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Submitted: January 20, 2009
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The Thing That Wood Not Beby ~eriban

Digital Art / 3-Dimensional Art / Scenes / Other

Finally it had arrived, his construction set for the square wooden frame. Its apparent simplicity made his heart pound faster. Four wooden pieces. All shaped exactly the same. What a lovely sight. He could hardly wait to see the resulting frame on his table. So many ways to use it. So many ways. Maybe he should have ordered more than one.

Putting the frame together was not as easy as he had expected. Joining two pieces by way of the double dovetail connection was just as impossible as separating them. He considered himself fortunate when he realized that he possesed an old puzzle magazine that revealed the secret behind the double dovetail connection.

Still, the manual that came with the wooden frame clearly showed that you needed all four pieces. Four? What had he done wrong? He went over it once more. No, there was nothing wrong with any of the connections. All angles were orthogonal. As they should be. How then had he managed to make a closed loop from only three pieces? He didn't know. He didn't even want to know! Maybe it was best to drink some coffee first. But isn't it always?

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This image has been rendered using the POVRay raytracer. I created the original scene file more than ten years ago, but recently made a few improvements to it, and rendered it again at a much higher resolution.

Note: No post-processing has taken place on the image to make the illusion work; this is the 3D scene as it is rendered by the raytracer. "How can this be?" you may wonder. That's a good question indeed.

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*inspiredcreativity Nov 28, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

The cast shadows are well done. I really enjoy mind twisters like this, the playing with perspective. The textured table surface is a very good design for enhancing sense of dimensionality. Excellent work. I really enjoy seeing such attention to detail.

~eriban Nov 28, 2010

Thanks! It required quite a bit of thought and effort to create this image, it's not something I quickly hacked together, so I am happy to hear that it is appreciated.

*inspiredcreativity Nov 30, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

That is why I admire the work, because it takes imagination, creativity, thought, and effort to create.

~AuroraAphelion Nov 24, 2010 Writer

MEHHH! i do not like these things that i do not understand!!! nyahhh! i am confuzzled!!!,

~eriban Nov 26, 2010

Ah, but that's nice. Increase your understanding and you'll become a happier person

~AuroraAphelion Nov 27, 2010 Writer

hahaha!!! try, i will.

*janey-in-a-bottle Nov 24, 2010 Hobbyist General Artist

I'd so love to see this rendered from a different angle, to see how it was done.

I'm very impressed with this being a 3D render.

~eriban Nov 24, 2010

Thanks!

You're not the only one who would like to see the secret(s) behind the illusion revealed. I am not budging yet though. It would spoil the illusion and the image would lose some of its mystique I fear.

~MiuraEri Nov 24, 2010

Gives me an air of satisfaction. amazing work!

~eriban Nov 24, 2010

Thanks!

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