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Subject: April Monthly Challenge Entry - Pachydermatitis

tjohn opened this issue on Apr 08, 2003 · 21 posts
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tjohn ( ) posted Tue, 08 April 2003 at 9:27 PM · edited Fri, 29 November 2024 at 4:57 PM

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Escher, Elephants, and the Thingy. All Bryce 5 except for the brick texture. I made the elephants with metaballs and spheres, the ears are terrains, the tails are trees. The Thingy is in the ramps.

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AgentSmith ( ) posted Tue, 08 April 2003 at 9:32 PM

Freaking cool! NICE Elephants! AS

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Ang25 ( ) posted Tue, 08 April 2003 at 9:34 PM

Awesome!

woodhurst ( ) posted Tue, 08 April 2003 at 9:37 PM

wow-excellent work the shape on the top reminds me of something from an escher painting. aweomse job man.

tjohn ( ) posted Tue, 08 April 2003 at 9:43 PM

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Yeah, this one. It's called "Waterfall". I modeled it in Bryce, I just loved the design of the tower.

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy

eelie ( ) posted Tue, 08 April 2003 at 10:04 PM

There is something seriously warped about someone who can have their entry done the same day the new challenge is announced. I think I'm disgusted. With myself. As I sit here spending hours tweaking textures, making and discarding materials (and ideas).... ~sigh~ 'Em's are cool elephants! :o)

ICMgraphics ( ) posted Tue, 08 April 2003 at 10:06 PM

Outstanding!

sailor_ed ( ) posted Tue, 08 April 2003 at 10:08 PM

Very imaginative image! To say nothing of the title! Your competitors will have a tough act to follow.

DreamWarrior ( ) posted Tue, 08 April 2003 at 11:05 PM

WOOOW! Absolutely amazing!!! Well done, tjohn!


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catlin_mc ( ) posted Tue, 08 April 2003 at 11:14 PM

Tjohn you are the king there's absolutaly no doubt about it. Brilliant idea and image, I just wish my brain worked so fast. Do we give you first prize now? 8) Catlin

treemont ( ) posted Wed, 09 April 2003 at 12:02 AM

this SO cool!!!

chohole ( ) posted Wed, 09 April 2003 at 1:30 AM

Wow..what more can one say!

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cambert ( ) posted Wed, 09 April 2003 at 3:03 AM

I made the elephants with metaballs and spheres, the ears are terrains, the tails are trees. It's the Tigger Song! You're setting the bar high this month; those elephants are outstanding. And the Escher elements...sigh. We know who paid their Inspiration bill now, don't we? :-)

bulldawg66 ( ) posted Wed, 09 April 2003 at 4:07 AM

And I can'y even figure out how to make the pic for the challenge into a solid object . Maybe I'll just sit this one out. Great elephants BTW.

tjohn ( ) posted Wed, 09 April 2003 at 4:39 AM

Thanks everyone! This is just one of those things that comes together almost like automatic writing. I'd been studying Escher lately, had recently been working on an elephant (inspired by vasquez's camelotta). When I read the April Challenge, the three different elephants...excuse me, ELEMENTS came together and made this image in my mind's eye. And when my muse wakes up from her usual stupor and hands me a mental image I like this much...well it seems to go from idea to render very quickly. This image even took less than 90 minutes to render. It looks like it should have taken longer, doesn't it? Maybe because the challenge was less restrictive in subject matter this month, so my imagination was more open to possibilities (thanks, rj001). Good luck to everyone, I think we're going to see more of entrants inner selves in this, because except for the "thingy" the images are going come directly from their own minds (does that make sense?). Tjohn Oh, and if it helps, Bulldawg, just do a fill in a paint program, or do what I did, paint the center in the terrain/lattice editor (mine are lattices) and make it solid.

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy

Doublecrash ( ) posted Wed, 09 April 2003 at 6:26 AM

Wonderful entry, TJohn!

GROINGRINDER ( ) posted Wed, 09 April 2003 at 7:29 AM

Those elephants are fantastic!!

lsstrout ( ) posted Wed, 09 April 2003 at 12:05 PM

Tjohn, you totally rule! Love the elephants, love the thingy, love the Escher bit. Love the whole combination. Lin starting to think I should go back to crayons and coloring books :)

bulldawg66 ( ) posted Wed, 09 April 2003 at 2:58 PM

Okay, I got it now...learn something new everyday...even if I don't come up with something as superb as the elephants I think doing the contest is worthwhile just so I can get some decent practice in. All I need to do now is figure out how to utilize this shape... And there is definitely something to be said for crayons...they odn't have to be plugged in to work :)

Swade ( ) posted Wed, 09 April 2003 at 5:17 PM

I love it TJohn.... I am an Escher fan and noticed the touch of Escher in your image right away. Awesome elephants by the way. 8-)

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SevenOfEleven ( ) posted Thu, 10 April 2003 at 8:56 AM

Looks great, like the look of the elephants.

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