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Re: MOC: Another Escher Picture - Ascending and Descending
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Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:06:33 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Andrew Lipson writes:
I've just finished another joint project with Daniel Shiu.
This time it's Escher's "Ascending and Descending". You can
find it at

http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/ascending.html

I haven't included any detail or "how we did it" pictures yet,
but I'll try to put them up in another day or two.

I love these Escher sculptures!  Make more please.

I suspect the secret to this one is all in the upper right corner.
A quick attempt to approximate it with LDRAW ends up like this.

1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4186.DAT
1 7 470 0 420 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3009.DAT
1 7 470 -24 300 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3009.DAT
1 7 470 -48 180 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3009.DAT
1 7 470 -72 60 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3009.DAT
1 7 470 -96 -60 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3009.DAT
1 7 470 -120 -180 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3009.DAT
1 7 400 -120 -230 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3009.DAT
1 7 280 -144 -230 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3009.DAT
1 7 160 -168 -230 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3009.DAT
1 7 40 -192 -230 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3009.DAT
1 7 0 -192 -230 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3009.DAT
1 7 -50 -192 -160 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3009.DAT
1 7 -50 -216 -40 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3009.DAT
1 7 -50 -240 80 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3009.DAT
1 7 -50 -240 120 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3009.DAT
1 7 20 -240 170 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3009.DAT
1 7 140 -264 170 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3009.DAT
1 7 260 -288 170 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3009.DAT
1 7 380 -312 170 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3009.DAT
1 7 380 -312 30 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3009.DAT
1 7 260 -288 30 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3009.DAT
1 7 140 -264 30 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3009.DAT
1 7 90 -216 -40 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3009.DAT
1 7 160 -168 -110 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 3009.DAT
1 7 280 -144 -110 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3009.DAT
1 7 350 -96 -40 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3009.DAT
1 7 350 -72 80 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3009.DAT
1 7 350 -48 200 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3009.DAT
1 7 350 -24 320 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3009.DAT
1 7 460 -336 170 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 3004.DAT
1 7 460 -336 30 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3004.DAT
1 7 100 -240 30 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3004.DAT
1 7 100 -216 30 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3004.DAT
1 7 90 -192 -100 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3004.DAT
1 7 90 -168 -100 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3004.DAT
1 7 340 -120 -110 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3004.DAT
1 7 340 -96 -110 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3004.DAT
1 7 350 -144 -110 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3005.DAT
1 7 90 -216 -110 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3005.DAT


View it from something like this angle and you begin to see the
illusion.

l3glite -J -s0.5 -a0.815008,0.152298,0.559068,0.28637,0.732895,-0.617121,
-0.503728,0.663063,0.553705 ascending.dat

Have fun,

Don



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  MOC: Another Escher Picture - Ascending and Descending
 
I've just finished another joint project with Daniel Shiu. This time it's Escher's "Ascending and Descending". You can find it at (URL) haven't included any detail or "how we did it" pictures yet, but I'll try to put them up in another day or two. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build) !! 

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