EMAIL: tom@tomandlu.force9.co.uk
NAME:  Tom Melly
TOPIC: Horror
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Cthulu Awakes
COUNTRY: UK
WEBPAGE: http://www.tomandlu.force9.co.uk/
RENDERER USED: POV 3.1e (Win95)
TOOLS USED: Moray 3.1 (Win95), PSP 5.01
RENDER TIME: 14 hours (approx.)
HARDWARE USED: Pentium 100

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
Cthulu awoke, and suprised everyone by pursuing a successful career managing a rock group.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
I used Moray for the basic cave, and C.Colefax's Splinc.inc for the tentacle.
The stalagtite/mite is a height field generated in POV from a spotlit pattern and then adjusted in PaintShopPro.
It's a fairly simple picture (I have a baby, a cr*p PC and no patience), and the long rendering time is really down to the media effects.