EMAIL: mwsny001@mweb.co.za
NAME: Johann Snyman
TOPIC: The City
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: DomeCity
COUNTRY: South-Africa
WEBPAGE: http://johannhome.cjb.net
RENDERER USED: PovRay 3.1
TOOLS USED: sPatch, BioForm
RENDER TIME: 25 Minutes
HARDWARE USED: Pentium 3 500MHz 64MB RAM
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A futuristic City in a dome under the sea.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:

Well, this is my first entry for the IRTC, so I feel I have to say a word or two. I've been playing with PovRay 2.2 for a year or so (Not very successfully). Then I got connected. Then I discovered PovRay 3.1. Then I discovered sPatch. Then, well, here I am. :)

I didn't exactly plan this image. I started playing with sPatch, and this image sort of evolved. I know I still have a lot to learn, but it was fun. The image took me about 5 days (basically fulltime) the make. Everything is made with sPatch, except for the plants, which is made with BioForm. I have a few sPatch objects on my homepage for free download, most of these will also find their way there when I have time.

I love sPatch. I was always (Pov2.2 days) stuck with making objects with primitives. With sPatch, you can make anything!
Therefore, I want to thank Mike Clifton for writing sPatch, and giving it away for free. Thanks Mike! I cannot use any shareware, because being from South-Africa, it's very hard (and expensive) to get the software registered.

Thanks also to the creator of BioForm.

I'm sorry if the above is not fitting for the textfile, but I had to say a few things. 

My sincere thanks goes out to the Pov-Ray team, and to all the IRTC people. Long live the IRTC and Pov-Ray!