"Cousin Ricky" <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> The blue and gold are my high school alma mater's colors.  Sorry, no kitchen
> probe.
>
> Lessons learned:
>
> - Higher order polynomials are very sensitive to floating point error.  Use
>   isosurfaces instead.
>
> - Isosurfaces are slow.  Use higher order polynomials instead.
>
> - Counterintuitively, applying split_union off to the entire object slowed
>   down rendering by an order of magnitude.
>
> - Applying split_union off to Round_Box_Union and Round_Cylinder_Union (and
>   to similar custom-written macros) cut rendering times in half.
>
> - Area_light can be interminable.  This image was first rendered without
>   area lights.  The shadows of the handle and reflective sphere were done
>   in partial renders, then patched into the main image.

That is some very impressive modeling.  Wow.  Just wow.

 - Ricky

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