"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> This is a real bit of history for me! The original sketch is fascinating.
>
> The 'fish13' included scene was my very first introduction to POV-ray, and my
> first 'testing platform' to begin learning the code. Way back in 2005(?), in
> v3.5 I think. When I finally figured out how to manipulate its fish image_map, I
> was 'hooked', ha. I still have my earliest test renders!
>
> That scene was dropped from more recent versions of POV-ray-- to my
> disappointment. (I thought it was still included with v3.7.0 , but I can't find
> it.) I've always felt that fish13 was a good and simple 'hands-on' scene with
> which to learn some of the program's basics. And it looked cool too.
>
> I just took a look at my archived fish13 folder and the scene file. It says...
>
> //----------- fish out of water ----------- 3/10/92 miller
>
> So that was... YOU?
Yep, that's me...a long time ago. Picking POV back up after a long hiatus.
I hand drafted most of my old POV scenes back then. Attached are drawings for a
toy train and the ionic_5 panther.
Mike.
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