EMAIL: mickmcm@indigo.ie NAME: Mick McMullin COUNTRY: Ireland WEB PAGE: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/4650 TOPIC: Glass COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. RENDERER USED: povray 3.00e for Windows TOOLS USED: Paint Shop Pro, Texture Magic RENDER TIME: 1d 1h 18m 44s HARDWARE USED: Pentium 90 IMAGE DESCRIPTION: I used glass as a metaphor for use and abuse. For example, a bottle is a very useful example of glass, but a broken bottle can have threatening conotations. Likewise, many drugs have valid mecidinal uses but, like the white powder in this image, abuse is a problem. Although there are only a few elements in this image, I've tried to pay close attention to the overall composition. The 2 bottles, the straw and the candle form a triangle which I feel ties everything together quite well. As always, though, I'm open to any constructive critisism -- all comments are most welcome! DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: All the models in this image were created by hand. The bottles are lathe objects with some CSG techniques to 'hollow out' the bottles and to create the smashed effect. The candle uses blobs and there are 2 light sources placed just above it. A third light is placed at a distance. The flame consists of 2 lathe objects, although I do feel it needs more work. Any suggestions? The wooden texture, white powder and background were all created using Texture Magic. The Coca-Cola logo is an imagemap manipulated in Paint Shop Pro. The poster on the wall uses POVray's built-in mandelbrot texture.