This is the picture I made (and re- re- re- re- re-made) during my year 
without (much) sleep[1]. Yeah, I did quit, but I didn't want my last 
post to this ng to be quite so ugly as it was. So, just playing around a 
bit with the IRTC theme.

  -Shay

[1] re: the subject of time: All of that sleep deprivation was a bit of 
a time travel experience for me. Re-entering an environment from earlier 
in my life brought back attitudes and memories I'd thought lost. Had I 
the willingness to recreate the diet of my youth, I think the effect 
would have been even more pronounced.

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On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:46:08 -0500, Shay wrote:

>  So, just playing around a bit
> with the IRTC theme.

As always, really neat image.  I like it a lot and am glad you posted 
it. :-)

Jim

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Looks nice!

Though I can't help trying to figure how this could be beveled... wonder 
why that is :-)


Ah well, back to work...

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Shay wrote:
> This is the picture I made (and re- re- re- re- re-made) during my year 
> without (much) sleep[1]. Yeah, I did quit, but I didn't want my last 
> post to this ng to be quite so ugly as it was. So, just playing around a 
> bit with the IRTC theme.
> 
>  -Shay
> 

Brilliant (as usual) and I for one did (and will) miss those renderings 
of your "hand-crafted" objects.

-Ive

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"Shay" <n@n.n> schreef in bericht news:4ac0cc66@news.povray.org...
> This is the picture I made (and re- re- re- re- re-made) during my year
> without (much) sleep[1]. Yeah, I did quit, but I didn't want my last
> post to this ng to be quite so ugly as it was. So, just playing around a
> bit with the IRTC theme.

Maybe ugliness is in the eye of the creator? :-)  I always considered your 
creations as outstanding. This one is no exception.

Thomas

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Shay wrote:
> This is the picture I made (and re- re- re- re- re-made) during my year 
> without (much) sleep[1]. Yeah, I did quit, but I didn't want my last 
> post to this ng to be quite so ugly as it was. So, just playing around a 
> bit with the IRTC theme.
> 
>  -Shay
> 
> [1] re: the subject of time: All of that sleep deprivation was a bit of 
> a time travel experience for me. Re-entering an environment from earlier 
> in my life brought back attitudes and memories I'd thought lost. Had I 
> the willingness to recreate the diet of my youth, I think the effect 
> would have been even more pronounced.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
Impressive. But...now I am not sure I can settle for the ambiguity of 
material.  Previously with these I just imagined some sort of enameled 
surface and that was fine.  Now I want more.  I would urge you to 
consider it further.

-Jim

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clipka wrote:
> Looks nice!
> 
> Though I can't help trying to figure how this could be beveled... wonder 
> why that is :-)
> 

I have to wonder why that is myself, because it certainly *is* beveled. 
You might be able to see the bevels better in this render. No mouse; No 
blueprint.

  -Shay

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Jim Charter wrote:

> Impressive. But...now I am not sure I can settle for the ambiguity of 
> material.  Previously with these I just imagined some sort of enameled 
> surface and that was fine.  Now I want more.  I would urge you to 
> consider it further.

Intended material was always ink, but I think it's a dead-end.

3D to 2D doesn't work the same way ink prints of oil paintings don't work.

I've got a friend who is trying to make it as a professional 
photographer. He distinguishes himself from other photographers with 
heavy "Photoshopping" of his images. To get a painted look he:
* starts with a huge "raw" file with lots of color information and no 
rendering artifacts.
* applies filters
* "cheats" with a tablet.
* and selects only one or two out of a hundred for "publication"

And *still* achieves results on par with digitized roto-scoping vs. 
old-style (with a real, live animator) roto-scoping. They're beautiful 
results, mind you -- better than one should expect to get for $120/h 
studio time --, but they aren't "Starry Night" caliber results.

I'm sure you could link to dozens of shiny, gorgeous, DOFed, reflection 
blurred, photoreal images of similar things, but none will look better 
than this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Grain_Belt_Beer.jpg
to me.

Still, I could do better, but this is good enough to satisfy me for now 
(last post was nice image, too-sloppy render, Thomas. I wasn't dumping 
on my work.). The enjoyment for me is in making it. I don't find the 
result especially compelling.

  -Shay

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Shay <n@n.n> wrote:
> This is the picture I made (and re- re- re- re- re-made) during my year
> without (much) sleep[1]. Yeah, I did quit, but I didn't want my last
> post to this ng to be quite so ugly as it was. So, just playing around a
> bit with the IRTC theme.
>
>   -Shay
>
> [1] re: the subject of time: All of that sleep deprivation was a bit of
> a time travel experience for me. Re-entering an environment from earlier
> in my life brought back attitudes and memories I'd thought lost. Had I
> the willingness to recreate the diet of my youth, I think the effect
> would have been even more pronounced.

So, insomnia is welcome. :)

Beautiful image! (I like the colors).

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Shay schrieb:
> I have to wonder why that is myself, because it certainly *is* beveled. 
> You might be able to see the bevels better in this render. No mouse; No 
> blueprint.

Ah yes - this one shows it better.

Not the easiest shape to bevel. My respect.

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