The Blue, green and red lines are guides which were eventually used to 'slice' the basic shapes into the correct segments toassemble the final imageThe digital rendering process for this crop circle rendering was created in Xara, avector software package which means it is comprised of mathematically definedgeometric lines and shapes that can be filled and textured in any number of ways.An example of this process is below.Vector software is essentially like drafting in AutoCAD rather than painting ordrawing in PhotoShop and other 'bitmap' image applications. Bitmap applicationsand vector applications both create images but in very different ways.The Aztec / Mayan glyphs in the bezel rings repeated four times and with vectorsoftware it was possible to create one pattern-group, then replicate and rotate it 90°into place in the outer rings. The wing patterns (reminiscent of those representing the Egyptian God Ra) followed the same procedure except that repeating, smaller ellipses were requires to form the layers of the wings. Those sections then had to be sliced into their smaller segments. (See example outside of the bezel.) After one pattern was created a duplicate was rotated 180° to form the opposing pattern. The element groups of the wings then had to be ungrouped in order to place the segments in the proper front / back placement to create the proper overlap / layering. The final stage was simply selecting each individual shape and line and applying the appropriate 3D effect to form the final image.A Thought About Crop Circle CreationAs a professional, the challenges were poignant to me in considering the possible process of physically creating such a pattern in the crops! What struck me was the thought and experimentation required to get the layout and positioning correct, followed by the process of deciding which segments needed to be removed in order to get the relief to look right.Furthermore, I considered that I was doing this from a bird's eye view and that any errors, minor or otherwise, were correctable and not evident in the final image. As all this sunk in, I tried to visualize how a group of pranksters could possibly create such an image in the dark, unseen, at ground level, with such precision, with no errors (since their errors would not be correctable as mine were) and without leaving 'collateral evidence' such as footprints!Over the years, as open minded as I am and therefore accepting the possibility of these patterns being created by 'alien means', I found myself, through this process, absolutely unable to doubt that these patterns could never have been created by human means ... no matter how clever those humans might be!See Full Vector Drawn Renderings
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Crop Circle Rendering - How the drawing was created
The Blue, green and red lines are guides
which were eventually used to 'slice' the
basic shapes into the correct segments to
assemble the final image
The digital rendering process for this crop circle rendering was created in Xara, a
vector software package which means it is comprised of mathematically defined
geometric lines and shapes that can be filled and textured in any number of ways.
An example of this process is below.
Vector software is essentially like drafting in AutoCAD rather than painting or
drawing in PhotoShop and other 'bitmap' image applications. Bitmap applications
and vector applications both create images but in very different ways.
The Aztec / Mayan glyphs in the bezel rings repeated four times and with vector
software it was possible to create one pattern-group, then replicate and rotate it 90°
into place in the outer rings. The wing patterns (reminiscent of those representing
the Egyptian God Ra) followed the same procedure except that repeating, smaller
ellipses were requires to form the layers of the wings. Those sections then had to be
sliced into their smaller segments. (See example outside of the bezel.)
After one pattern was created a duplicate was rotated 180° to form the opposing
pattern. The element groups of the wings then had to be ungrouped in order to place
the segments in the proper front / back placement to create the proper overlap /
layering. The final stage was simply selecting each individual shape and line and
applying the appropriate 3D effect to form the final image.
A Thought About Crop Circle Creation
As a professional, the challenges were poignant to me in considering
the possible process of physically creating such a pattern in the crops!
What struck me was the thought and experimentation required to get
the layout and positioning correct, followed by the process of deciding
which segments needed to be removed in order to get the relief to look
right.
Furthermore, I considered that I was doing this from a bird's eye view
and that any errors, minor or otherwise, were correctable and not
evident in the final image. As all this sunk in, I tried to visualize how a
group of pranksters could possibly create such an image in the dark,
unseen, at ground level, with such precision, with no errors (since their
errors would not be correctable as mine were) and without leaving
'collateral evidence' such as footprints!
Over the years, as open minded as I am and therefore accepting the
possibility of these patterns being created by 'alien means', I found
myself, through this process, absolutely unable to doubt that these
patterns could never have been created by human means ... no matter
how clever those humans might be!
See Full Vector Drawn Renderings
