EMAIL: lemog@club-internet.fr
NAME: Laurent Antoine Lemog
TOPIC: Spirit of Asia
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: nishiki-ye
COUNTRY: france
WEBPAGE: www.lemog.fr.st
RENDERER USED: maya4
TOOLS USED: maya4, photoshop5, painter6
RENDER TIME: 3 hours
HARDWARE USED: PIII 450 - 256
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
This image was inspired by a xilography of the Japanese artist of XIXth century, Hokusai.
 The artist employed for this work the technique of Nishiki-ye, which requires the use of several wood turpentines in order to return the various colors.
 The subject is the sensual idealization inspired by the female forms.
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
Polygonal modeling using Maya 4 for the woman, the fabrics are carried out in nurbs... 
Textures of big size were made in Painter, with a particular care for those fabrics...
Lighting, softly ensured by 23 pointlights, are located in quarter of sphere around the model.