From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4149C6E6.1020304@anvil.com> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:01:26 +0100 From: Dave Lukes User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040626) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] 3D glenda competition References: <6bb9e88ad7834fe55fbacaaa8f68c706@plan9.ucalgary.ca> In-Reply-To: <6bb9e88ad7834fe55fbacaaa8f68c706@plan9.ucalgary.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: e2f78ad8-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 andrey mirtchovski wrote: >can anyone who has the artist skills render a reasonable 3D glenda? > > I hate to point out the obvious, but glenda _is_ 3D already. If you examine, for instance, http://cm.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/img/spaceglenda300.jpg, you will notice plenty of fur and shading around the extremities. I think what you probably mean is: "can someone use a crappy raytracer to abuse a perfectly reasonable picture with lots of teeth-achingly artificial highlights", to which the answer is "No, unless it's done satirically, and even then, I personally would consider it bad taste in the extreme". I _like_ glenda: she ain't exactly cute, she(it?)'s ... well ... Glenda! > something as cute as this, for example: > http://webloria.loria.fr/~rougier/povray/images/tux/tux.jpg I really, really, hope that sarcasm has been lost in transmission there. > also useful would be the standard raised look so familiar from MS Windows (light at top-left) Howsabout flamethrower at bottom right? DaveL.