Overall

Vision Vision

Originality Originality

Technique Technique

Impact Impact

When I saw the title, I knew I had to click this open to see what it really was - and I have to say while the execution is beautiful, there are certain things I'm going to pick on.The lighting effects, feeling of floating underwater, everything about the characters and environment is beautiful. I do especially like the adaptation of Crescent Rose into a more steam-punky mech-type weapon. Stunning.However, I'm going to pick on the fact that the image, as a whole, is too dark and unevenly balanced to be clearly visible. Even at my screen's brightest and completely full-screen, it was difficult to make out the two characters, and the more fine aspects of their outfits.I also dislike that the, adding on to the confusion, they are upside-down. The jumbled mess of limbs and dresses (combat skirts, okay) becomes even harder to discern, graceful as the poses may be.Lastly, the framing is a little strange to me. While the half-frame focus is alright, the imbalance of detail in the roots and the characters would be better represented if the roots were cropped off a bit more.To explain my ratings:Vision - 9/10 The image itself demonstrates a superb understanding of lighting effects, character poses and action, as well as creativity.Originality - 6/10 The image setup isn't particularly interesting, and these sorts of images are quite common.Tech - 7/10 Again, excellent control in details and light, but execution and balance (considering the audience) leaves more to be desired.Impact - 6/10 An overall feeling of serenity is dampened by the moment of confusion as the viewer tries to untangle the characters in their mind, lessening the effect.I know this is probably a rather harsh critique, but that's only because I believe you can do a lot better if you focused a little more on how your viewers (particularly those that like to slowly enjoy artwork) saw the image than the shock-value and film-like quality.