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From: Janet
Subject: Re: Tribute to Myrna Loy
Date: 23 Apr 2008 01:30:00
Message: <web.480ec935ebf3c5cb6cbbc5640@news.povray.org>
Wow Ive!! You don't mess around. Fantastic job!


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Tribute to Myrna Loy
Date: 23 Apr 2008 03:08:06
Message: <480ee056$1@news.povray.org>
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Speechless!
Truly excellent work. Thanks for the explanations on how you got there.

Thomas


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From: Jaime Vives Piqueres
Subject: Re: Tribute to Myrna Loy
Date: 23 Apr 2008 03:44:28
Message: <480ee8dc@news.povray.org>
Terrific return, Ive... the only clue that this isn't real are the hands, 
too big perhaps. But the face is amazing: looking at her eyes it's difficult 
to believe this is not a living person.

--
Jaime


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From: Carlo C 
Subject: Re: Tribute to Myrna Loy
Date: 23 Apr 2008 04:15:00
Message: <web.480eeee6ebf3c5cb4cc4a1970@news.povray.org>
Ive <ive### [at] lilysoftcom> wrote:
> before Myrna did become famous with the "Thin Man" movies
> she appeared quite often as the "sinister Asian lady" in
> b-pictures - probably most well known from this period:
> "The Mask of Fu Manchu" from 1932.
>
> A few years ago, while reading Thomas Pynchon's Vineland -
> where one of the main characters starts to sing a song
> about "...lookin' for that Myrna Loy" - I coincidently
> found at a flee market an old signed picture card of her.
> So I got interested in her work and carrier and now,
> just for fun, have tried to create a Hollywood glamor shot
> in the style of the early 30ies, featuring Myrna Loy...
>
> The figure is Vicky 4.1 from DAZ. But as it was not possible
> to morph her face into something that does come close to
> Myrna's face (e.g. her nose was surprisingly big) I had to
> do it the hard way and created my own "Myrna-Face-Morph"
> with Blender by using all images of her that I could find as
> reference.
> The 30ies hairstyle was also a problem. As I am usually lazy,
> I just wanted to buy one from DAZ or Renderosity, but did not
> find any that looked the way I wanted. So I was finally forced
> to created some "trans mapped" hair by myself. It looks not
> very convincing in closeups but it is not so bad for a first
> try. The flower is made with XFrog and PoseRay was used for
> all the mesh conversion. The old style movie camera is just
> some quick CSG.
> The dragon is hand painted and imported with a flatbed scanner
> into Photoshop where the image got its final touch.
> Rendered with POV-Ray beta 25 using 7 lightsources (and the
> new area_illumination feature does not only help in realistic
> lighting, it also prevents mesh artefact's - thanks Warp).
>
> Comments of course welcome and BTW the "Technicolor" version
> is currently rendering.

I think it is technically perfect. Glacial atmosphere. Sublime.


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From: Paolo Gibellini
Subject: Re: Tribute to Myrna Loy
Date: 23 Apr 2008 06:47:27
Message: <480f13bf$1@news.povray.org>
>Ive wrote:
> before Myrna did become famous with the "Thin Man" movies
> she appeared quite often as the "sinister Asian lady" in
> b-pictures - probably most well known from this period:
> "The Mask of Fu Manchu" from 1932.
> [cut]

Lovely!
;-)
Paolo


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From: M a r c
Subject: Re: Tribute to Myrna Loy
Date: 23 Apr 2008 08:20:31
Message: <480f298f$1@news.povray.org>

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That's truly fantastic!

The only (small) criticism I have is about composition :
I'd feel better if she had more room in front of her than behind.

Marc


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From: somebody
Subject: Re: Tribute to Myrna Loy
Date: 23 Apr 2008 09:45:19
Message: <480f3d6f$1@news.povray.org>
Impressive. Only criticism is that hands and arms, to a lesser extent, look
awkward. Left hand should make an S along the fingers and be more or less
flat across. Fingers on right hand look too straight


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From: Mike the Elder
Subject: Re: Tribute to Myrna Loy
Date: 23 Apr 2008 12:15:00
Message: <web.480f6066ebf3c5cb44fe7d810@news.povray.org>
Ive <ive### [at] lilysoftcom> wrote:
> before Myrna did become famous with the "Thin Man" movies
> she appeared quite often as the "sinister Asian lady" in
> b-pictures - probably most well known from this period:
> "The Mask of Fu Manchu" from 1932.
>
....
> Comments of course welcome and BTW the "Technicolor" version
> is currently rendering.

From a true Myrna fan: Splendid work!  The image does a remarkable job of
conveying her complex character.  It shows someone who has strength, charm and
humor all at once. Thank you for sharing this.

Best Regrads,
Mike C.


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From: Gilles Tran
Subject: Re: Tribute to Myrna Loy
Date: 23 Apr 2008 15:35:42
Message: <480f8f8e$2@news.povray.org>

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> Comments of course welcome and BTW the "Technicolor" version
> is currently rendering.

Great image and one of the best use of a Poser model I've seen!

G.


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From: St 
Subject: Re: Tribute to Myrna Loy
Date: 23 Apr 2008 16:06:40
Message: <480f96d0$1@news.povray.org>
"Ive" <ive### [at] lilysoftcom> wrote in message news:480e840a@news.povray.org...

    Absolutely great image, (astonishing even). I don't know about Myrna, 
but whoever she is, you're showing her in a good light.

     ~Steve~


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