Haha, just received a cd from a friend with recordings from his new little band. On the cd-r was written 'shameless self-promotion'

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Congrats! Very cool to see it in a mag like 3D world! Cool cool!
Very cool work too, naturally! Haven't seen the top one before, very very cool work with great details. Especially the road is almost never done as good as in this work. The reflections, textures, grass in between cracks... cool!
Perhaps this is not the best place to mention some crits on the top image, but imo there are a few things that could be different. The electricity poles are cool but there should be one or two more, slightly visible, far away in the distance. In other words, at this moment the mist of the horizon suddenly seems to eat a few poles. The grass in the left foreground and the grass near the car could have more density imo. I'm not sure, but I think the direction of the rain should maybe, not sure, be less diagonal in the right of the image considering perspective. In most cases, imo, windows of shops, cafe's and tank-stations, have all kind of stickers, posters and stuff on it. Your windows are completely empty, witch is possible and perhaps a choice of style, but I think it could have some posters or stickers on it.
It's a great great detailed work with great atmosphere, but could be improved just slightly imho.
Cool!