Gilles Tran wrote:
> 
> Since some people said that they wanted to quit povving because of some
> pics of mine, I take the liberty to post here the 3rd povray picture I
> ever done (lost the first 2 ones, fortunately). It's dated March 21,
> 1993. It's absolutely dull, as uninteresting as possible, and shows no
> promise whatsoever. One whole day was wasted on it, because I couldn't
> figure out why some of the elements kept disappearing from the screen
> (the now famous "rotate after translate" thing), something that puzzled
> me for a year actually. And it took one hour to render on my 386. [Note
> that 6 years after, I can still render it, due to backward compatibility
> (praise to the pov-team)]. I remember how proud I was of this...er...
> thing and showed it to lots of people who weren't a little bit
> interested, for some reason I couldn't fathom at the time.
> I think I won the "ugliest picture contest" in this ng and proved that
> no matter how long the walk is, just go on walking.
> 
> Gilles Tran


  Excerpt taken from the "Electronic Artists of the Late 20th Century"
a biographical account of some of the early pioneers in the computer
graphics in art field of that time period.

  The author of the book had this to say about Gilles early works...

  While I like to be contrary for contrary's sake at times, I believe
this time, if I were judging this as the work of someone just starting
out in this medium, that it shows good beginning promise. There is an
obvious use of a non orthogonal viewpoint, something even advanced
artists seldom use to their advantage, a good sense of perspective,
use of textures rather than solid pigments, and there is a legitimate
attempt made in scaling, to frame the object, for the visibility the
artist wanted to convey in his work.
  It is evident that the artist did not have much experience with the
software that he was using but it wasn't for lack of trying that this
is somewhat less than his later work would become famous for. In fact
this might actually be the missing cover page of the first book of
beginnings though we will never know for sure. Additionally I would like
to add that despite his own self described abilities as less than what
his peers in the field credit him with, he was, none the less unique
in that he ...


  Really Gilles your work is good but I don't think I have to make an
idol out of you to enjoy it. If people around here keep this up your
head is going to swell up so big you won't be able to fit it into
the door here at the newsgroups anymore. Just suffice it to say I like
most of your work and we can leave this cannonizing sentimentality
unspoken between us. : )

  Common people he used a bloody image map for the town in that last
image he posted. Thats a month number three newbie technique to fill
an image's background with something besides blue sky. Would a "real"
artist stoop so low as to resort to this type of elementary work ?
I mean really ! There are limits to acceptable artistry despite ones
stature in the field.


Signed,

Mr. Ken "the Rebel Jester" Tyler

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