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30 Jul 2024 10:14:33 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Another portrait from Gancaloon  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 16 Dec 2012 07:29:50
Message: <50cdbebe@news.povray.org>
On 15-12-2012 22:55, Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> I saw the shadow on the left side but it is rather harsh (point light?)
> and the right side doesn't show any shadow or shading, the line is very
> straight and the color change very sharp. I think this caused me to
> see face and cloth as layers (maybe you know this kind of toy where
> you have persons and pieces of clothing in cardboard and can then
> combine them, this was my first impression).

As said, no point light but a hdr dome with area_light for the sun. It 
must be the combination dark cloth / straight edge that played the trick.

>
> I still think its mostly the lighting and maybe a lack of curves
> on the right side of the cloth. The reduced depth perception due to
> the dark color of the cloth probably doesn't help either.

However, I think the wip2 below looks better.

Thomas


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