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Thomas de Groot wrote:
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> Nice work, Jim. I particularly like the table tops. They look like pieces
> cut out of paintings or photographs (face? Rose?) and the texture suggests a
> certain roughness.
Thanks. The texture is actually individual rounded boxes arrayed in
concentric circles. Each takes its color from an underlying photo using
trace(). So it is a kind of fake mosaic. To automate a more realistic
mosaic, where the pieces loosely follow contours, would be an
interesting accomplishment, but not within my reach I am afraid. The
photos are by a contributor I know over on DeviantArt. The pinkish ones
are of her own lips, closeup.
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> The legs seem a bit flimsy to me. I would be afraid to find myself sitting
> on the ground beside an interestingly twisted piece of modern sculpture :-)
> Not recommended for overweight persons.
Yes, furniture always gives me problems, especially with proportions.
Wrought iron I think can be very strong, but this may be a bit spindley.
Maybe Wire this thin might be used double or more on the legs. Also
this furniture is probably still quite high vs its footprint. Believe
it or not, I already took the original models and reduced the vertical
scale by 1/3. Here I think I both wanted to show off the table tops and
the bricks so I probably tended towards tall and spindley. I can never
quite believe chair seats are only up to my knee. And I agree these
chairs are more like stools, not really suited to a wide bottom. Maybe
I picture this place with slender young women nibbling on silly little
sandwiches.
http://images.patiofurnitureusa.com/mgen/digimarc.ms?img=master:ALH162.jpg&h=175&w=175
http://images.netshops.com/mgen/digimarc.ms?img=master:MDW322.jpg&h=300&w=300
http://www.holloways.co.uk/garden/wrought/bistro/large/provence01g.jpg
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> Plants and lighting look ok to me, and the overall color combination is very
> well balanced (the eye of the painter!). Perhaps the wood texture of the
> posts could be finer. It seems a tad to large to me. In addition, where the
> posts reach the ground, there should be some kind of interruption in the
> (very nice) pavement.
Yeah I'll fix the posts. The arbor structure was a single modelled
piece with one wood texture applied. The center of the circular wood
texture (rotated to vertical) is about at the right foreground table.
I'll take a breath then make the posts separate with separately applied
textures. I was just being lazy there, though I might get away sith it.
What *was* I thinking?
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> Overall, it reminds me of some impressionist paintings
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Never thought of that, a nice compliment. I love those impressionist
paintings.
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