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Well, I cannot let go of this one. I am giving a go to the vcdc visual communication contest with the theme: "life".
The change is to big and my quess is there is too many things going on, and so contradictive, -too much black for a "life" themed contest isn't it?-there is a big possibility you will either love it or hate it. Your constructive criticism is more than welcome as always!