EMAIL: karl@tgis.co.uk
NAME: Karl Manning
TOPIC: Time
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
RENDERER USED: Povray V2.2
TOOLS USED:
RENDER TIME: 3 and a half hours
HARDWARE USED: Compaq Elite 4/75
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
After brainstorming on time, I chose the idea of "keeping in time."
The metronome helps to maintain a strict time. The sheets of music
are to emphasise the point of a metronome. The conductors in the
background fading into the distance (an idea from my girlfriend)
are to show the passing of time.
                           
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
This was built using the basic primatives from POVRAY2. All parts
of the image are generated from POVRAY2.

The main shape used in the picture is a truncated pyramid (a new shape
defined using planes). This has been used everywhere, after being
suitably scaled.

The conductors 'tails' were originally cones, after changing these to
truncated pyramids, the compilation time doubled !

I really wanted to create an outlined, ghostly image for the conductors
but was unable to generate something I liked.

The sheets of music were built up from a single note, which became a bar,
which became a line, which became a sheet. Lots of unions used to define it !