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4 Sep 2024 19:17:45 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Realistic CG models  
From: Warp
Date: 26 Nov 2009 10:48:16
Message: <4b0ea340@news.povray.org>
somebody <x### [at] ycom> wrote:

> "Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
> news:4b0e60d9@news.povray.org...
> > somebody <x### [at] ycom> wrote:
> > > I was scrolling fast, thinking "obviously CG" for each one
> >
> >   I think that's principally because you *knew* that they were CG.
> >
> >   If someone had shown you eg. "Bravery! doughty! heroical" and claimed
> that
> > it's an airbrushed painting made by someone, I think you would have easily
> > believed it. Not so obviously CG.

> I think that one's telltale CG, oversculpted and overtextured. Even if you
> showed that picture to people 50 years ago, I'd think most would think that
> the subject matter is waxwork or a sculpture.

  Or an airbrushed painting. (Ok, maybe airbrushing as a technique was not
invented back in the 50's, but at least nowadays.)

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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