[mou] John Jarosz, Stuff-it

[Terence Brashear]

Responding to a post letting us know John has passed
away is probably not the best place to post the
question regardless of your stance on the subject.

I am sorry to hear someone who contributed so much is
no longer with us.

Regards,

Terry

This view is my own and does not represent the opinion
of the MOU ECC.

--- Matthew Schaut <mschaut22 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> In this day and age when imagining techniques are so
> amazing, where surgeons and pilots can get better
> using virtual than they can on real objects,
> Richard's question holds a great deal of merit.
>    
>   Matthew Schaut  
>    
>   
> Larson Kelly <northernflights at charter.net> wrote:
>   Think hard Richard,  
> 
>   Rocks and mud and plants don't move. They can be
> studied in great detail, close up, and they
> generally sit still for as long as you would like to
> look at them. You can feel the textures, experiment
> with different lighting and see what happens to
> surfaces when they are dirty, or wet, or worn.  If
> the artists is not happy with his first rendition he
> can go back to the subject again and again until he
> is satisfied that he understands what he is looking
> at and learns how to accurately portray it's
> essence.
>   
> 
>   Tell us, when the last time you were able to study
> even a common bird, like a Robin, in this way? How
> for example, without the aid of highly advanced
> modern photography, would we know anything about how
> the feathers covering a Robin's ear were arranged,
> or the shape of the scales on it's leg, or the
> texture of the skin on the underside of it's toes? A
> collection of small details describes the whole
> bird. Details we could not have known without
> postmortem study. Details that have led us to
> questions, thoughtful study, and better
> understanding of each species.
>   
> 
>   
> 
>   
>     Kelly Larson
>   Bagley/Bemidji Minnesota
> 
> 
>     Kelly Larson
>   Bemidji Minnesota
>   
> 
>   Eschew Obfuscation!
>   The middle of Nowhere is Somewhere!
> 
> 
> 
>     On Jan 31, 2008, at 10:24 PM, Richard Wood
> wrote:
> 
>     In reading this, I'm curious about something.
> 
> If one "could make a rock so real you almost could
> hear the click of wolves’ claws as they walked
> across it", or "make mud that looked as sticky as
> the real thing", then why can't one make fake birds
> and animals instead of killing and stuffing them?
> 
> Richard
>    
> Richard L. Wood, Ph. D.
> Hastings, MN
> rwoodphd at yahoo.com
> 
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Terry Brashear
Hennepin County, MN
http://www.naturepixels.com
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