"Dave Matthews" <dma### [at] wrmnwestmnscuedu> wrote:
> Wow.  Welcome!

Thanks, Dave! Coming from yourself, that's high praise indeed!

> "PM 2Ring" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>
> > Still, I think my abilities as an artist (and sensibilities)
> > have improved through raytracing.

> I agree with that, completely.  Also, my powers of observation have improved
> considerably, when I attempt to model some real-world thing.  I know that
> artists have fantastic observational skills,

> but since my eye-hand
> coordination is minimal, I now realize that I gave up careful observation
> of many things in the world a while back.

I know that feeling.

> It's like re-discovering an
> unused muscle.  Sometimes it hurts, but when you can use it, you're amazed
> at what you accomplish.

You know you've been raytracing too long when everywhere you go you see a
shape & start thinking "now how can I model *that*?... :)

> > Anyway, I understand that it's customary to make one's initial post a
> > variation on the theme mentioned in the subject. Ok, here goes!

> This is a very nice variation on the theme!

Sometimes, simplicity is the best approach.

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