FaberCastell
by john22132

Comment:
This is good work :) I really like the ice concept. The only possible improvement could suggest would be to have a little more light on the end of the pencil at the far left of the frame behind the ice... good work! - jmsetzler

Pencil-Necked Geek
by ClubJuggle

Comment:
this should have scored much higher... great shot :)

Pencil-Necked Geek
by ClubJuggle

Comment:
great idea :) This scores very high on creativity.. I love it! = 9 - jmsetzler

None
by manolo

Comment:
This is a very neat concept and I really like the image. I also believe that post processing can be used to significantly enhance a photograph. My personal problem (not yours) is that I try to draw a line between what is digital art and photography. This photo crosses that line for me. The post processing on this image gives me the impression of a pencil or charcoal sketch rather than a photograph. This image has great artistic merit and really do like it. I'm giving it a 9 rather than a 10 because of this twisted view I have of what is photography and what isn't :) Great work! = 9 - jmsetzler

Saturday Night
by elo

Comment:
very nice shot :) I love the way the mirror plays into this image. I'm trying to decide if the black and white works well for me here or not... Black and white with grain is something that I generally associate with 'old'. I'm not sure how those two aspects are improving this photo overall. The soft focus works nicely here... I would love to see the color version of this :) Good shot... - jmsetzler

Self-portrait with pencil
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
This is a great photo... The concept and imagination behind this shot is powerful to me :) As a possible improvement, I think that a standard yellow pencil would offer a bit of 'color candy' in this photo since it would make a better contrast with the background. I think another artistic improvement with that yellow pencil would have been to color the pencil in the sketch part of the photo yellow as well. This is just an opinion from a non-artist :) great shot... = 10 - jmsetzler

Fire Lane: a pencil of a ho[r]se
by antonabaya

Comment:
cute.... not very appropriate for this challenge... - jmsetzler

Fandango
by myqyl

Comment:
Nice setup and good use of color :) There are a lot of contrasting colors in this photo, which is good in many cases... I wonder what this would look like if the background behind the pencils was an alternating pattern of two colors rather than this many different ones? Good shot :) - jmsetzler

Utilitarian
by indigo997

Comment:
very nice composition... i like the use of the pencil in this shot quite a bit :) I believe the shadows that are traversing her back diagonally look slightly awkward... I'm not sure if there was a way to eliminate that or not... :) - jmsetzler

I'm positive it's #2 officer!
by dpattee

Comment:
This is a neat idea :) I love the pencil reflections in the background... good shot.. - jmsetzler