EMAIL: evilsnack@hotmail.com
NAME: John VanSickle
TOPIC: Dance
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Top Ten List
WEBPAGE:  http://enphilistor.50megs.com/irtc.htm
COUNTRY:  US of A
RENDERER USED:  POV-Ray 3.6.1 for Windows.
TOOLS USED:  Text editor, CMPEG, pencils, paper, ArtRage (a painting program)
HARDWARE USED:  Homebuilt (Athlon XP 2400, 512MB RAM)
CREATION TIME:  About seven weeks.  Final rendering was complete on 15 January 2007.
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION:  Full color, 24 frames per second.
ANIMATION DESCRIPTION:  The animator expresses his dislike for the topic.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS ANIMATION WAS CREATED:

I typed out a bunch of scene code, rendered the frames, and slapped them
together with an MPEG compiler, just like I always do.

New models for this round:
* The stage -- the backdrop is a painting done I did with ArtRage, which is a
  paint program that simulates the behavior of real paint on a canvas.
* The tutu is a mesh that is generated by a few loops of code.
* The funny head floating against the checkered background was done with my LionSnake modeler.
* The disco called "the noise" is a new addition to the Petrified Orchard Valley.
* The hat in the hat dance was modeled with LionSnake.
* The final shot was a repeat of the opening shot of "Boxer Solves a Problem" (my July 1999 entry) do make the topic repetition more clear.

If you have any other questions about things, e-mail me directly, or leave
comments on the comments page.