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31 Jul 2024 06:18:45 EDT (-0400)
  Re: "Paintings"  
From: Alain
Date: 30 Aug 2010 19:13:18
Message: <4c7c3b0e$1@news.povray.org>

> Greetings&  welcome...
>
> I have also been an infrequent communicator as of late as I resume my POV work
> and work toward something I feel is genuinely worth sharing.
>
> As a lover of pure geometry, I find your work quite appealing and intriguing. I
> particularly like "Ponte Vecchio", as I feel it combines your personal style and
> the capabilities of POV-ray in an interesting and pleasing way.  As someone who
> has tried many times to make the point that photo-realism is only one of many
> styles of artwork that POV-Ray can be used to produce, your contribution to our
> site warms my heart.
>
> Now lets hold our breath and see how long it takes for someone to "suggest"
> fog, area lights and radiosity.   ;-)
>
> Beautiful work; congrats.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Mike C.
>
>
>

Your style don't lend itself to things like fog or radiosity very well, 
and I don't think that an area light would improve the result.

That said, some transparency could, in some cases, go well with that 
style, but beware of overusing it.


Alain


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