Sorry about that. I was trying to avoid Microsoft altogether. But it seems
it's just easier to compromise. (If anyone can recommend a good newsviewer
that ISN'T called Outlook, I'd be more than happy to try it.)

[Image "How-I-Did-It to follow, by request]

Although I haven't seen much in the way of dragon-curves in the newsgroups,
I somehow feel that this is a sort of "initiation" into the PoV cult. (Much
like the infamous chessboard.)

This scene has four dragon-curves eminating from the crossroads. These
curves never meet (according to William G. Harter, as I found in an article
by Martin Gardner). The result is intersected with the landscape hightfield.

Thanks goes to Gilles Tran for the tree macro, and Michael Hough for the
cloud tutorial.

The quote is from Jack Kerouac's "On the Road."

Viewing Suggestion: Pat Metheny's "Travels."

I realise that in order to sustain an art medium inside one's self, there
must be some form of communication of that art. An object does not exist if
there is no-one to observe it (a tree falling in an empty forest, for
example). Likewise, I felt if I wasn't getting "out there," my work really
is more than invisible - it doesn't exist. So here I am!

More images at my vastly improved website.

-Eli

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I wrote a small macro (based on an old Smalltalk example) of recursively
placing CSG pieces in a 2D curve. I sent it on its merry way with an order-9
dragon, scaled it along the z-axis (for me, Z is always UP, using the
RIGHT-hand rule, and I can't understand you left-handed y-uppers), and then
intersected it with a hightfield. This was the scary part, because I wasn't
sure if that would work. You end up with a chopped-off hunk of road, which
you can then raise slightly off the landscape.

No trick texturing. In fact, I was disappointed that I couldn't make the
whole median dashed, like on the crossroads. I couldn't figure out what
patterns to use.

Source available, if you really want it. It's messy (first SERIOUS PoV
project).

-Eli

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(This is IT, I'll stop bugging you now)

My signature wasn't working. Here it is now.

-Eli

Eli Ra'ash Ewok Brody

If the pen is mightier than the sword,

then what you have sitting on your desk is a nuclear arsenal.

ewo### [at] yahoocom - geocities.com/ewokker - Israel

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ewok scribis news:3c513cfd@news.povray.org:

> (If anyone can recommend a good newsviewer
> that ISN'T called Outlook, I'd be more than happy to try it.)
> 
> 

I use XNews. Works fine here. Just takes getting used to.

-- 
Gis poste, Arto.

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Looks like an interesting start.  The effect of the sky and the text in the
border is quite compelling.  Would be interested in how you created the text
border.

ewok wrote:

> Sorry about that. I was trying to avoid Microsoft altogether. But it seems
> it's just easier to compromise. (If anyone can recommend a good newsviewer
> that ISN'T called Outlook, I'd be more than happy to try it.)
>
> [Image "How-I-Did-It to follow, by request]
>
> Although I haven't seen much in the way of dragon-curves in the newsgroups,
> I somehow feel that this is a sort of "initiation" into the PoV cult. (Much
> like the infamous chessboard.)
>
> This scene has four dragon-curves eminating from the crossroads. These
> curves never meet (according to William G. Harter, as I found in an article
> by Martin Gardner). The result is intersected with the landscape hightfield.
>
> Thanks goes to Gilles Tran for the tree macro, and Michael Hough for the
> cloud tutorial.
>
> The quote is from Jack Kerouac's "On the Road."
>
> Viewing Suggestion: Pat Metheny's "Travels."
>
> I realise that in order to sustain an art medium inside one's self, there
> must be some form of communication of that art. An object does not exist if
> there is no-one to observe it (a tree falling in an empty forest, for
> example). Likewise, I felt if I wasn't getting "out there," my work really
> is more than invisible - it doesn't exist. So here I am!
>
> More images at my vastly improved website.
>
> -Eli
>
>  [Image]

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Looks like an interesting start.  The effect of the sky and the text in the
border is quite compelling.  Gives it a moody feel.  Would be interested in how
you created the text border.

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Nice image, so peacefully.
I'm seeing it right now with my old Travels vinyls (Are you going with me?
sounds in the background)
Good work (an good music taste too ;-).
Expecting to see it grown.

Just one complaint. How do I get to your vastly improved website?

Bye
--
Txemi Jendrix
tji### [at] euskalnetnet
http://www.geocities.com/txemijendrix

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> Sorry about that. I was trying to avoid Microsoft altogether. But it seems
> it's just easier to compromise. (If anyone can recommend a good newsviewer
> that ISN'T called Outlook, I'd be more than happy to try it.)

Microplanet Gravity.
 
http://www.microplanet.com

Bye for now,
     Jamie.

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> I use XNews. Works fine here. Just takes getting used to.

Yes. And now I do, too.
Thank you very much.
-Eli


-- 
Eli Ra'ash Ewok Brody
If the pen is mightier than the sword,
then what you have sitting on your desk is a nuclear arsenal.
ewo### [at] yahoocom - geocities.com/ewokker - Israel

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Jim Charter <jrc### [at] aolcom> wrote in news:3C5192C1.530DA2D0@aol.com:

> Looks like an interesting start.  The effect of the sky and the text
> in the border is quite compelling.  Would be interested in how you
> created the text border.

    	Ah, the text?
    	::ashamed::
    	...a small macro called Photoshop....

-- 
Eli Ra'ash Ewok Brody
If the pen is mightier than the sword,
then what you have sitting on your desk is a nuclear arsenal.
ewo### [at] yahoocom - geocities.com/ewokker - Israel

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