TITLE: birdwman NAME: Bruce Lamming COUNTRY: Canada EMAIL: dke@sk.sympatico.ca WEBPAGE: Soon - Hopefully TOPIC: Flight COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: birdwman.jpg ZIPFILE: birdwman.zip RENDERER USED: Polyray TOOLS USED: Layout: Polyray, Image Conversion: Logitech PhotoTouch, Image Overlay: DTA Modelling: Polyray v1.8 (background) MeshMaker v0.0.1alpha (Flying Lizard) (see below for more info) RENDER TIME: Not sure, I was asleep, but less than seven hours. HARDWARE USED: 386-25 (honestly - with 256 colors. So please don't be harsh) IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A flying Lizard woman at sunset in search of a tasty morsel for dinner. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: Background: Sunset - created using Polyray v1.8 files included: bk01.inc, bk01.tex, bk01s.inc, bk01g.inc The clouds are a height field created from a simple noise function with the height set to zero for the sky behind the clouds. The color uses the same function with a color map to create the 'sunset' color gradients. (see bk01s.inc) The ground is created in much the same manner with a different color map and a height function that applys a different scaling factor to represent water, sand, grassland, etc. (see bk01g.inc) Foreground: Flying Lizard woman - created using MeshMaker v0.0.1alpha files included: (bm01.pi, bm01.tex, *.inc, *.raw ) All of the body parts were designed with MeshMaker and rendered with Polyray as .RAW objects. The program allows you to define limbs, joints, heads, wings, etc. and then attach muscles, ligaments, etc. The Lizard Woman is the first model I have completed to show what can be done. In fact, although so far I have been concentrating on making a 'creature' as an example, the program can as easily create veined leaves and trees, futuristic vehicles, or common oddly shaped household items. Basically anything that bulges or has an organic appearance to it. I hope to release MeshMaker as a shareware product in the near future, depending on when I can find time to finish it, and if there is any real interest. If you wish additional information, please feel free to email me. Bruce Lamming dke@sk.sympatico.ca