EMAIL: patrickd@ipa.net NAME: Patrick Dugan TOPIC: First Encounter COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. TITLE: ZShip COUNTRY: U.S.A. WEBPAGE: http://208.142.5.166/pdhome.html RENDERER USED: Povray 3.1 TOOLS USED: Galaxy include file by Chris Colefax RENDER TIME: 4 hours 53 minutes HARDWARE USED: Pentium 60 (gag) with 40 meg RAM IMAGE DESCRIPTION: The image was designed to represent "running" into an alien ship for the first time. I wanted to convey a sense of awe with the picture and have the ship a combination of new and unknown technology with old technology (Rocket blast exhaust) to give it some odd familiarity. The image was originally made for my nephew as a UFO that his cartoon creations would drive, but he wasn't crazy about the styling and eventually the ship took on its own life. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: The image was created using Povray 3.1 and the space include files to generate the galaxy/nebula background. The ship itself was made with simple spheres and torus shapes with glowing media surrounding them. It was also my first attempt at creating a "torus shaped" halo/media. The Galaxy include file used was not included in the zip file. You will need to install that before rendering the image.