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Hello,
So far, IRTC topics have mostly dealt with the theme of the
images, giving guidelines of what the images would depict.
This, however, is not the only kind of topic available. The
recent thread about an "abstract" topic, and the "10 best"
project (aka "a contest for newbies" (?!) a few messages
above) have shown that other kind of topics were available.
I think that the "10 best" cover contest is an especially
good example. It doesn't impose restrictions on what the
images depict, but the images have to contain ten things that
are a showoff of the abilities of POV-Ray. There is, besides,
an untold rule -- the image has to be impressive and
understandable even printed on a 10x12cm CD cover.
I think this kind of topics, which don't impose restriction
on what the image describes, but rather on jow it is made
should also be used for the IRTC.
What do you think of topics such as:
Black & white (and sepia tones)
The images are to look as if taken by
black & white cameras.
No patch
The image are to be made of primitives
and CSG. No triangles, no bezier patches.
Spheres
The images are to be made only of
spheres.
Stone
The images contain only stone-like
material.
And so on...
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On Fri, 01 Sep 2000 21:47:07 +0200, Adrien Beau wrote:
> No patch
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> The image are to be made of primitives
> and CSG. No triangles, no bezier patches.
The non-POV entrants might not appreciate this one.
Personally, I want to see the "patches only, no modelers allowed" contest.
--
Ron Parker http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions. Mine. Not anyone else's.
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Adrien Beau wrote:
> What do you think of topics such as:
You know there's an official way to submit all of those, at:
http://irtc.org/perl/topics.pl
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"Greg M. Johnson" wrote:
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> You know there's an official way to submit all of those, at:
Yes, I know. I was wondering if people around here would
be interested in such topics where the goal is to put
restrictions on how you make your image (but not on
what the image depicts). I know I could submit the
topics and see how they get rated, but I'd like to
gather some opinions about such topics before.
There's one French writer, Georges Perec, that has very
often imposed rules on his work, and always managed
to be very creative within these rules. His most impressive
achievement was a ~200 pages novel, called the 'Disparition',
that didn't contain any single letter 'e' (the most
used vowel in French, and also in English, I think).
Problem is, if nobody told you the trick, you hardly
ever notice the absence of the 'e'. Just read what seems
to be a good novel.
What I mean is that such restraints often boots creativity,
and this is why I'd like to see some of them applied to
the IRTC, to change a little bit from the usual topics.
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Ron Parker wrote:
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> On Fri, 01 Sep 2000 21:47:07 +0200, Adrien Beau wrote:
> > No patch
> >
> > The image are to be made of primitives
> > and CSG. No triangles, no bezier patches.
>
> The non-POV entrants might not appreciate this one.
>
> Personally, I want to see the "patches only, no modelers allowed" contest.
what do you mean? moray is a primitives only modeler. the only way to
get anything else in the program is by making it into a udo. (okay you
can make patches sort of, but it's hard). aren't there other primitive
modelers as well? i thought there were primitives in 3ds max and so
long as they aren't converted to triangles, they aren't. same with
bryce i think. maybe others. but it's hard to tell from a final image
isn't it?
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"Greg M. Johnson" <gre### [at] my-dejanews com> wrote in message
news:39B01406.5E3D8853@my-dejanews.com...
> Adrien Beau wrote:
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> > What do you think of topics such as:
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> You know there's an official way to submit all of those, at:
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> http://irtc.org/perl/topics.pl
>
There really are some exxelent ideas there already.. it's up to us to vote
for them .
-Ian
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I've got to say, I like the idea of at least one round of the IRTC without
too many restrictions on the subject matter... that's why I brought up the
nonrepresentational choice. I don't mean a round where ANYTHING
goes, but at least a round where people will have a little more freedom
to let their imaginations run wild. If someone has another idea besides
nonrepresentational let us know. I'll vote for it!
- Doug Eichenberg
http://www.getinfo.net/douge
dou### [at] nlsnet
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Adrien Beau wrote in message <39B02962.9D32DE09@free.fr>...
>There's one French writer, Georges Perec, that has very
>often imposed rules on his work, and always managed
>to be very creative within these rules. His most impressive
>achievement was a ~200 pages novel, called the 'Disparition',
>that didn't contain any single letter 'e' (the most
>used vowel in French, and also in English, I think).
Even more impressive is the English translation of the novel. The
translation doesn't use the letter 'e' either.
Mark
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Would definitely cause images to drift toward the "abstract"
Ron Parker wrote:
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> Personally, I want to see the "patches only, no modelers allowed" contest.
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> --
> Ron Parker http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
> My opinions. Mine. Not anyone else's.
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On Sat, 2 Sep 2000 00:21:22 -0400, Mark Wagner wrote:
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>Adrien Beau wrote in message <39B02962.9D32DE09@free.fr>...
>>There's one French writer, Georges Perec, that has very
>>often imposed rules on his work, and always managed
>>to be very creative within these rules. His most impressive
>>achievement was a ~200 pages novel, called the 'Disparition',
>>that didn't contain any single letter 'e' (the most
>>used vowel in French, and also in English, I think).
>
>
>Even more impressive is the English translation of the novel. The
>translation doesn't use the letter 'e' either.
Did he change his name for the purposes of writing the book <G>
--
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