EMAIL:          chris_darcy@yahoo.com
NAME:           Chris D'Arcy
TOPIC:          Ruins
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE:          Ruins
COUNTRY:        Australia
WEBPAGE:
RENDERER USED:  Max
TOOLS USED:     Max
RENDER TIME:    10 mins
HARDWARE USED:  330 celeron 
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:  

I am not an architectural fan, so I went for the other meaning of ruins 
i.e."to suffer a downfall; come to ruin."

The image is of a man watching his house or business go up in flames.

I know the image is not finished.
Things to do.
  Eyebrows
  Eyelashes
  Soot smudges
  Environmental map for cornea reflections.
  The head is too bumpy etc.
  Wrinkles around eyes.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
I am currently experimenting with patchs in max. The skin was pushed and pulled in to shape.
The eye is constructed of the seperate parts (White, pupil, iris and cornea) each has it's own
map. 
The flames and window frame where a greyscale rendering of a flame-like partical.
I then blocked in the window frame using paint.
this image was then projected via three lights(one red, one yellow and one light-blue).
I did try using the partical system directly but I couldn't get it to illuminate or cast shadows.

I entered the picture because that is the whole point.
Ready or not this is what I did with the subject within the time.

The file is too big to send.