The State of the Art
by The_Itinerant

Comment:
I like the idea here (especially the circles on the page trying to get the ink to flow). Having the book right up against the monitor like that, though, seems a little off to me (maybe it's the shadow on the monitor?) Perhaps there is a slightly different angle at which the book could be held. Part of me also thinks the top part of the monitor shouldn't be included, but then you get to see the book binding, so why not the "monitor binding"?

Last drop ...
by andr00

Comment:
At first I thought you should show more of the keyboard, but then I realized that you knew what you were doing. :) (The keyboard would have dominated the pen if more of it was shown). I suppose there could be a hidden (or intentional?) meaning in choosing to show only the "ctrl" key--contrasting the modern "control" or rigidity vs. the "messiness" of prior times. Or maybe I'm reading too much into it...

great-grandmother
by paha_l

Comment:
At first, I found the monitor a bit distracting, and then I realized that was likely a second "old and new" aspect of the picture--the old photo on the computer screen. I think the three elements in the photo (the old woman, the child and the monitor) make it difficult to find the right elements to emphasize. I find my eyes pulled towards the monitor buttons instead of the child, for instance. I wonder if there would have been some other way of conveying the fact the photo was on a monitor but de-emphasizing the monitor portion so that the two people in the picture have focus?

Literature Bridges Time
by Mark

Comment:
I like the idea of the two contrasts you are doing here--old stories (e.g. Lord of the Rings) with newer ones (Timeline) and well-worn books vs. newer books. I think the lighting in the picture could be a bit better (the glare off of the books on the right in particular is distracting).