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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 test fwiw was to light_group the cobbles and sidewalk with some
light_sources located at the "luminescent" panels that the store uses to
illuminate the window displays. I get the illumination of the store
window display with radiosity, but that doesn't provide the specular on
the pavements, thus the need for the "invisible" point lights.
Technically, nothing huge for the audience here.)
The cobbles are created with Bill Prgnell's code. B'c it is a test the
res on the bricks was set to a minimal "10". Bill's code is remarkably
fast when rendering.
The theme here is a little divergent from my usual interests. Oh well,
I guess such an image was inevitable, I am immersed in the NY streets
60-70 hours a week, night-lit much of the time. Also the blog is now
taking up a lot of my focus. In fact this scene started with the idea
of putting it on the blog.
Believe it or not, I still see this as just another detour on my epic
journey back to an elaborateded version of "African Caprice," the
Povcomp entry I made. Sigh.
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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. (more below)
"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msn com> wrote in message
news:450afe91@news.povray.org...
> 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.
Is there any other way? ;-) But seriously, almost everything I have done
started out being something else. I'm not exactly sure what that means
about me (and you). For me, it's generally due to A) the scene unfolding in
an unexpected way, or B) my own limitations and resources. Generally, I'm
almost always happier with the new direction.
> The theme here is a little divergent from my usual interests. Oh well,
> I guess such an image was inevitable, I am immersed in the NY streets
> 60-70 hours a week, night-lit much of the time. Also the blog is now
> taking up a lot of my focus. In fact this scene started with the idea
> of putting it on the blog.
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... ;-)
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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] msn com> 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] msn com> wrote:
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> 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] msn com> wrote:
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>
>>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] msn com> 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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