reply »

Nicely sharp.. Reply »

Beautiful Shot. I love the soft background. Reply »

Beautiful shot Reply »

congrats on ur 1st!! Reply »

it looks perfect in high resolution. Well done author Reply »

lighting and texturing looks gr8 and gud idea and gud work..i feel the Axe and the lamp looks need some scaling as they looks bigger or else u would raise the ceiling Reply »

Great idea! I really like the feel of the image, almost feels like I'm in there. Gl Reply »

Thanks guys.

I have reduced the size of the pick axe and lamps to 80%. Reply »

This is absolutely fantastic, really great. Here is the smallest of nit picks......it looks a bit too clean to be in a mine shaft.
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Thanks Richie,
I have added an additional soil texture to the ground, and also added a particle system for some dust. Reply »

great work buddy! GL
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Fantastic work author...Very realistic,very detailed and mood is just perfect...Best of luck Reply »

Looks so real, very nice concept and colors! Reply »

What a great mood ! Fantastic ! Reply »

CONGRATS Reply »

congrats on ur win!! Reply »

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uproarious entry !!! GL author Reply »

LOL this is so funny Nice job. Reply »

Construction is very well done with an original and funny idea Reply »

Fantastic work author...very funny and great executed...good luck Reply »

Fantastic! Reply »

Funny! Reply »

Nicely done!
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Nice job author Reply »

It's nice. I imagine that if the Pixar make it a character in their film, what the dog will talk...? hehehehe... Reply »

Thanks everyone, I'm glad you all like him. Reply »

Very cool work, love it. Reply »

Funny concept. Reply »

Good one buddy! GL
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Awesome work, congrats Reply »

Congrats on 1st .......... Reply »

Beautifully done, love the name, very funny and original entry. Reply »

Great image, but I really need to know what tune it's playing? Reply »

Amazing image. Really nice focus and design. Great realism. Reply »

Couldnt believe this wasn't a real photo at first.
great job! Reply »

This is gorgeous. Good luck Author. Reply »

Great work, and it does look quite real! Reply »

Great!! It´s a very nice image. Reply »

good work superb Reply »

Excellent idea, superb quality image and even a pretty good SBS .. Very nice work here, the final image is just awesome. Reply »

outstanding pic, looks very real. Reply »

Very nicely crafted image, composition lighting and modeling are quality! (Nice to see no stretched materials and distortion) Great use of D.O.F. and procedural textures. And a pretty informative S.B.S
Good job artistic entry!!
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Stunning work....Great image....GL author... Reply »

Amazing work...best of luck Reply »

very nice job -- the focus makes this very realistic -- great attention to detail Reply »

wow, i have to say, this image looks so real Reply »

Congrats for 1st place, really great job. Reply »

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Great work... love the discription Reply »

Really nice atmospheric image Reply »

nice work, good depth on those rocks. and THIS is why I didn't pursue marine science! Reply »

beautiful creation ........... Reply »

Looks really good. Reply »

Amazing! Really atmospheric! Reply »

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Very nice Entry....G/L Author. Reply »

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Congrats for your first place, Falkor! Reply »

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wow... so beautiful... Reply »

i'm with lamantine on this one Reply »

The shadows seem a bit off.. but the actual insect is very well made. Good luck! Reply »

Awesome awesome awesome! The only thing I could say is that the material is a bit reflective so it looks a bit like plastic. Maybe bring down the refraction/reflection. Reply »

the insect is really beautiful ............. all the best to u author ............. Reply »

*speechless* Reply »

Thanks guys .
I have adjusted the shadow a bit - (removed lower light source and changed from buffered shadows to ray shadows). I hope they look better now.
I set the specularity and its hardness really high because the ladybeetles in my reference photos are actually really shiny when the sun is on them.
I have just added some subsurface scattering to the shell. Reply »

Really great job Reply »

This is outstanding. Good luck! Reply »

You have an incredible sense of color which help you enorm. I have to work twice or more for a mediocre result. How much do you want to share this secret with me ?
Reflections are still to strong IMO. Your program ( you still work in Bryce ? ) have for sure settings for specular light or highlight, play with.
Your work is too good to not be perfect. Reply »

fantastic Reply »

I gave up on Bryce ages ago, currently using Blender.
Ok, I've decreased the specular a bit. I also just added a bit of reflection in the eye using HDRi image (top middle image of source). Reply »

Very Good work author.Good luck Reply »

Great work author...I like bug very much,great details and perfect for,.Just one nit pick,adjust shadow just a bit.With this lighting shadow is to much sharp and dark,lover the opacity of shadow and blur the edges just a bit...Any how,high marks from me...Good luck Reply »

thanks erathion, I have changed spot light into area light. Reply »

Looks great author.... Reply »

this looks like an original one... good job and good luck.... Reply »

Great work -- detail colour all great Reply »

Lovely work, very realistic.....GL Reply »

Very reliastic work.......Good Luck Author. Reply »

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looks like a piece of candy.. Like you could pop it in to your mouth and chow down.. wonderful Reply »

congrats... you deserved it... Reply »

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Would have liked to have seen a better SBS. Also a more elaborate scene would have been nice. But overall very nice job, I need to learn how to do liquids like that, think I will need to learn 3D Cinema Reply »

Pretty good job! And sbs are nice hehe Reply »

great splash. Reply »

Milk! It´s nicely done. Reply »

great! Reply »

Nice splash....Keep it up... Reply »

You maintain the property of milk is awesome Good luck. Reply »

nice job.... all the best author.... Reply »

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Congrats for your first place, Falkor! Reply »

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Congrats, nice work Reply »

congartulations!!!... for nice wrk... Reply »

well done.. I love it.. Reply »

Good job with the hair

As for the model itself, you might want to round off the area between the forehead and the nose as it currently is a bit reinforced Reply »

yes Tanzim... its good job with hair.. I won't mind the forehead and nose area as it looks like a character from one of those animated movies such as open season, toy story etc... but its with author, if he/she feels like to.. then sure.. Reply »

original entry -- well executed good luck ! Reply »

iquraishi, sorry I didn't understand that first line, is that sarcasm or were you agreeing with me?

Yes, I should've kept that in mind, if he/she can model that well I'm sure he/she knows what their doing. Reply »

I was agreeing with you tanzim.. apologies if you felt any other way.. Reply »

Thanks for your encouraging comments guys.
This is my first real attempt at organic modeling and I'm glad you all like the hair as it gave me quite a lot of trouble to comb. I think the model was easier than adding the hair!

This horse was modeled on an Arabian, which typically have wide foreheads and dishy faces, although I probably exaggerated this a bit. (I think the angle of my front on reference photograph wasn't quite straight). Reply »

Very good for a first organic. Even for a second or third The real problem is with lights. You can hide or attenuate modeling errors plaiyng with 2 or 3 fill lights from back. For the moment the left/front light is too strong. Good luck Reply »

i like it Reply »

Congrats, she's beautiful Reply »

Congratulations Falkor for the 1st rank.. somewhere I knew that this was going to win... Reply »

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absolutely beautiful. Reply »

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well done Falkor Reply »

Congrats for your first place, Falkor! Reply »

awesome!!! very Creative!! Reply »

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This is really quite brilliant, excellent job. Reply »

I know....I used to play Mechanix....Great work..... Reply »

wow..just terrific...great textures, lighting and model! I would love to produce a work like this! Reply »

Beautiful work. Like looking at toystory. Reply »

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Amazing Reply »

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Congrats, this is really wonderful Reply »

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Congrats for your first place, Falkor! Reply »