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From Markus.Altendorff@asamnet.de:
Nice underwater setup - including particles floating with the waves.
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From maal-irtc20030115@anthrosphinx.de:
+ Nice underwater setup - including particles floating with the waves.
+ Camera movements seemed odd at first, but are right for a diver that slowly
approaches
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From evilsnack@hotmail.com:
This wasn't really an escape.  I also noted that some of the sand on the
creature's arm seems to fade away for some strange reason.  This hurt your
technical score.



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From schaneville@hotmail.com:
Fantastic rendering.  The realism in the movement of underwater plants really
add a lot to the anim.  I like water caustics too.  The fish textures were
wonderful.

I noticed the transition to a second squid.  I presume that this was because the
first wasn't animatable, but the second wasn't fully textured?  Anyway, I
didn't notice it the first several times I watched the film... the front most
arm is what tipped me off.  It isn't in the same place before and after the
transition.

All in all, a very well put together animation.  A little shorter than many on
this contest site, but I'll give you high marks for this one in the technical
category for your rendering and texturing abilities.

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From jminner@sc.rr.com:
Very nice and smooth animation.
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From zach@brewstergeisz.cjb.net:
A really, really nice sense of the density of water.  As you alluded, the
character animation of the octopus is a little off... I think you need more of
a curve-based movement; currently, his motion is very linear.  When you have
such a beautiful and realistic render, such little things as that really pop
out.
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From s.mitchell@tue.nl:
Nice ink cloud.  It really looks like it's under water.
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From irtc_mail@yahoo.co.uk:

The fish look good but are they all identical? There is not much
movement in this scene apart from the camera. 

There is a very strange error when just before the octopus moves,
the arms fade into view.

It is difficult to judge the animation of the octopus as most of
the movement of octopus hidden by ink.



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From file:
where did sqewshy go? :) nice underwater effect, although there could be some
bubbles (bubbles! my bubbles! :) or something, and the squid's movements seems
a bit mechanical (sorry for the Nemo references - at that timing - you asked
for it)
Notable for lighting