Kenneth wrote:
> 
> This is quite a beautiful work of art.

Thanks, Ken!

> Museum-quality, IMO.

Well, I don't know about that...

> The Shroud Of Turin came immediately to
> mind, but I now see faces and more faces, of all different kinds and shapes.
> Plus a Giger-esque look throughout, mingled with Indian religious imagery.

For some reason, there seems to be a lot of Indian-related themes in it.

> I see this being made into a large tapestry.

I wouldn't mind having something like this on my wall. Imagine what you 
might see in it upon awakening!

> Your technique sounds fascinating. Any chance of giving us a simplified code
> example, or even just a block diagram?? This is something I would love to
> experiment with.

Can do, and did. There's a zip archive over at p.b.scene-files just 
waiting to be opened :)

> I can imagine that you did a fair number of test renders for this--or maybe not!
> I was wondering if you knew beforehand exactly what the image would look like,
> or if the final result was a surprise even to you?

I did do a lot of tests leading up to this image. As for knowing exactly 
how it would turn out... that's like predicting the outcome of a complex 
cellular automation sim, though maybe not as difficult. I had an idea of 
what I wanted, and took steps to achieve a closer realization of my 
idea. I didn't fully succeed, as there are certain aspects of the 
overall appearance that I couldn't change. I couldn't predict the many 
small nuances associated with using a procedural pattern as a base. I'm 
fairly happy with the outcome, though :)

Sam

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