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2 Aug 2024 04:19:48 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Gilles Tron interview  
From: Jeremy M  Praay
Date: 7 Jan 2005 09:21:28
Message: <41de9ae8$1@news.povray.org>
"Ken" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
news:web.41ddccf558cf427916b983d30@news.povray.org...
> There is a nice interview with Gilles at the cgarchitect.com web site.
> Mentions Poray.
> Ken Matassa
>


It's actually at www.123d.com (though linked from cgarchitect.com).  It was 
already mentioned 2 posts below.  It's "Gilles Tran".  It's "POV-Ray". 
You're a different "Ken".  I'm being a tad obnoxious.  ;-)

Anyway, it was an interesting read.  It makes me proud.  :-)

Ok, now I'm going to launch into something which will sound completely 
flattering, but it's true.  I first started using POV-Ray after 3.5 came 
out, when it was mentioned on Slashdot.  Someone on Slashdot posted a link 
to Oyonale.  I was AMAZED!  I had no idea that such things could be 
accomplished without working for Pixar or something, and maybe not even 
then!  From there, I became obsessed for a couple weeks.  I POV'd like a 
mad-man.  I started creating objects left and right, I started modelling my 
basement "just because I could."  But through this whole time, I would 
frequently go back to Gilles' site and stare at the pictures.  He became 
larger than life to me.  Well, at some point in late 2002, I came across 
these newsgroups.  "OMG!  That Gilles Tran guy posts here!"  Since then, 
I've learned that he is indeed human, but even so, his artwork still stands 
as a testament to what can be (and has been) done with POV.  Gilles has made 
a tremendous contribution to POV-Ray, just by using it.

Thank you.

-- 
Jeremy
www.beantoad.com


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