Setepenaset wrote:
> I (who admittedly get confused easily) took a while
> to resolve the outline of the guardian due to the
> proximity in the background of the monolith object.

yes, the guardian could stand to be a different color - how about
whiter?

> Great pic, tho'!!


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Great stuff. I love fractals...

 I don't know why the others don't get it. The writing a t the bottom
basically explains it to me.

I'd suggest giving the 'guardian' a more metallic texture to amke it more
distinguishable from the background. Or just make it a different colour from
the background.  It might also help to rotate it a bit.

Nekar

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Superb textures - nice colour.

Don't like the sky, not up to the same standard as the rest and some of the
shadows seem far too strong.

As to the gaurdian, I think his body shape is too similar to the bridge
which makes it hard to distinguise, on the other hand this might be
camouflage!

Another excellent piece of work.

Mick

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My son wants to know if you play starcraft. He says that the guardian
looks just like a creature from that game.

"H.E. Day" wrote:
> 
> Should I post this on the IRTC??  Is it good enough??  I've got a story
> and everything to back it up.  Note that the majority of objects are
> Julia_Fractals. :) Gotta love 'm
> Your opinion welcomed!!
> 
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"H.E. Day" <The### [at] hedayfreeserverscom> wrote in message
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> Should I post this on the IRTC??  Is it good enough??  I've got a story
> and everything to back it up.  Note that the majority of objects are

Hmm, seems off-topic IMHO. I tend to think that the text should add to the
theme, rather than explain it.

Great pic, though.

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"H.E. Day" wrote:
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> Should I post this on the IRTC??  Is it good enough??

Well, I fail to see a distinct "Worship" theme in there, but this is a matter of
interpretation I guess.
Technically, there is very little to complain about. A few things that come to
mind:
1) While the overall colouring of the sky fits well, the clouds seem a bit fake
somehow - perhaps they need more detail.
2) The mountains in the background look too much like plain "gaussian bells", I
think some jaggedness a la the foreground rocks would make them more convincing.
3) As others have said, the shape of the Guardian is difficult to make out,
either it or the bridge should be a somewhat different colour. Also, to one who
has played way too much Starcraft, it looks distinctly Protoss :)

Oh by the way, that chasm doesn't look so wide; I'd just forget about the
Guardian and pole vault to Paradise... Unless both bridge and Guardian are
supposed to be huge; but they don't look that way.

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> Should I post this on the IRTC??  Is it good enough??
No (duh!!) its only one of the best pieces you have done !!



think you may have gone a little ott with the contrast sharpen tho :)




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> My son wants to know if you play starcraft. He says that the guardian
> looks just like a creature from that game.

Yes I do.  Kinda a mix between a Zealot and a Dragoon, huh? :)

H.E. Day
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> Well, I fail to see a distinct "Worship" theme in there, but this is a matter of
> interpretation I guess.
> Technically, there is very little to complain about. A few things that come to
> mind:

> 1) While the overall colouring of the sky fits well, the clouds seem a bit fake
> somehow - perhaps they need more detail.

Will do.

>
> 2) The mountains in the background look too much like plain "gaussian bells", I
> think some jaggedness a la the foreground rocks would make them more convincing.

Done.

>
> 3) As others have said, the shape of the Guardian is difficult to make out,
> either it or the bridge should be a somewhat different colour. Also, to one who
> has played way too much Starcraft, it looks distinctly Protoss :)

Not necessarily a bad thing.  As someone mentioned, it looks like it is camouflaged.

> Oh by the way, that chasm doesn't look so wide; I'd just forget about the
> Guardian and pole vault to Paradise... Unless both bridge and Guardian are
> supposed to be huge; but they don't look that way.

I'll stick some defense cannons on the other side.  To discourage pole vaulters. :)

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"H.E. Day" wrote:
> 
> Should I post this on the IRTC??  Is it good enough??  I've got a story
> and everything to back it up.  Note that the majority of objects are
> Julia_Fractals. :) Gotta love 'm
> Your opinion welcomed!!
> 

Looks very pleasant as usual.  

Some thoughts:
- as others mentioned probably a bit off-topic for this IRTC round.
- i like the sky, but it somehow contradicts the effect radiosity lighting
would have (i suppose you do not use radiosity here).  The shadows would
have to be more blue-red.
- The border between the julia fractal and the ground is very visible
because of the triangle structure.  Using an isosurface for the ground
would of course avoid this, but the rendering time...

Christoph

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