hm... the field's getting bigger, and still no two entries look anything like each other on any level - except for one detail: everyone except me has put the title text in the top-right corner, which i find an intriguing coincidence. five other designs in the running, and
none of you opted to put the word 'Anim8or' on the left?
@Kunihiko - speaking of the word 'Anim8or', btw, it's spelled without a 't'

overall i think your image strikes a good balance by having lots of textural detail but an uncluttered overall composition; the typography is a bit of a weak point though - you could give it a huge boost by picking a more stylish typeface (i think a narrow-letter sans-serif would go nicely with the character model, for example) and rebalancing the sizes of the three main elements: 'Anim8or' could do to be a bit bigger relative to the reg-trademark symbol and the version number. i'd also recommend you ditch the hyphens; they look a bit cluttery, which clashes with how clean everything else looks. very nice image on the whole, though
@ronaldefarmer that amplifier looks fascinating - where those actually a thing? i'd never seen a machine like that before

also, i like the sneaky reference to steve's past career on the box
