POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : An Aquatic Alien : Re: An Aquatic Alien Server Time
30 Jul 2024 18:19:53 EDT (-0400)
  Re: An Aquatic Alien  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 20 Mar 2011 04:01:51
Message: <4d85b46f$1@news.povray.org>
"Samuel Benge" <stb### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht 
news:web.4d8593bf5edc7d6db6b777fb0@news.povray.org...
> Greetings,
>
> I originally set off to create something nightmarish, disturbing... 
> something
> reflecting my mood, perhaps. But as I was working toward my questionable 
> goal, I
> realized that the thing I was making actually seemed... friendly. Even 
> cute, in
> a weird way.
>
> The creature is composed primarily of spheres generated with a recursive 
> macro
> under generalized environmental influences (gravity, water flow).
>
> The shading is based on that old fake SSS technique involving two object 
> copies,
> absorbing media and area_lights. The speckled pigment was controlled with 
> a
> fastProx2 proximity pattern and the diffuse term was given a little AOI 
> (the AOI
> actually broke the SSS effect somewhat, so I might switch to fresnel 
> reflection
> if I make another version)
>
> He's still a bit freakish (probably the result a genetic experiment), but 
> he
> means well :)
>

Yess! a Cthulhu spawn! Still cute but wait until it grows up... :-)

Very well done Sam!

Thomas


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.