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From: Robert J Becraft
Subject: WIP: Fantasy Place
Date: 13 Aug 2001 21:05:13
Message: <3b787949@news.povray.org>
Comments... especially comments, good and bad please!

Robert J Becraft
aka cas### [at] aolcom


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From: Francois Labreque
Subject: Re: WIP: Fantasy Place
Date: 13 Aug 2001 21:35:48
Message: <3B78806F.7E475429@videotron.ca>
Robert J Becraft wrote:
> 
> Comments... especially comments, good and bad please!

The Good:

- Amazing modeling!  I shudder just to think about the number of hours
that must have gone by working on this image.

The Bad:

- The masts of the "blue" ship pokes through the sail.  And the ripples
on the aft sail of said ship do not look very convincing.

And the ugly:

- All you need now, is some mariners and fishermen, and something that
would make the image fit with the theme such as a dragon wrecking havoc
on those poor villagers.

;)

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From: David Fontaine
Subject: Re: WIP: Fantasy Place
Date: 14 Aug 2001 00:26:24
Message: <3B78A63C.B4383123@faricy.net>
Robert J Becraft wrote:
> 
> Comments... especially comments, good and bad please!

Good:  Nice detail.  Believable water.

Bad:  Hmm... those tower tops look kinda plasticy.

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From: ken
Subject: Re: WIP: Fantasy Place
Date: 14 Aug 2001 00:28:50
Message: <3B78A763.7755234C@pacbell.net>
I like the overall fell of the scene. Two comments:
   1: Tone down the textures a little. The castle appears too bright.
   2: The ships look too much like modern small yachets. (Ships are a
hard subject to do  
    right, so you might think of looking on the net for some models to
use.)

Ken Matassa

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From: Andrea Ryan
Subject: Re: WIP: Fantasy Place
Date: 14 Aug 2001 00:34:19
Message: <3B78A848.C9BF32C@global2000.net>
That castle would be really expensive in real life.  The sails' color
looks odd.  The tower tops could use more detail like shingles. 
Everything looks new.  How about making another version with ten years
worth of wear, tear and discoloration?
Brendan


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From: Andrea Ryan
Subject: Re: WIP: Fantasy Place
Date: 14 Aug 2001 00:35:51
Message: <3B78A8A5.B33227A@global2000.net>
>    2: The ships look too much like modern small yachets. (Ships are a
> hard subject to do
>     right, so you might think of looking on the net for some models to
> use.)

What if it's a restored castle that is a museum?
Brendan


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From: Tony[B]
Subject: Re: Fantasy Place
Date: 14 Aug 2001 01:59:34
Message: <3b78be46@news.povray.org>
Looks like a miniature set. Realisticish, though. :) Needs radiosity and
some media for nice volumetric lighting. :D


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From: Steve
Subject: Re: WIP: Fantasy Place
Date: 14 Aug 2001 17:38:05
Message: <slrn9nj4t6.j90.steve@zero-pps.localdomain>
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 20:58:41 -0400, Robert J Becraft wrote:
>Comments... especially comments, good and bad please!
>

Do I remember this as a night scene over a year ago?

It looks stunning, one thing that I would change is that the sale of 
the boat is covering the end of the pier so you can't see what's
boing on there, mayeb move the boat closer to the camera so that we can
see the end of that pier.  Also the sale on the boat looks too bright 
(maybe too much ambient in the texture), compared with the rest of the 
scene. 

The wooden houses/huts need some work on the windows and doors they all 
look solid and all look the same, some should be open maybe some broken or
some different colours or with different coloured blinds behind them etc. 

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From: Robert J Becraft
Subject: Re: WIP: Fantasy Place
Date: 14 Aug 2001 17:52:09
Message: <3b799d89$1@news.povray.org>
Steve <ste### [at] zeroppsuklinuxnet> wrote in message
news:slr### [at] zero-ppslocaldomain...
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 20:58:41 -0400, Robert J Becraft wrote:
> >Comments... especially comments, good and bad please!
> >
>
> Do I remember this as a night scene over a year ago?
>
Nope.  Entirely new scene as of this month.  Components from previous scenes
are being reused.

The only night scene I can think of recently is my Thieve's Maze posted here
awhile back.

Robert J Becraft
aka cas### [at] aolcom


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From: Robert J Becraft
Subject: Re: WIP: Fantasy Place
Date: 14 Aug 2001 17:54:11
Message: <3b799e03$1@news.povray.org>
ken <kma### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
news:3B78A763.7755234C@pacbell.net...
> I like the overall fell of the scene. Two comments:
>    1: Tone down the textures a little. The castle appears too bright.

Hmmmmm... it's a "good" castle.

>    2: The ships look too much like modern small yachets. (Ships are a
> hard subject to do

They are?  I didn't know that... perhaps the yahtyness is due to the white
bottoms... that has been changed.  New version coming soon.

>     right, so you might think of looking on the net for some models to
> use.)

But then I wouldn't get to have all this fun.  :-)

>
> Ken Matassa
>
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From: Peter Hertel
Subject: Re: WIP: Fantasy Place
Date: 14 Aug 2001 18:49:06
Message: <3b79aae2@news.povray.org>
> >     right, so you might think of looking on the net for some models to
> > use.)
>
> But then I wouldn't get to have all this fun.  :-)
>

That's the spirit!


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From: Peter Hertel
Subject: Re: Fantasy Place
Date: 14 Aug 2001 18:55:20
Message: <3b79ac58@news.povray.org>
> Comments... especially comments, good and bad please!

Nice pic!
well.. since the others have focused on the castle and boats, I'll comment
your houses and docks.

First, I like pillars, look realistic.
But how do you get from the lower docks to the higher ones, and how do the
people in the houses get to their front door, if there's no ladder/stair?
some of the houses are rotated wrong (I think), it would look better if they
were "back-to-back" if you know what I mean.
How about a bigger render so we really can examine the details? :)
I just have to say.. the middle tower of the castle looks amazing!

Peter
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From: Alex McMurray
Subject: Re: WIP: Fantasy Place
Date: 14 Aug 2001 18:59:53
Message: <3B79A314.9CE35FF@melbpc.org.au>
Robert J Becraft wrote:
> 
> Comments... especially comments, good and bad please!
> 
> Robert J Becraft
> aka cas### [at] aolcom
> 

The castle is amazing, a very well put together image.
The only thing that I can see is the village and the boats, while the
castle looks comparitavly realalistic, the village and the boats look
like models that have been placed in front of the real thing to create a
forced perspective veiw, similar to the special effects technique used
in motion pictures.
My opinion only.

Over all, excelent work.

Alex
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From: Josh English
Subject: Re: WIP: Fantasy Place
Date: 14 Aug 2001 23:18:50
Message: <3B79EA04.1F82CC2C@spiritone.com>
There is a gray wall in the middle of the castle that is close to the
same color as the rooftop in front of it, so the roof line is lost.
Is there a boat moored at the middle pier? It looks like there is a
sliver of white and a mast there, but I'm not sure if it's a boat or
something lying on the pier.
Some of the doors on the houses look like they open up to a nice drop
into the ocean. It looks like there is a walkway but the size of the
image makes them look really small or not there at all. If they are
there, I'd make them wider. Then again, they might show up clearly when
the scene is rendered at 800 x 600.


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From: 25ct
Subject: Re: Fantasy Place
Date: 15 Aug 2001 15:33:18
Message: <3b7ace7e@news.povray.org>
"Robert J Becraft" <cas### [at] aolcom> wrote in message
news:3b787949@news.povray.org...
> Comments... especially comments, good and bad please!

       This reminds me of Russia, or Iran, one of those places. Try a few
'roofs' with gold. See what it looks like then.

     Ace image though, wish I could do that much....

     ~Steve~


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> Robert J Becraft
> aka cas### [at] aolcom
>
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From: ken
Subject: Re: WIP: Fantasy Place
Date: 17 Aug 2001 00:33:28
Message: <3B7C9CF9.E93FA6DA@pacbell.net>
Robert J Becraft wrote:
> 
> ken <kma### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
Ya, fun is what this is all about, isn't it?

Ken Matassa

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