> Very nice! The figures are simple but very expressive. It looks very much
> like some soapstone carvings I have seen. I would welcome such a card on
my
> birthday!

> I have to say that, like many radiosity images, the figures don't seem
> particlularly attached to the ground. I know this is somewhat realistic,
> though, and I don't think it detracts from this image.

I just want to clarify that there is no radiosity in this image. Instead,
roughly 250 lights are placed in a dome surrounding the figures, so light is
coming from all angles and directions. As for the shadow, the figures don't
drop much shadow as it is with such a diffuse lighting, but the dark spot is
a disc which gets transparent towards the edge. It's slightly darker than
the white background to simulate some sort of shadow, otherwise, there'd be
none really.

> Just out of curiosity, does the granite have some turbulence?

Here's the texture. Note that the figures are roughly 15 POV-units high.

  texture{
    pigment{
      granite
      color_map{
        [0 rgb <.6,1,.9>]
        [.3 rgb <.6,1,.9>*.6]
        [.6 rgb <.6,1,.9>]
        [1 rgb 1]
      }
      scale 4.8
      turbulence .6
    }
    finish{
      ambient 0 diffuse 1
      reflection{0,.4 falloff 2}
      brilliance 2.8
    }
  }

> Anyways, nice image.

Thank you!

Regards,
Tim

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Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>

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