Artist of the Mind
Art is the mind's attempt to express its genius in the physical form.
The computer is just another avenue for that brilliant expression. The computer
offers the artist a kind of freedom, freedom from the limitations of the materialistic
and physical world. They grant the artist the awesome power to create new
worlds, compose unique personalities, and shatter the very boundaries of
reality...
Science is the mind's attempt to understand itself and the world around
it. The computer is another method for that endless pursuit of knowledge. The
computer gives science order, the order that they've craved for all of eternity,
to organize, to visualize and to analyze based on the wonders and limitations of
reality...
So what happens when art meets science?
Why, only wonderful things...
Things like 3D rendering. When art and science fuse to create a
something unique to either but invaluable to both.
A scientist might render the pipe layout of a oil drilling site in Azerbaijan
to help him visualize the maximum flow rate of crude in the pipes. An artist
might have the desire to render a fantastic world of alien creatures under the
frozen surface of Europa; 3D rendering at work, and at play...
3D rendering refers to the act of creating realistic or abstract
objects and environments using a computer. The rendering process is based on the
manipulation of polygon geometry, fractal patterns, matrix transforms, textual
design, surface mapping and in some cases, artistic talent.
So there you have it, the art, science, and sappy truth of 3D
rendering.
Jia Xu
01/2000
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