Jamie Davison <jam### [at] dh70qdu-netcom> wrote in message
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> I hate to nitpick (actually, that's a lie, I *like* nitpicking <grin>),
> especially with such a pretty image, but there seem to be some rather
> nasty jaggies happening in the top left corner of the image.
>
> Specifically, the left hand side of the upper band of gold which passes
> in front of the opal seems to have some very visible stepping, as if it
> were constructed out of lots of cubes.
>
> Otherwise it's a very nice image, and I wouldn't meddle too much with it,
> as I've ruined far too many perfectly good scenes by attempting to put
> more detail into them long past the point at which I should have stopped.

Oh, please, nitpick away. :{)

The jagginess you mention was intended.. in a way.. I specifically wanted to
give this a hand-hammered feel. As if the gold had been hand formed around
the gemstone. If I bumped up the # of compponents on the #while sweep around
the gem, I'd eliminate most of this, and an adjustment to some ofthe other
influences would get rid of those imperfections. But I wanted them there. I
was trying to go for a more organic feel to the gold work. I've found that's
really hard to do. :{P

David

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