################################################################## # seaweed # # Scene Eric'c tree turns into a seaweed # ("Shells, crabs and seahorses...") # Date October 1997 # Author Eric Haianes + Andrei Sherstyuk # Features Convolution of line segments, skeletal design # # Comments The 3D skeleton of this sea-weed is represented # by cones and spheres (left), total 31 branches. # In the implicit form, spheres were removed and # cones were replaced by segments with linearly # scaled field functions. Rendered with Hermite # interpolants, 2 polynomials/segement. # Skeleton NOT shown # # Objects 31 line segments # Version 7.11 # Precision SINGLE # Time 320x480 demiurge, sample 4: 4 min 34 sec (v 7.12)X # # Nice seaweed ##################################################################