EMAIL: mjklein00@msn.com
NAME: Mitch Klein
TOPIC: Contrast
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Snowman's Oasis
COUNTRY: USA
WEBPAGE: N/A

RENDERER USED: Bryce 4.1

TOOLS USED: Rhino 3D 2.0 Beta, Photoshop 5, Poser 4

RENDER TIME: 2h 56min
HARDWARE USED: PIII 500 Mhz, 384 Ram, Win98SE

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:

Tired of the cold, the snowman makes his way toward the warm hot tub. The girl, who created him in the backyard, is paralyzed with shock by the animated snowman.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:

The snowman, hot tub, window, snow, and wall were modelled from scratch in Rhino and textured with Bryce procedurals. The girl was exported from Poser. The trees are Bryce stock objects, and the mountains are heightfields (as is the hot tub water). 

Originally, the image was just the going to be the backyard scene with the snowman. That would have been okay but I decided to try to add the window and the girl for a more dramatic effect. Getting the reflection to be as accurate as I could proved to be the most challenging part.