"Mike the Elder" <zer### [at] wyanorg> schreef in bericht 
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>I FINALLY got around to finishing a CGSphere entry.
> There were two main inspirations that guided the development of the piece:
>
> 1.  I REALLY didn't like the mandatory grid plane and was determined to
> actually do something interesting with it rather than just have my
> submission look like it was sitting on a roll of checkered paper towel for
> no particular good reason.
>
> 2.  I wanted to work with the idea of depicting the orientation of a 
> sphere
> in space.
>
> I ended up with: "Alien Tactical Display".  As always, it's all CSG and 
> done
> just for the fun of it.  The effect on the grid plane (which, by the way. 
> IS
> the original unaltered grid plane as required by the rules) was achieved 
> by
> using a negative transmission value.
>

Oh! This is something really interesting and subtle! Well done, Mike.
I have a few suggestions maybe. The orientation of the sphere for instance, 
as the "guides" for the spacecraft (back and front to us) are almost 
coincident with the background grid. I would rotate it a tiny bit.
I am not entirely sure about the colorful rectangle at the base. Its 
function is not clear enough perhaps and it distracts the viewer a bit too 
much... Just my 2cts really.

I like the whole composition, the script and the background grid in 
particular.

Thomas

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