EMAIL:m1m@wow.com
NAME:MaryAnn Mandell
TOPIC:Science Fiction
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
RENDERER USED:POV for Windows
TOOLS USED:Moray and Terrain Maker
RENDER TIME:1hour 30Min aprox
HARDWARE USED:pentium 100
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
Winken, Bliken and Nod sail off each night o'er a silver sea
To wonderful worlds we go
What amazing sights to see!
Just Winken, Bliken, Nod and . . . Me!

This poem is hundreds of years old, exists in many, many languages, has as many
variations as there are mothers/fathers to tell it and is probably one of the
first science fiction epics that we have ever heard. It is an archetype.  It
may not be remembered, but it is deep within us. It could be the fountain for
all the works that have since flowered. That is why I have chosen this as the
science fiction work to interpret.
The scene, which uses a kid's crayon box colors, depicts the wooden shoe
transport vehicle perched precariously on a cliff that overlooks a fantastic
landscape which includes a fire breathing dragon (all dragons should breathe
fire), and a silver sea with jagged mountains . The sky is filled with
rainbows, a comet, strange planets, a flying saucer and a castle floating in
the air.
Size and spacial relationships do not matter. This is my dream! MaryAnn


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:

I used Terrain Maker to create the mountains and the cliff that the shoe sits
upon. Then I put it in Moray.  This cliff was done using the difference of a
cube and an upside down height field, which left a jagged cube as the surface
so I could texture it differently from the cliff and the mountains. All the
mountains were done using Terrain Maker and Moray.

The Shoe Ship, the dragon, flying saucer, and the castle were created with Moray
using lots, lots and lots of CSG. The textures and colors were begun in Moray
using all those sliders to get the exact color or texture desired.

Then I moved everything to win-pov so I could add stuff and edit.

The clouds, comet, planet and dragon's breath are halos using various degrees of
turbulence.

The rainbows are essential because they  (I need both) tie the shapes and colors
together. They are fun. MaryAnn