EMAIL: U.Schmidt.H@web.de
NAME: Uwe Schmidt
TOPIC: Minimalism
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Nine-Nine-Go
COUNTRY: Germany
RENDERER USED: Cinema 4d 6 CE+
TOOLS USED: 50grEy for the lightdome
RENDER TIME: 1 Hour, 10 Minutes
HARDWARE USED: Intel Pentium 4 Mobile, 1,6 Ghz

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
The Image shows a Go board, two bowls for the stones, with a play going on. 
Go is a game with a minimalistic set of rules. Nevertheless the game is complex
concidering the amount of possible plays. To fit the theme further, i've chosen the
even more minimalistic variant on a 9x9-Board (usually it is played on 19x19). I've chosen 
a situation from a game between two professional players, Cho Chikun and Yamada Kimio.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
The picture was done completly within Cinema 4D, which I got over a year ago, as an inlay
to a computer newspaper. I've never done much with it, up to now. I found the time to use it,
saw the topic "minimalism" two weeks before the deadline and decided to give it a try. 

The stones, the bowls and the lids where done using the lathe tools. The stones are instances
of a base stone. One of these is in the board, each of the bowls and each of the lids - so everything
is still poseable. The stones in the bowls are placed by hand. I tried to avoid obvious clippings.
The board is a simple box, the lines on the board are boxes as well, table the same.

The Lights were complicated, and i run out of time before I could perfect them. I 've choosen an area
light source for the main light part and the shadows, a direct light above and a lightdome without 
shadows for enviromental lighting. 

For the material of the board and the bowls, I used Cinema's included 3D wood shader, although I'm not 
really satisfied with it. It lacks the possibility to create a shiny surface. I looked for a better 
solution but ran out of time. 

So the creation of the picture is minimalistic as well - simple parts, simple textures. Still the picture
pleases my eye. Hopefully it pleases your's too.