On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:44:25 EDT, "Hildur K." <hil### [at] 3dcafemailevery1net>
wrote:

>Stephen <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote:
>
>>
>> Were you looking over my shoulder? :)
>
>Guess we all do similar things in similar situations ;)
>

Great minds think alike :)


>> But do they? And after the first twenty or so...
>

>

I must admit I do too.

>Reading through the documentation often changes my idea about a rendering
>completely. Often I come to appreciate images much more after reading. If
>somebody does not say much about their work, neither explains the concept nor
>the method, often this makes me give lower score, not because I want to punish

>thinking and how they are working.
>
>This is not a fast rule though, sometimes the undocumented rendering simply
>looks very impressive and this affects the way I vote.
>

Stop being so reasonable :)
If only I could write a description the way that some can :(


>> But if I may hazard the opinion that sometimes the technical is transparent and
>> not even seen.
>
>True, and makes documenting very important, if people want to receive higher
>score that is.
>

Or then as the artist once said "If they can't see what it means then that's
their loss"
Actually I find some overly descriptive text that tells me what to see in the
image annoying. No names, no pack drill. ;)
 
>English is not my native language. Writing a documentation can be a challenge,
>but as long a you can make yourself understood, using a few words to explain
>the idea and writing a simple list of techniques used, then it is very helpful
>to those who are trying to evaluate your work. Without the documentation I
>think many good renderings would have gone under my radar.
>

What else do you have to do during those long dark nights? :P
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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