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asijComment by sidpixel: *Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*
Congratulations for your top ten placing for a fun image that meets the challenge well.
There must have been a lot of time and effort that went into the creation of this appealing and humorous image. I am not at all qualified to critique your compositing skills, although I have a basic appreciation I have never done any at all so I will approach this from the end result as an image in its own right regardless of the process involved.
My first impressions are of a fun image that has been well executed for an impressive end result. I like your composition with the main character in the lower right with plenty of fascinating detail throughout the rest of the image. I love his 'Heath Robinson' gun so intricately constructed and implausible that one would imagine on pulling the trigger a flag appearing with the word 'bang!'. The facial additions and his expression make him look deadly in an 'only joking' sort of way that adds to the humorous impression.
The background landscape is all very interesting and convincingly conceived, I like the steam train and its position but most of all I adore that airship its really the icing on the cake adding the final confirmation that this is an image to be savoured for its humour.
Well worth all the effort it must have taken and a pleasure to be able offer my thoughts, such as they are, thank you for submitting, Sid.
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