TITLE: But Not Forgotton...
NAME: Devon Zachary
EMAIL: z_devon@hotmail.com
TOPIC: History
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
RENDERER USED: Vue d'Esprit 2.x6
TOOLS USED: Old paint software for windows 3.1
RENDER TIME: in the vincity of a couple hours
HARDWARE USED: a slow slow P75
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
You are sperated from the group touring the old farmhouse, as you try and find your way back, you trip over something, you see it is a tombstone, the name is unreadable, all that is left is the writing "But Not Forggotton, 1812". As you look at this, pulling away the weeds to look more carefully at the memorial. You are filled with wonder. Who lays here. Whoever it was, is simply forgotton in time...

(ispiriation came from a Robert Bateman painting)
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
I used some old shareware paint software from '92 and created the tombstone. I then took that heightfield, played around with it in vue, chipped bits off using the editor, added nicks. Then I took one of the stone materials and applied it to it, so what I got was a tombstone with bits out of it. I had to modify the surface using a capping filter, then I had to increase the gain quite a bit, so bits were actually missing (notice the N and the F)

I then added, dirt, sky, and plants. Ended with a nice image.