TITLE: back to the elements of ones self NAME: paul maki COUNTRY: USA EMAIL: programmer@galaxycorp.com WEBPAGE: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/6629/index.html TOPIC: elements COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: theeleme.jpg RENDER TIME: about 2 hours and 30 minutes HARDWARE USED: 133 pentium 24mb ram IMAGE DESCRIPTION: this image is of your view. you look down pointing the flashlight down you see it. the decaying body. disgusted you look away and can only say that he or she the corpse was is returning to the basic elements from which it's life came. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: it all started with mood. when i read the topic for the month i was in a bad mood so i just was doodling and this is what i came up with and alot of time and patience. the skull is made the same way you make anyother object. then i used a rock suface for it to give the look of old and decay. then i made the bone parts with bumps and such and used the same surface as the skull.