EMAIL:loomsbury@yahoo.com

NAME:Ben Lauritzen

TOPIC:The City

COPYRIGHT:I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT

TITLE:Bottom of the well

COUNTRY:USA

WEBPAGE:none yet for my work

RENDERER USED:3ds MAX R2

TOOLS USED:3ds MAX R2
           Adobe Photoshop 5.0

RENDER TIME:59 min 13 sec
            About 3 weeks to create

HARDWARE USED:AMD K-6II 333
              46 megs RAM

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
	Another transport travels to the center of Krassis, carrying Ambassador Feck from The Heirarchy.  Operations in the city carry on as usual as he approaches.  Spider7 drones are hard at work, repairing pressure breaches in oxygen converter 6.  Airlock Alpha begins the docking preparation sequence, as the blue docking beacons shine brightly through the dense murky water, showing the transport pilot the way.  Children living in the outskirts of the city often look up through the skylights of their homes to watch the passing transports, and marvel at the tremendous mass incessantly pressing down upon them.  Many city lights stay burning 24 hours a day to keep the darkness of the ocean depths from creeping in.  And so, yet another day passes in the ocean city of Krassis.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
	My inspiration for this image was the city in Final Fantasy VII.  I personally haven't ever played the game, so I can't say which city, if there's more than one.  The bubbles are spray objects with facing drops, each mapped with a bubble texture.  Something that's not very visible is 2 machines standing on the back oxygen generator(The one without bubbles).  They're 6 legged spider-like machines that are "repairing" the broken oxygen converter.  I was somewhat upset that I couldn't show them in more detail.  Another thing that isn't really noticeable unless you zoom in, the left docking port is opening.  I used photoshop to add my copyright, for a gamma fix, and jpeg conversion.  If you have any questions, email me and I'll be happy to answer them.