Race XFRS NVart Contest

Visually stunning piece indeed. It looked great in thumbnail format but upon looking at the detailed full-size image, I'd like (if you do not mind) to point out an area of concern (based on my own little experiences)

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<img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/l/l…" width="11" height="16" alt="" title="Lightbulb"/> The Zoom: I personally think that the zoom-blur actually braked the momentum and energy in this piece.

I would imagine that the piece (even if it was a 3D render) was captured with a track-side camera, then the camera needs to pan around the same speed as the red plane in order to get a crisp/clear focus on red; therefore creating a slightly arced directional-blur to the environments surrounding red.

And if the zoom effect is still a desired trait for the piece then we might try apply it on top of the directional-blur (I assumed you rendered separate elements and combined them in PS). As an animator I would think about animating the planes, the track with camera pan and zoom right from the 3D package (I don't know if AliasStudio support that kind of animation or not), render them out with all the blur then assemble + give some finishing touch in PS, but that is just me.

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Anyway, this is a great piece and I'm loving it, and that was the reason for my critique.

Cheers~