A tribute to the comics I read as a youngster.

Just a test of the new version (2.0) of the blob_man include file, which
should be available to download from my website, sometime early next week.

Regards,

Peter H.

http://members.xoom.com/HoustonGraph/

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Peter Houston wrote:
> 
> A tribute to the comics I read as a youngster.
> 
> Just a test of the new version (2.0) of the blob_man include file, which
> should be available to download from my website, sometime early next week.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Peter H.

Both are excellent. I am wowed by them ! Surfs up dude...

-- 
Ken Tyler

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Umm...this looks like the cover to Joe Satriani's "Surfing with the alien"
album. Were you were inspired by that album when doing this scene...?

Nice image, anyway!

- Mikael.

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Dep. of Computer Science
Högskolan i Borås, Sweden

http://www.studenter.hb.se/~arch
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>Umm...this looks like the cover to Joe Satriani's "Surfing with the
alien"
>album. Were you were inspired by that album when doing this scene...?

The cover of that Joe Satriani album comes from the Silver Surfer comic
book
series. It was rumored that Joe is a Silver Surfer fan but the truth is
a friend
suggest the art to him, he had never even heard of it before.


--
...coffee?...yes please! extra sugar,extra cream...Thank you.

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"AWSOME SILVER SURFER", oops excuse me, great work, hope we will not wait
too long for your blob man macro

Philippe

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Absolutely incredible! :)

When your work is done, I know many Pov-artists will thank you.

GrimDude
vos### [at] arkansasnet

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Will we be treated to an animation?   ;-]
KB-

Peter Houston wrote:

> A tribute to the comics I read as a youngster.
>
> Just a test of the new version (2.0) of the blob_man include file, which
> should be available to download from my website, sometime early next week.
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter H.
>
> http://members.xoom.com/HoustonGraph/
>
>  [Image]
>
>  [Image]

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I realy love this!

The silver surfer was always one of my favourites when I was a kid.

I look forward to seeing your blobman macro!

Mick

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Very, very impressive! But allow me one gripe. It seems to me that the
pectorals of the figure look kind of unnatural... The shape is wrong,
somehow, even if he is a devoted body-builder.
Anyway, all in all it is amazing.

Margus

Peter Houston wrote in message <37203e4d.0@news.povray.org>...
>A tribute to the comics I read as a youngster.
>
>Just a test of the new version (2.0) of the blob_man include file, which
>should be available to download from my website, sometime early next week.
>
>Regards,
>
>Peter H.
>
>http://members.xoom.com/HoustonGraph/
>
>
>

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I've always liked SS, and this is a good image...

Hmm, place this fella in a good scene, please..

perhaps a ruined city or something.... (hmm, I always associate him with
destrucion, don't know why)


Peter Houston wrote:
> 
> A tribute to the comics I read as a youngster.
> 
> Just a test of the new version (2.0) of the blob_man include file, which
> should be available to download from my website, sometime early next week.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Peter H.
> 
> http://members.xoom.com/HoustonGraph/
> 
>  [Image]
> 
>  [Image]

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//Spider
        [ spi### [at] bahnhofse ]-[ http://www.bahnhof.se/~spider/ ]
What I can do and what I could do, I just don't know anymore
                "Marian"
        By: "Sisters Of Mercy"

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> . (hmm, I always associate him with
> destrucion, don't know why)
>

mayhap it's his little side gig as herald for the planet devouring Galactus -
just a thought.  ;-]

KB-

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it COULD have been that.... *grins*

bankspad wrote:
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> > . (hmm, I always associate him with
> > destrucion, don't know why)
> >
> 
> mayhap it's his little side gig as herald for the planet devouring Galactus -
> just a thought.  ;-]
> 
> KB-

-- 
//Spider
        [ spi### [at] bahnhofse ]-[ http://www.bahnhof.se/~spider/ ]
What I can do and what I could do, I just don't know anymore
                "Marian"
        By: "Sisters Of Mercy"

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Spider wrote in message <37212112.8C95F880@bahnhof.se>...

>Hmm, place this fella in a good scene, please..
>perhaps a ruined city or something.... (hmm, I always associate him with
>destrucion, don't know why)


I wasn't going to bother, it only took me 20 mins to code and 2 mins to
render, I may put him in a scene when I get time.

If someone else wants to have a go the surfers pose is included in the blob
man package, the texture is in metals.inc and the surf board is a scaled
sphere.

Regards,

Peter H.

http://members.xoom.com/HoustonGraph

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>
>If someone else wants to have a go the surfers pose is included in the blob
>man package, the texture is in metals.inc and the surf board is a scaled
>sphere.
>
>Regards,
>
>Peter H.
>
>http://members.xoom.com/HoustonGraph
>


Does this mean you have updated the file? It appears to have the same name
as your previous version, so I thought I would ask.

GrimDude
vos### [at] arkansasnet

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>Does this mean you have updated the file? It appears to have the same name
>as your previous version, so I thought I would ask.
>
>GrimDude
>vos### [at] arkansasnet
>


Yes, the new version (2.0) should be on my site tommorrow night, I'm
updating my pages at the moment.

These are the changes since version 1.0

* Remodeled the head, and added optional image_map textures for the face.
* Eye lids can be set individually, so winking is possible.
* Remodeled the feet.
* Added mass to the arms and legs.
* Remodeled the hands and articulated the fingers.
* Externally defined skin texture.
* Added a Blob_Man Macro to create a complete figure from a given pose
number as
  defined in a Pose File.
* Rewrote the motion mechanics to make the code more readable.
* Generally cleaned up the code.
* Generated more Pre-Defined poses

Regards,

Peter H.

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I have posted the source code (what little there is) in text.scene-files, it
requires version 2 of blob_man.inc which is avalable now from

http://members.xoom.com/HoustonGraph/POV-Ray/

Regards,

Peter H.

http://members.xoom.com/HoustonGraph/

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Figured I would take your code, improve on it, and call it my
own.

Wrong!  Every time I changed anything I decided I liked your
original better.  Thank you for posting the source. I rendered
it sized to match my screen and use it as my wallpaper.

Thanks again, for the image and the macro.  Way cool.

Peter Houston <hou### [at] inamecom> wrote in message
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> I have posted the source code (what little there is) in text.scene-files,
it
> requires version 2 of blob_man.inc which is avalable now from
>
> http://members.xoom.com/HoustonGraph/POV-Ray/
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter H.
>
> http://members.xoom.com/HoustonGraph/
>
>

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