On 12-3-2012 0:36, Robert McGregor wrote:
>
> Very Cool, Thomas, I remember that scene (2nd place!) and it looks even better
> now. Nice integration. Your whole concept of Gancaloon is very intriguing - I
> really love it.

Thanks Robert. One can really see the difference between the use of 
Megapov in 2008 and v3.7 now, with better gamma and switching to srgb. 
Also my problems back then with radiosity artefacts, in particular on 
the boy's face, are gone now. And a faster computer helps too: while in 
2008 the total time for a two-pass render was about 6 hours using two 
threads; this latest image renders in about three minutes using 6 of the 
8 available threads.

>
> Have you given any thought to fleshing out your stories enough to create a
> graphic novella, something like what DrNo is working on?

The whole tale (much about greed and power / power and greed, and the 
consequences of mixing them up. There is a strong Wagnerian flavour to 
the tale) is gradually fleshing out by the day. I am beginning to be a 
little bit obsessed by it ;-) and if I were a better writer I would make 
it into a novel. As it is, I am writing bits and pieces of the plot 
along a detailed summary and plot line which is in constant flux. 
However, I have not the illusion that I could produce something literary 
better.

I have played with the idea of DrNo for some time and I may do parts of 
the tale that way, just for fun, or for more diversity in the general 
outline; and also because I am genuinely interested in the top segment 
of comic book art. However, I am afraid (like DrNo) that the creation 
time involved is far beyond a lifetime's achievement ;-) I have opted 
therefore to do illustrations for the text, much in the spirit of the 
novels of Jules Verne which which I grew up in a distant past. 
Interestingly, the illustrations generate the text more often than not, 
much in the way Lord Dunsany collaborated with Sidney Sime. That is a 
fascinating process to follow.

Thomas

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