TITLE: High School Chemistry Class
NAME: Stephen M. Farrell
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: StephenF@whoever.com
WEBPAGE: n/a
TOPIC: The Laboratory
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: hschem.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    POV-Ray for Windows 3.1

TOOLS USED: 
    POV-Ray for Windows 3.1; Paint Shop Pro 6 (image compression and
signature only)

RENDER TIME: 
    45 minutes

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium II 266; 128 mg RAM


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

  A high school student takes a break from his assignment, leaving his
experiment unattended.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

  Nothing too complicated this time around... almost everything in the scene is
CSG.  The beaker is a lathe object.  I had some problems coming up with a
decent glass texture, but feel it works fairly well.  The flame of the bunsen
burner is a media object.  Only the textbook uses image maps... the periodic
table uses CSG for the boxes and their outlines, while the symbol information
is contained in a separate include file of text objects.  Also, the information
on the periodic table is from 1987 (around the time I was in high school), so
it is NOT intended to be current.  The strap on the goggles was made by first
placing a number of boxes and quarter-cylinders to get the shaping, and then
each part was replaced by a number of very small boxes, with each one rotated
slightly more to achieve the twisting shape.  The clock is deliberately
simplistic, in keeping with the kind I remember from high school, and the
safety notice is simplistic as well, intended to be a basic mimeographed copy.

  I'm fairly happy with the results I've achieved this time around.  The topics
for the past four rounds have been more landscape-oriented (which is a definite
weak point of mine), so I'm glad to have gotten a topic this round that I feel
plays more to my strong points (the creation of realistic 'everyday' objects). 
I've enjoyed pushing myself beyond my limits the last few rounds (and feel like
I've learned a lot from it), but this time around it was nice to not feel like
I was in completely over my head. ::grin::

  I'd like to thank everyone who commented on my previous entries... I've found
the comments to be very helpful and useful, and I appreciate the time it takes
to do so.  All comments/criticisms are definitely welcome and appreciated!