Hi everyone,

First off... sorry, it's not 3D. What you see before you is an on-going 
project of mine. The goal is to render a field in which endless pictures 
can be seen. The pictures are made up by your own mind. Therefore, some 
effort is required to view this image. Not too much effort though! It's 
best to just gaze calmly, to see what your mind produces.

The purpose for this? To peer into the subconscious. I believe the 
subconscious mind is a very creative thing, and that this sort of 
meditation can help tap into it.

The effect is achieved by applying a repeat warp (with horizontal 
mirroring) to a pattern. That pattern is skewed in the x+z direction to 
vary the effect across a distance, while still maintaining some 
semblance of symmetry at a local level. That pattern is then copied and 
added to itself in a function, with different sizes and translations for 
each instance. A little bit of pigment_mapping is then applied to 
achieve an aesthetic quality. It is then all placed onto a z-facing 
plane. It's based (somewhat) on the Rorschach ink blot test.

I'm interested to know what pictures you guys see in this. I wonder if 
you will see something here, even if you're not the type to normally see 
faces in trees and such.

Sam

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stbenge wrote:

> I'm interested to know what pictures you guys see in this. 

a rather distinct face at around 575,315, and by
association his buddy around 230,315 as well ;)

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Impressive work, Sam. I love this very much!

First of all, the whole image reminds me of a piece of gauze, very old, very 
thin, maybe blowing in a gentle breze.

And of course thre are figures there! A skull (centre right); a big, long 
face with flaring nostrils (centre); all kind of goblins peering out of the 
green border; and the repetition of the pattern sometimes suggest the 
outlines of a male/female dancer from the temple of Ankor Vat.

Thomas

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Among other things, stbenge saw fit to write:

> I'm interested to know what pictures you guys see in this. I wonder if
> you will see something here, even if you're not the type to normally see
> faces in trees and such.

I see a horse's skull (center), a cat (right) and some kind of fight dog
(far left).

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9/4-z*4}light_source{-9*z,1}union{box{.9-z.1+x clipped_by{plane{2+y-4*x
0}}}box{z-y-.1.1+z}box{-.1.1+x}box{.1z-.1}pigment{rgb<.8.2,1>}}//Jellby

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> 
> I'm interested to know what pictures you guys see in this. I wonder if 
> you will see something here, even if you're not the type to normally see 
> faces in trees and such.
> 

I like this sort of picture with a large freedom for the viewer!


Right now, I see some kind of large palace, with foutains on the 
foregrounds (which are floating in the air, but who cares :-) )


Thibaut

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I see several iterations of the image that appears on the Shroud of Turin.

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I see almost all the things people have already mentioned. I also see a mouse on
the right of the image with large, almost comedy, ears. Also ignoring the top
half of the image I kind of see a large domed structure with lots of columns
down the front with perhaps some subsidury towers and such attached. Ooo and
there are two butterflies which I see if I look closely.

Now my brain is thourghly confused and doesn't know which image is correct,
however clearly none is actually correct, but I am guessing that the human
brain isn't terribly satisfied with that conclusion.

Malcolm

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I made a couble interesting inkblots by taking heightfield DEMs and reflecting
them across various axes (like a kaleidoscope). You can find two of them here:

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Quadrant/3864/art.htm

-Mike

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Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> stbenge wrote:
> 
>> I'm interested to know what pictures you guys see in this. 
> 
> a rather distinct face at around 575,315, and by
> association his buddy around 230,315 as well ;)

I see faces at those locations as well, but who knows if they are the 
same ones!

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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Impressive work, Sam. I love this very much!

You're welcome, Thomas! I'm glad you like it :)

> First of all, the whole image reminds me of a piece of gauze, very old, very 
> thin, maybe blowing in a gentle breze.
> 
> And of course thre are figures there! A skull (centre right); a big, long 
> face with flaring nostrils (centre); all kind of goblins peering out of the 
> green border; and the repetition of the pattern sometimes suggest the 
> outlines of a male/female dancer from the temple of Ankor Vat.

I knew people would see different things than I. I see a lot of old men, 
kings, queens, princesses, Indian temples, and Buddha-types. Now you 
know why I named the post "Kingdom." :)

Sam

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