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From ph.gibone@wanadoo.fr:
Very Escher-ish, so the merit goes to him.

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From rgow@lanset.com:
Wuh... kewl image.... but I'm not sure whether to applaud or scream.

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From szabocom@zappmobile.ro:
Strange place indeed. Good work. Greate overall. One of my favorites.
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From noe.falzon@tiscali.fr:
Superb ! The infinite stairs are very impressive ! Looks like Eischer's works.
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From pmccombs@xmission.com:
The texture on the stairs is interesting, but maybe a little too busy. I'm not sure I like the vertical supports, I think they interrupt the picture. Overall, a good entry.

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From marlo.steed@uleth.ca:
Very cool.  I liked this image.  The platforms perhaps could use a different textures (the stone work seemed out of place).
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From kingofmycastle@gmx.net:
Oh, some kind of Escher-thing. Nice lady-bugs.

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From kevinq2000@yahoo.com:
Interesting image, but I tend to see Surrealism as the
opposite of randomness: Surrealism is a construction
of the mind.

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From hildurka@simnet.is:
Good programming!


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From 25ct@lineone.net:
Impressive image! I liked this a lot.

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From intertek@one.net:

Hi Christian!

This is a great image for anything that tiles, PC desktop, wrapping =
paper, and if your are really delusional - wallpaper! But I think as a =
stand alone work of art it's missing something. It's very decorative but =
it lacks either enough variety to keep us searching for new stuff to see =
or it lacks some anomaly to keep us focused. As it stands now, I see =
ladybugs and steps and platforms and then I'm done looking at it. If =
each bug was carrying building materials to make more steps or there was =
more details in the architecture (arches, fountains, geometric =
primitives, plants etc.) or if the bugs were doing different things (so =
I could say: "Hey did you see what that one's doing!?") I would look =
longer.

Everything starts about the same distance from the viewer. This is =
exactly what you want if you are making wallpaper but from a traditional =
picture making practice, you can gain more drama by having something =
close to the camera (foreground, middle ground, background). What if one =
of those ladybugs were close enough for you to jump up and take a ride? =
Since we are working in 3D we should make the most of it.

I'm sure you have seen M. C. Escher's work. I think you should go back =
and compare your image to these:

http://www.managingwholes.com/images/par/escher.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/la3/aries1b/Escher.jpg

http://www.etropolis.com/escher/pix/donotlink/stairs.jpg

Also here is a Cincinnati artist, Charley Harper, who works with =
ladybugs and other critters, in a very graphic way. Lady bugs are prime =
for this treatment since they are round with round spots and have =
strongly contrasting, bright colors.

http://www.snowgoosegallery.com/mpartis/harcha.htm=20

Michael


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From shay@simcoparts.com:
I like how the platforms do not intersect. They could use 
a little more texture work, however. That looks like an 
incredible useful vb program.


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From file:
Agghh. My phobia of ladybirds has come back to me. I like this - it's a bit like that plumbing image in the last competition - but with less pipes and more ladybirds!


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From file:
Notable for modelling