EMAIL: jtanner@wpi.edu, spanky@wpi.edu
NAME: John Stevens & Jonathan Tanner
TOPIC: Science Fiction
COPYRIGHT: WE SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
RENDERER USED: Povray 3.0
TOOLS USED: Form 0.5, HF-Lab
RENDER TIME: 13 hours
HARDWARE USED: Cyrix 6x86 120
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
This scene takes place on a remote world, depicting the last memories
of a lost civilization.  The single rose is symbolic of the once vibrant race
that inhabited this planet, the toy ship is indicative of this races pioneering
spirit.  The chalice is a ray of hope, in that one day life will be returned to
this planet.
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
We started the scene from the background and worked towards the foreground.  We

first created a Universe sphere containing the star and galaxy background.  The

next step was to create the mountains, moon, dying sun, and nebula.  The moon is

lit by a series of spotlights, and the nebula is a composite of about 8 halo
objects.
The mountains were created using Pov-Ray and HF-Lab.  The midground consists of
a 
medley of cylinder, disc, and box differences.  To add to the effect, a toy boat
was
added, as well as the rose and fountain objects.  The fountains and rose were
generated
using Form.  The immediate foreground was created by a hybrid use of Pov-Ray and
Form.
The chalice object consists of approximately 10000 spheres and a lathe object. 
The 
banister was made with an image and bump map, can you guess the language?
We then went back and embellished the scene, as can be seen with the ground
inversion
fog and plethera of posts.  All in all, about 100 man hours were put in.