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Title	:	Boxing the sphere
Name	:	Normand Brière
Country	:	Canada
Email	:	#############
Webpage	:	www.noware.ca
Topic	:	The Contrast (July)
Copyright	:	Agreed - 2008-08-17 06:40:52
JPG file	:	pw-1218846944-boxingthesphere.jpg
Renderer Used	:	OpenGL (ARB program)
Tools used	:	Homemade Java software + GIMP for calibration
Render Time	:	40 seconds
Hardware Used	:	Macintosh Core 2 Duo, RadeonX1600

Image description

We know we cannot square the circle, but can we box the sphere? Can we go from the green sphere to the magenta cube?

Unfortunately, whatever way we put it just never works.

Description of how this image was created

The golden structure has been built using a single primitive called superellipsoid. We see 225 such objects with different parameter values to create many interesting shapes. The arrangement have the look of Escher-like designs where the in-between reveals something. In this case, we see an attempt to square the circle.

The red "sphere" has been created thanks to the internal simplex elements used by CSG modeling. It is contrasting with the cyan "cube" which is yet another unsuccessful attempt to box the sphere.

The topic has been exploited in some other ways. We have of course the opposition of the sphere versus the cube, but we also have a few pairs of complementary colors such as gold on blueish background. The primary and secondary colors (namely red, yellow, green, cyan, blue and magenta) are ordered counterclockwise and suggest the chromatic hexagon.

General statistics
No of ratings	:	14
Min. overall rating	:	21 (10 / 10 / 1)
Max. overall rating	:	41 (14 / 13 / 14)
Sum of rating	:	495 / 840
Date uploaded	:	2008-08-15 11:01:28

Specific details

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If the member votes for all the entries and has created one him/herself, there is an
automatic 20/20/20 score added to the value (This encourages all members who enter to vote).

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280

Concept

148

280

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Overall

495

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Comments by members when rating this image

1.	28-08-2008	Artistically this is very nice to look at and the 'squared sphere' in the background is nice. I however am failing to see how this picture really captures the concept of contrast effectively. Apologies if I have somehow missed the subtle contrast displyed within this picture.
2.	27-08-2008	A very nice abstract piece. Unfortunately, I don't get much in the way of "contrast" from it. Yes, the sphere and the box are contrasting shapes, but the way the image blends them, the contrast gets marginalized.
3.	27-08-2008	Neat looking image. Although I'm missing the contrast element a bit.
4.	18-08-2008	This is a well-composed and well-balanced scene which makes the concept clear without the heavy hammer blows of Black and White ;-)
5.	17-08-2008	I like how you've used the features of the superellipsoid to create the object. It looks like it was a fun exercise in macros. The coloring of the image is nice as well, although the blue background tends to wash out the shapes on the right, making the image feel a bit skewed toward the left. The concept is fun, although rather basic. The image might have benefitted from being a square itself, rather than a rectangle, just based on composition. Everything in the image is very basic, simple, and unremarkable--no real texturing, basic modelling, basic lighting. The image overall gives me the impression of a master artist trying to teach using simple techniques. There is nothing bad that stands out, but it lacks imagination.
6.	17-08-2008	This would make a nice poster
7.	15-08-2008	The progression has much of Vasarely too. Comparing the titles, shouldn't the title be 'cubing the sphere' ;-) Though I like execution, the slow progression undoes the 'contrast'.

Boxing the sphere