The shallow DOF, and the harsh highlights on a couple of pencils detract from an otherwise neat image... Possiby bounce the light off something, and a smaller apeture?
After voting all the picture, and seen soooooo many crayola picture... i what to downgrade all to 1.... exepted your.... you add a little wow to this picture, even if the idea is not original...
Nice picture....I like it a lot... you got the idea of the Challenge... a9