"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> schreef in bericht 
news:47be32fb@news.povray.org...
> Hi Thomas, glad to see you are back on this.  I couldn't resist playing
> around a bit because I thought the antique ruins an interesting subject
> and also I wanted to throw one more idea into your toolkit.
> I wanted to play with a method for applying texture which would vary
> with the surface.  As you know, one of the usual ways used is the slope
> pattern, another is to use methods that share the same pattern for both
> distorting a surface (either perturbing the normals or actual
> isosurface), and texturing the surface.  Another method I wanted to try
> was to use the average of a number of object patterns based on the
> object being textured.  Here I used a cylinder of diameter less than
> that of the column and averaged a number of scale changes to create some
> grunge in the column flutes.  I used your lichen pattern for the grunge
> just because it was handy.  I hope this wasn't too presumptuous on my 
> part.
>

This is looking very good Jim! Especially the grunge which is a natural 
feature you will see often in flutes. I see a weekend of experimentation 
before me to get familiar with your's and Kirk's techniques. Especially the 
cylindrical pattern looks interesting to me.

Thanks for thinking along with me! :-)

Thomas

Post a reply to this message