On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 21:44:35 +0000, David Wilkinson
<dav### [at] cwcomnet> wrote:

>If you want the model to represent the reality of your glass elelphant, then of
course my
>observations are invalid.

Your observations are valid because they are based on what you saw :)

>Not knowing, however, that you were modelling from 'life' I felt that the eyes would
be
>better a different colour, with the the tusks longer and a different colour (ivory?)

Actually the tusks were very ivory-looking in the pre-test renders but
I was using a single shadowless light source. Now the light is orange
(in average). Hmm... I might change that. You're right though, the
tusks don't look like ivory at all. The eyes are in fact blue but of
course this can't be seen with this type of illumination.

>BTW is the fiery exhalation also from life? :-)

Nope :) There's a story behind all this but I'll post it with the
final render.

>I thought your idea and modelling of a glass elephant was very appealing. The fire
>squirting out of the trunk gives it a surreal appeal and converts it into some sort
of
>mythical beast, that might be even better with exaggerated appendages.
>
>Hmm ... although coming from a different perspective, Ganesh, the hindu god which is
half
>man, half elephant might be interesting to model :-)

Sheevah is even more challenging to model :)

I'll try to model a Pegasus when I am through with this project. Now
*that* is challenging (detail level will be an issue for that
project).

Thank you again for your feedback.


Peter Popov
pet### [at] usanet
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