William F. Pokorny wrote:
> Marjorie,   Regarding your web pages - A very promising start!  I believe we
> need much more work like yours which reaches out to the traditional artist and
> offers them a bridge from their world to this one. I think this ray
> tracing/rendering community, though already evolving artistically,  is still
> very techish and insular. Many of us truly enjoy figuring out or seeing others
> code tricks and techniques.  Further many of us have minimal formal artistic
> training (in my cases talent too) and are simply unable to build these bridges.
> I hope you work more on this material and that it makes it's way into the hands
> of more artist.  I think there is great potential for great class!

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Me too!
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> 
>>Indeed.  It does not mean that you will not move the camera anymore (this is
>>an advantage). I think that in the beginning, a scene is pretty much like a
>>drawing. If you take a seat and start drawing a landscape, you'll lose your
>>perspective if you move.  There are things that you know are there, but
>>cannot be seen (unless you move the camera and change you point of view) and
>>therefore, can't be depicted.
>>
>>I started to write some notes in that regard. Maybe the first three pages
>>are of interest to you:
>>http://www.emediez.com/notas01.html
>>And also, a few basic concepts about composition:
>>http://www.emediez.com/notas2_01.html
>>
>>Regards,
>>Marjorie Graterol
> 
> 


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