EMAIL: patrickd@netins.net or patrickd@usti.com
NAME: Patrick Dugan
TOPIC: Horror
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: HellCube
COUNTRY: USA
WEBPAGE: http://www.netins.net/showcase/patrickd
RENDERER USED: Povray 3.1g
TOOLS USED: Chain11.inc for creating chain effects
RENDER TIME: 57 minutes 1 second.
HARDWARE USED: Pentium 450 with 128 RAM
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:  This image is my version of the HellRaiser Cube from the movie of the same name. The picture shows several chains extended out of the cube and attaching to the table top.  The cube itself is "nailed" down using lots of nails around the edge.  The image was designed to look creepy, pay homage to the movie and give a symbolic look of pain being inflicted (using the blood oozing from the wood) rather than anything overt.
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: The image was created using height fields for the metallic sides with a dark wood surrounding them.  The chains were created using the chain11.inc file (look for chain11.zip for the entire source code.  I did not include that to reduce the size of the archive.)  The glows (both blue surrounding the cube and the small black ones around each chain) were simple media effects.   I used a camera with a short focal length and slightly wide angle to make the image appear small and close up.  I also used the +QR to render the image with radiosity turned on to improve the overall look.