EMAIL: bigjko@hotmail.com
NAME: Jon Kristjan Kristinsson
TOPIC: Dreaming
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: "A King's Nightmare"
COUNTRY: Iceland
RENDERER USED: 3D Studio Max R4
TOOLS USED: Paint Shop Pro 7.04
RENDER TIME: approx. 3 min
HARDWARE USED: 1,2 GHz Athlon / 256 MB RAM

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:

I don't know what I can say about this picture, other than it is a king's nightmare expressed with 
chess-board players.  What's being expressed?  A revolution, the pawns are the civilians revolting 
against the king.  The red light is to establish the nightmare factor of the picture and the fact 
that you can't see anything that the king's not seeing establishes the dream factor, you're exper-
iencing this, kind of, from the king's eyes, or mind.  Okay, enough with my artistic thoughts. 

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:

Chess players are made with lines and then lathed around the Y axis, then subdivided a bit.  Added 
wood textures to the players, black and white-ish, and i'm done with them.  Then added a spotlight 
above them, creating the 'see only what the king sees' effect.  And ending with two red lights, 
creating the dark, death-like atmosphere, which is representing the nightmare factor.  Myself, I 
think i've progressed a bit since my last submitted picture, Glaciers, and I hope you make constructive
comments again like you did last time.  They helped me a lot in improving my skills.