thanks so much! I'm sorry for the extremely late response, but I'll fix that issue right away. also, funnily enough, I did try POV-Ray but I couldn't really wrap my head around it, so I was mostly checking out old renders from the early - mid 90s. some interesting tricks, I'd be interested in showing some of them off! (with proper credit, of course)
I'd be interested in seeing those tricks :-) POV-Ray can definitely be challenging due to the lack of interface, so I understand where you're coming from... There's a lack of good tutorials for it too, which is making me consider writing my own. I guess we'll see.
Just published my first article, part of a tutorial series.