Well...my experimentation with technique is certainly becoming 
more ambitious, even if my Cyber animations still lack a certain 
something in the way of a storyline!

The "Lovely Angel" animation grew out of an evening I spent 
toying with Matt McIrvin's wonderful fractal graphics program, 
MOUNTAINS 2.1.  I decided to try animating one of the fractal 
landscapes generated...then figured it needed something more...

UNISPEC's 512-color capabilities are quite terrific--yet where I 
really find it handy is for its 16-color conversion and 
dithering functions.  They came in most handy here, as I 
increased the scope of my available palette to make room for a 
CAD-3D animation.

The spacecraft shown is based on the "Lovely Angel" from a 
recent enthusiasm of mine, the Japanese animated series DIRTY 
PAIR (involving the interstellar espionage work of two young 
ladies who have an unnerving tendency to catalyze planetary 
catastrophes).  I created it using Tom Hudson's terrific CYBER 
SCULPT--an intimidatingly complex program whose functions 
nevertheless become more and more intuitive with use.

The ship was animated using CAD-3D 2.0 and CYBER CONTROL, 
naturally.  The lunar animation and overall synthesis of the 
finished work was accomplished with CYBER PAINT.

Now, if anybody would tell me what the hell is HAPPENING in the 
sequence, I sure would appreciate it!


Dan Helmick
CIS 72077.2143