Hi there, Joe. I love the bright colors and the crisp white in this image, I think those factors account for the higher scores you received during this challenge. The lower scores, however, in my opinion were likely based on composition and lack of "wow". Compositionally, your subjects are just laying there - even looking a little flat. You mention they were pencil puppets - what if you had posed them upright, as if they were interacting with one another. I think giving your subjects a sense of action would have improved your score greatly.