Ah well, I wasn't expecting too many votes for an unorthodox interpretation. I don't want to sound dismissive, but it is true that the general public will prefer the first thing that comes to their mind when reading Eden - paradise. Thus it is only natural that nub gets the most votes since it meets the fantastical "paradise" nieche so well.* My cynical and somewhat sarcastic interperetation, especially with the drunk behind the fence and the God is Dead sign, are almost diametrically opposite to nub's idealistic paradise.**
Overall I gotta say there are some really nice entries. Zip's entry was a complete surpise to me, and I like it because of it's simplicity and feel. I like the wrecked sheds in the background.
The Doctor, especially titled "End of Eden" really has that "end of humanity" feel in his entry. These steampunky, dried and wrecked premises, long forgotten for the better part of several thousand years - it's just awesome. It also feels space-like to me for some reason.
nub's entry is very nice and cozy, with this warm and mysterious feel to it. You feel that beyond those gates, right by the tree there's the Foutain of Youth waiting for you. And maybe a bunch of friendly but grumpy, ale-drinking dwarves.
Meo's I like as well. It has this epic feel to it, and the final shot with the dark clouds and the
bad moon rising give this feeling of a storm of universal proportions approaching.
Dylan's entry is other-wordly. It's the kind of thing I'd see somewhere on Eden Prime, closer to the center of the Milky Way.
erikkiller - well, it looked promising but it would look better with much more work.
So yes, I like all entries and I don't know who to vote for yet.
Thanks to those who voted for me, though.-----
* - I still win because I made one of those models.
** - the Eden Strip club is in no way what I believe the best thing in the world is. As I've said it is a bit of a sarcastic and quite cynical interpretation, kind of like what Rocharch would make if he could map.EDIT: I think it was nub who asked me whether the neon sign was a model or a texture. It is a model indeed, and it actually has quite a story behind it.
I had oringinally use selfillum for the actual sign, but rather than being fullbright red/blue/green/orange the sign was white. So I had to get rid of the selfillum and use entity lighting in Hammer. That's not the story though.