Jeremy M. Praay wrote:
> It's off to a good start.  I'm generally afraid to give advice to anyone on 
> how to proceed, as we all have very different ideas, but this already evokes 
> some feeling.  It's almost ghostly.  
> 


Thanks. The window display in rl is rather ghostly so it is not a big 
leap.  To have the suspended dresses ghosting out over the cobbles is 
one direction to go.




> Lots of available inspiration in NYC.  I've read your blog a few times.  I 
> hope you keep that up as well as your POVing.  But, as always, make sure to 
> keep it balanced... ;-) 
> 
> 

It's a relief to know that someone reads it that's not of the little 
community of cabdriver bloggers.  Thanks for commenting.

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Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> This is just a little test for a scene I am toying with.  One of those
> situations where a test, a fragment, a sketch if you will, can suggest
> directions the scene might take that might be more compelling than the
> original vision.  Don't know about the rest of you, but I experience
> this all the time.

> The theme here is a little divergent from my usual interests.
>  In fact this scene started with the idea
> of putting it on the blog.

Hi Jim,

three pretty young things standing at a bus shelter waiting for the last


What is missing is some dress shoes. Could you make some? :-)

Where is your blog? I enjoyed reading some of your taxi tales on OT.

Stephen

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Stephen said it already, this is a lovely image that can almost stand by 
itself. A dreamlike scene really (that could turn into nightmare... now, why 
did I write that??).
I like the cobblestones, but would like to see a little randomness in their 
positioning, and perhaps a little less shiny?

I enjoyed your taxi tales by the way!

Thomas

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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Stephen said it already, this is a lovely image that can almost stand by 
> itself. A dreamlike scene really (that could turn into nightmare... now, why 
> did I write that??).
> I like the cobblestones, but would like to see a little randomness in their 
> positioning, and perhaps a little less shiny?
>
Thanks Thomas. The look of the cobbles has a lot to do with the low res 
mesh, nevertheless I have taken off all reflection on their finish. 
Another interesting thing, in this test you see that some of the cobbles 
come up dark and in fact are not really displaying the finish at all. 
It would seem, from further testing, that this was the result of putting 
the cobbles in a union {} block within the light_groups {} block.

> I enjoyed your taxi tales by the way!
> 

Thanks, there are some good cab blogs out there imho.  I especially like 
the one called Night Cabbie on my links list.  Can you believe that 
already a "book scout" has contacted me?

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Stephen wrote:

> Hi Jim,

> three pretty young things standing at a bus shelter waiting for the last


> What is missing is some dress shoes. Could you make some? :-)

Tee hee, well actually, in rl, there is a glass table in the window just 
in front of the dresses with pair of shoes and a clasp purse displayed.

> 
> Where is your blog? I enjoyed reading some of your taxi tales on OT.
> 
http://charterjames.blogspot.com/

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Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:

>
> Tee hee, well actually, in rl, there is a glass table in the window just
> in front of the dresses with pair of shoes and a clasp purse displayed.
>

That surprises me, why else would it have caught your attention?

Dell.
Hmm thinks! I hope that is not a too personal question :-)

> >
> > Where is your blog? I enjoyed reading some of your taxi tales on OT.
> >
> http://charterjames.blogspot.com/


read.

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Stephen wrote:
> Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Tee hee, well actually, in rl, there is a glass table in the window just
>>in front of the dresses with pair of shoes and a clasp purse displayed.
>>
> 
> 
> That surprises me, why else would it have caught your attention?

> Dell.
> Hmm thinks! I hope that is not a too personal question :-)
> 
> 
Nope, not too personal.  But actually, while I have been thinking of 
window displays alot, and ones displaying shoes do attract me, this 
particular scene didn't happen to come about that way at all.  It was 
really more about the cobbles and the wraith-like dresses.  That shop 
seems to do gown type dresses and may be in fact for weddings, I'm not 
sure.  The basic display seems to stay the same, just the dresses 
change.  The mannekins are hung quite high and the dresses seem to have 
long trains usually and a lot of ornate play around the bosum.

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Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
> > That surprises me, why else would it have caught your attention?

> > Dell.
> > Hmm thinks! I hope that is not a too personal question :-)
> >
> >
> Nope, not too personal.  But actually, while I have been thinking of
> window displays alot, and ones displaying shoes do attract me, this
> particular scene didn't happen to come about that way at all.  It was
> really more about the cobbles and the wraith-like dresses.  That shop
> seems to do gown type dresses and may be in fact for weddings, I'm not
> sure.  The basic display seems to stay the same, just the dresses
> change.  The mannekins are hung quite high and the dresses seem to have
> long trains usually and a lot of ornate play around the bosum.

Sorry Jim I meant is it a Poser dress and on rereading it. I thought that


get well paid. The most memorable one I can remember is from a few years ago






Stephen

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Stephen wrote:
> Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> 
>>Stephen wrote:


> Sorry Jim I meant is it a Poser dress and on rereading it. I thought that


LOL, no that's not how I took it.  I meant that I am not embarrassed to 
talk about my mania for shoes.


> get well paid. The most memorable one I can remember is from a few years ago





> 
Well, my daughter's closest girl friend lives in a beautiful Tribeca 
Loft, goes to a leading private high school, and sleep-away camps in the 
summer.  Not royalty by any means but well above what I can afford for 
my daughter.  Her dad does high end window displays.  Also the lighting 
for fashion shows.

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Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> LOL, no that's not how I took it.  I meant that I am not embarrassed to
> talk about my mania for shoes.

I know, I know :-) Not that there is anything to be embarrassed about.

> Well, my daughter's closest girl friend lives in a beautiful Tribeca
> Loft, goes to a leading private high school, and sleep-away camps in the
> summer.  Not royalty by any means but well above what I can afford for
> my daughter.  Her dad does high end window displays.  Also the lighting
> for fashion shows.

Hmm my only display skill seams to be throwing flowers into a vase. And no
one is going to pay me mega bucks for that :-(

Keep us updated with the WIP

Stephen

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