"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlnet> wrote in message 
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> "Tim Nikias" <JUSTTHELOWERCASE:timISNOTnikias(at)gmx.netWARE> schreef in
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>> Hi there. Recent events and screw-ups made me want to do this image. It's
> a
>> slow WIP as I can't focus properly for long enough to get lots of stuff
> done
>> at the moment, but it's a good modelling exercise I can use for my next
>> short and the current project I'm involved in at the university, a 
>> digital
>> reconstruction of a castle that was destroyed 1763 by the french...
>>
>> Anyways, this is an early WIP, no colors are final yet, lighting is just
>> preliminary, lots of stuff still missing... But already renders pretty
> slow
>> (though I can't comment on the rendertimes on this version, was playing
>> World of Warcraft along the way). :-)
>>
>> Eventually, there'll be something, either abstract/symbolic or very
>> expressive/symbolic going down the drain. Not sure yet if just one thing,
> or
>> a couple of things. But I think I've got a good start.
>>
>
> Looks very good indeed!
> I have just been washing up :-) and watched the water going down the 
> drain.
> It seemed to me that the drain itself was a little bit more visible during
> the process than in your image. Also, the dimple at the side, where the
> vortex touches the basin, is much shallower I guess. However, that might 
> be
> controlled by the total geometry of basin and vortex, so...
>
> Thomas
>

I had just assumed that the deep vortex was representative of stuff going 
down the drain a little faster than normal. This could be due to a temporary 
increase in pressure from above or because the world just sucks a little 
more for a short while.

Regards,
Chris B.

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