TITLE: The Last Garden
NAME: Tom Melly
COUNTRY: UK
EMAIL: tom@tomandlu.force9.co.uk
WEBPAGE: http://www.tomandlu.force9.co.uk/
TOPIC: Gardens
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: lastgard.jpg
ZIPFILE: lastgard.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    POV 3.1g (Win95)

TOOLS USED: 
    PSP 6.00, T.Aust's tree macro, C.Colefax's grass and galaxy macros

RENDER TIME: 
    6hrs 32 mins

HARDWARE USED: 
    P5 / 166 MMX


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 
    I've got about 3 stories in my head to accompany this image -
you can make up your own
I hope.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 
    The bushes are from a bastardised
version of Aust's tree
macro, the grass and space stuff from Colefax's grass and galaxy macros. The
snow and mountains are hf.
I feel the scene could do with more details, but I am pleased with the texture
and shape of the metal
of the CSG globe.

I played around with various versions of this image, including one set in a
desert.
It is largely inspired by a manga comic-book artist called Katsuhiro Otomo, and
in particular two stories
of his, "Electric Bird Land" and "Flower" (both stories are included in a
collection called "Memories").
He's probably best known for "Akira".

BTW if you want to render this scene, you will have to set the variable "dofile"
to "true" the first
time you run it (this creates a mesh for the grass). Also, it's probably best to
assume that I've mucked
around with any included includes, such as trees or grass. Therefore, use the
versions supplied rather
than your own copies (the galaxy includes are still as God - aka Chris -
intended).