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"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmail com> schreef in bericht
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> Love it. Should be a poster. :)
>
Thank you!
A poster? No. Not for the time being. This took already more than 11 hours
to render.
Thomas
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"Michael Johnson" <red### [at] mdjohnson us> schreef in bericht
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> A great image... and I always like your stories.
Thank you!
> P.S. This is my first time posting here in a long long time, but I've been
> watching for months now. Please let me know if I miss on any of the
> policies.
Welcome Michael!
There was once the *rule* that a first ever image should be a variation
about a reflective sphere on a checkered plane :-)
Hey! I believe that rule has not been followed very strictly these days!
Thomas
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"William Tracy" <wtr### [at] calpoly edu> schreef in bericht
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> Another excellent image from Thomas. :-)
Thank you indeed, William!
>
> Reminds me of a story I read once ...
> http://www.365tomorrows.com/11/15/the-flawless-nature-of-deductive-reasoning/
Hey, I totally forgot about this site. I should go back once in a while.
Thomas
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"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] inter nlDOTnet> schreef in bericht
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>> Reminds me of a story I read once ...
>> http://www.365tomorrows.com/11/15/the-flawless-nature-of-deductive-reasoning/
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> Hey, I totally forgot about this site. I should go back once in a while.
>
I'll be d***! I had also assumed that the aliens were/are penguins!!!
Thomas
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"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] inter nlDOTnet> wrote:
> "Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmail com> schreef in bericht
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> > Love it. Should be a poster. :)
> >
>
> Thank you!
>
> A poster? No. Not for the time being. This took already more than 11 hours
> to render.
>
Nice one Thomas ;)
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"Stephen" <mcavoys_AT_aolDOT.com> schreef in bericht
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> Aw! It's a render :(
The secret of course is that it is a genuine photograph, disguised as a
render :-)
>
> It's good that you can render what you imagine.
> Nice one Thomas ;)
Thank you indeed, Stephen. I feel it is one of those priceless gifts for
which I am very grateful.
Thomas
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"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] inter nlDOTnet> wrote:
> "Stephen" <mcavoys_AT_aolDOT.com> schreef in bericht
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> > Aw! It's a render :(
> The secret of course is that it is a genuine photograph, disguised as a
> render :-)
>
AWESOME Penguin
> >
> > It's good that you can render what you imagine.
> > Nice one Thomas ;)
>
> Thank you indeed, Stephen. I feel it is one of those priceless gifts for
> which I am very grateful.
>
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"Stephen" <mcavoys_AT_aolDOT.com> schreef in bericht
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> I'm beginning to get there maybe my imagination is stultifying ;)
>
Whoever said that the brain is like a muscle? You have to train it?
Thomas
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"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] inter nlDOTnet> wrote:
> "Stephen" <mcavoys_AT_aolDOT.com> schreef in bericht
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> > I'm beginning to get there maybe my imagination is stultifying ;)
> >
> Whoever said that the brain is like a muscle? You have to train it?
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Ah! The muscle that they referred to was my stomach. :)
I compare the imagination to a gland. It secretes a slow trickle of noxious
Stephen
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:23:42 -0500, Thomas de Groot
<t.d### [at] inter nldotnet> wrote:
> There was once the *rule* that a first ever image should be a variation
> about a reflective sphere on a checkered plane :-)
Hmmm... maybe I should do the metal flake texture I've been working on...
> Hey! I believe that rule has not been followed very strictly these days!
Well, I might put the metal flake on the ages old logo I dug up recently.
Michael
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