Of all of my designs, the one that has received the highest praise is "It's as Easy as That" (found at http://www.threadless.com/submission/36379/It's_As_Easy_As_That). In the end, it got a 2.99 - a whole lot better than my first two submissions but still kinda stinging that it's .01 off from a 3. I don't know whether it'll make it as a shirt because several other recent designs got higher scores (most of which I actually gave really high scores to) but, in the interest of improving, I want your thoughts on how (if possible) I could bump this design over the 3 point level.

A few things I've learned already from posts:

One frequent comment is that the hands don't look realistic and lack fingernails. While I am proud of the hands, it is supposed to emulate the instructions on a package of chopsticks so they really should be more diagram-ish. I've also been told that the fingers are too long but, truth be told, they are the direct proportions of my own fingers so I don't really have any other model for the hands. Likewise, the fold of skin under the pinky in the 4th image looks like a sixth finger - I know - and the fork is a bit hidden by the thumb but it was basically a judgment call on my part whether to go for model accuracy or image cleanliness.