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Re: MC Escher
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Date: 
Mon, 10 Oct 2005 01:16:45 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Anders Isaksson wrote:
> Henry Lim wrote:
> > Here's my take on some Eschers:
> > 
> > http://www.henrylim.org/MCEscher
> 
> Beautiful!
> 
> Belvedere:
> 
> I've already had your Belvedere as desktop background since you announced
> it, it's very close to the Escher original (I'm just missing the stairs in
> the lower right). There's just the little problem with the leftmost
> pillar...
> 
> Ascending and descending:
> 
> This one is almost perfect! Are you using the same trick as Andrew Lipson?
> It's difficult to see. Both yours and his have the problem of the camera
> angle being a bit too much from above, compared to the original. I suppose
> this is ncessitated by the used trick?
> 
> Waterfall:
> 
> This is the one I like best, for some reason. It will be on my desktop
> background for a while. With some more work on the lighting, maybe you could
> get rid of some of the shadows that give the trick away?
> 
> Relativity:
> 
> Although perfectly well executed, I must say I prefer Andrew Lipson's [1]
> colorful version (It has been my main desktop background since I first saw
> it). The perspective shifts and all little details are hard to see in your
> monochrome version.
> 
> All IMO, of course!
> 
> [1] http://www.andrewlipson.com/lego.htm



Thanks.  Yeah, I'm using Lipson's trick for "Ascending Descending".  And yeah,
lighting is tricky for "Waterfall".  As well, I agree that Lipson's "Relativity"
is cool.

-Henry



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  Re: MC Escher
 
(...) it, it's very close to the Escher original (I'm just missing the stairs in the lower right). There's just the little problem with the leftmost pillar... Ascending and descending: This one is almost perfect! Are you using the same trick as (...) (21 years ago, 9-Oct-05, to lugnet.build)

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