A digital illustration of highly-reflective metal spheres rendered at different stages of what I call "esthetic latency." The spheres on the left are rendered flat, showing only their two-dimensional outline or silhouette. The spheres on the right are rendered solid, showing their full, three-dimensional form. And the spheres in the fruit bowl are rendered realistically, showing their material properties, which in this case is metal. The intention is to demonstrate that an object is not rendered realistically until it's material properties are apparent.