Somebody must have blown "funny smoke" at that one when it was growing up :D Cool mats(;

poor tree... good concept.

Comments, suggestions and criticism? Ok you asked for it. Your concept and POV is really well done. However, I think a few minor things could be changed to really make the image "pop." 1. Lose the sleeping tree, it just doesn't work. Replace it with one that is a little more awake and believeable to the eyes. 2. The grass you used is really cheap looking. Quite frankly, it should be deleted from all Vue users collection. Those two little rubber plants on the right side of the image should go also, they really dont fit well. Find some freebie grass or buy some at C3d and I think this image will be really gorgeous. 3. The color of the sand has some purple/pinkish banding on it and could be corrected with a little playing around with the color distribution. 4. Increase the resolution of the terrain, those little polygonal square shadows are annoying. Either bump up the res or use a procedural terrain that has been smoothed so you can retain the same sand hill/island look. I know this is been rather harsh, but you asked. Having created images over the past 6 years I have learned to love negative criticism more than positive criticism as it has driven me to perfect my images. I hope this helps you.

Hi garyandcatherine. Works, understood and I accept. Better than that would be you to do the image for me. If most of the comments goes like this, we would learn much faster. Grateful for the clues.

This is most interesting. There must have been a storm. I like it!