Comment from Arderian
Initial impact /5
Creativity of presentation. /5
Color Harmony /5
Center of Interest /5
Technique /5
Lighting /5
wonderful job

 Comment Written 03-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 04-Apr-2014

Thank you very much! I appreciate your kind review.

Comment from AvidPhotographer
This is very creative and expressive. Love the way you portrayed a birthday greeting with very lively colors and i love the dancing gestures! very nice!

 Comment Written 03-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 03-Apr-2014

Thank you very much. I appreciate your kind review.

Comment from Christine389
Oh this is such a happy, bright and bold celebration of FAR's 10th birthday and I join you in thanking Tom and my fellow artists/photographers for making this such an enjoyable 'family' to be part of. A wonderful design that just zings!

 Comment Written 03-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 03-Apr-2014

Thank you Chrissie for your kind comments, your encouragement and your support :O)

Comment from ramonafrances
What a happy image - one well suited to this contest. What members come up with! Especially like the dancing figures and balloons.

 Comment Written 03-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 03-Apr-2014

Thank you, I appreciate your review very much.

Comment from Jean A Cormier
Lively and fun, Cleo, a celebration for certain! It feels explosive! You use the purple balloons so well with the yellow, the people dancing while jumping from the cake and you bring the FAN site's logos in with the balloon so naturally. I love the figures entering from the top right, as if the members coming in to join the party! Nice work! Jean

 Comment Written 02-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 02-Apr-2014

Thank you very much Jean!
You see it exactly right again. The figures above are indeed the FAR members rushing in to join the party.
Cleo

Comment from julika
Great card...so many cheerful colours and happy details. Great choice for the contest..Good Luck with that!!

 Comment Written 02-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 02-Apr-2014

Thank you very much! I appreciate your review and your kind wishes. :O)

Comment from donkeyoatey
You have created such a great feel, the open joy, the great colors, the feel of explosion! I think this is a nice entry, and has incorporated a real feel of creativity. I think your color scheme was well chosen foe maximum feel, flow and motion! Donkeyoatey

 Comment Written 02-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 02-Apr-2014

Thank you very much!
Your take on the piece is very important to me.
As host I took the artistic licence to hide a few personal yokes for the participants in the contest based on their [not so serious] threads at the contest page.
Cleo

Comment from jrconrad
Really nice joyous picture. There's a great sense of motion here.. The colors just jump out. Overall very nice "card".

 Comment Written 02-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 02-Apr-2014

Thank you very much, I appreciate your review.

Comment from avmurray
This is a very festive entry for the contest Cleo, and I especially like the balloons and the FAR logos on the left side. Together with all the stars they sort of explode into the rest of the image, where people for sure is having a party. Only in a FAR party would you have people dancing on a cake. LOL

I also like your colorful pallet where everything is held together by the all blue background.

I also think this is a well balanced composition with a good flow. Really well use of space here. I think this is a really well done FAR celebration card, and I wish you luck with the contest.

 Comment Written 01-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 01-Apr-2014

Thank you very much for your thorough and kind review. I appreciate your encouragement and support.
I tried to curl all the [not sop serious] ideas your guys had along the way into the picture. Of course not all , that would have been to much. The dancing couple comes actually from the ideas to have someone popping out of the cake. I even took some of your decorative ideas like the stars and the colors red, green and blue, but sadly hat to let go of the gold. It would not resize properly.

reply by avmurray on 02-Apr-2014

You are more than welcome Cleo

Comment from yourbren
Very well done Cleo. Your work offers a sense of excited energy.
Colors are balanced perfectly.

I am so pleased to see you continue to express and grow in your creativity.

 Comment Written 01-Apr-2014

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reply by the author on 01-Apr-2014

You really make my blushing with all that gold given to me. I am so happy you like the piece.
Art and photography, literature and music and the beauty of nature still the things which keeps me going. :-)