EMAIL: mickmcm@indigo.ie
NAME:  Mick McMullin
COUNTRY: Ireland
WEB PAGE: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/4650
TOPIC: Glass
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
RENDERER USED: povray 3.00e for Windows
TOOLS USED: Paint Shop Pro, Texture Magic
RENDER TIME: 1d 1h 18m 44s
HARDWARE USED: Pentium 90
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
	I used glass as a metaphor for use and abuse. For example, a bottle
	is a very useful example of glass, but a broken bottle can have
	threatening conotations. Likewise, many drugs have valid mecidinal
	uses but, like the white powder in this image, abuse is a problem.
	Although there are only a few elements in this image, I've tried
	to pay close attention to the overall composition. The 2 bottles,
	the straw and the candle form a triangle which I feel ties everything
	together quite well. As always, though, I'm open to any constructive
	critisism -- all comments are most welcome!
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
	All the models in this image were created by hand. The bottles are
	lathe objects with some CSG techniques to 'hollow out' the bottles
	and to create the smashed effect. The candle uses blobs and there
	are 2 light sources placed just above it. A third light is placed
	at a distance. The flame consists of 2 lathe objects, although I do
	feel it needs more work. Any suggestions?

	The wooden texture, white powder and background were all created
	using Texture Magic. The Coca-Cola logo is an imagemap manipulated
	in Paint Shop Pro. The poster on the wall uses POVray's built-in
	mandelbrot texture.