===== From ewgr@abaddon.globalnet.co.uk: I think it is excellent how you can make a 3D renderer produce a flat cartoon like that, mind you I never tried. ===== From agage@mines.edu: Interesting use of POVray to make a flat image. A while back (I can't remember which round) there was an image done to look like a hand-drawn image, but it was a bit lacking -- this does look very cartoonish, which is good. ===== From gregj56590@aol.com: Don't like Garfield character, but would have rated a 3D-looking cat highly. ===== From jaime@ctav.es: No image_maps? Good cartoon work! ===== From appel@informatik.tu-muenchen.de: Probably some kind of overkill to use raytracing for a picture like this. But I believe in Overkill, and it's well done anyway. ===== From mmandl@aol.com: It looks too flat for a 3-d image. I liked the concept. ===== From dormammu@erols.com: Very amusing. As for suggestions: If you're trying to make it look like a cartoon, I would suggest having black outlines around Garfield to make it look more cartoon-like. (Maybe very thin black cylinders would work?) ===== From bill@apocalypse.org: No, I think images like these are not what the IRTC is about. ===== From karl@pemail.net: Well it made us laugh. Nice and bright ===== From ethelm@bigfoot.com: Your right! This is a funny picture and real comic book stuff. Well Done for your second ever ray tracing. ===== From gmccarter@hotmail.com: Incredible! I would never have guessed it is raytraced. Never. ===== From uwe.post@gmx.de: brilliant idea. ===== From djconnel@flash.net: Interesting, but this is really not really a good demonstration of a raytracer's strength.... the scene could have more easily been done in a paint program. ===== From cfusner@enter.net: Originality is where this image shines. I don't think it will set off a trend of raytraced cartoons, but it is certainly a noteworthy accomlishment to make a whole (recognizable) image out of splines. ===== From peter@table76.demon.co.uk: That's different! It's nice to see someone trying something different. ===== From r@du13-251.ppp.algonet.se: OK, original, but why bother to make it in a 3D renderer? Notable for originality ===== From r@207.232.193.166: Lay off the orthographics. (Besides, I like Odie better!) ===== From r@dial-up30.webbernet.net: Nicely done. Why is he singing off key? ;-) Interesting and unusual technique. Perhaps he should be somewhat off center, maybe with a boot flying in from off screen. I just wish you hadn't used a copyrighted character. This comment by clem@dhol.com.