James Moore wrote:
>Thanks for the comments, I still have much to learn and I really appreciate
>all the feedback I can get.  I haven't added much to the discussions as I'm
>a pretty lousy communicator, but I've learned alot from reading them.

I'm happy to hear others got something from these discussions. I'm sure I
came off as a know-it-all to some for starting so many discussions where I
expressed my opinion, but once I committed to doing them I felt I should
finish even though the participation fell off.

>I agree it's a pretty boring image.  I had a really hard time trying to
>decide on a subject for this round.  I wanted to do something that was
>becoming "old" in our lifetimes so that hopefully the viewer would find a
>connection with the image, but I think I failed miserably.  I really
>enjoyed modelling the cassettes, but as the picture progressed, it seemed
>to get colder and more mechanical than thoughtful.

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply the image as a whole was boring, only that I
thought the cassettes and player were background elements, something you'd
see every day. I guess, for me, cassettes are still around and don't bring
any feelings of nostagia or fond memories.

>I decided to add the pencil drawing to take the focus off the cassettes, so
>that the image would represent the memory of past times more than just one
>particular technology.

I got that feeling from the pencil drawing; using perspective lines to draw
placed the image before computers were used to draw. The old technology was
the process of drawing without computers, something everyone here would
appreciate; it certainly worked for me.

>I had hoped the loose tape and rather pathetic drawing would provoke
>thoughts as to why they had become old technology - I guess I should have
>explained a little better in the description.  I'm not quite sure why the
>shadow of the tape came out like it did - I suspect it's an error somewhere
>in the macro used to make the mesh as my math skills are pretty rusty, not
>to mention basic.  :)

I didn't connect the tape-eating player with why it became old technology;
nice touch. I didn't notice the tape shadow problem on my initial viewing;
it's not a distraction.

>I chose the pictures in the background because they were my first attempts
>at raytracing more than because of the subject of them - sort of a personal
>inside joke I guess.

And both images could've qualified as old technology entries as well. Also,
I don't think you can say you're a lousy communicator!

Post a reply to this message