TITLE: Too Lonely
NAME: Tim Nikias Wenclawiak
COUNTRY: Germany
EMAIL: Tim.Nikias@gmx.de
WEBPAGE: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights/index.html
TOPIC: Loneliness
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: tnw_2lon.jpg
ZIPFILE: tnw_2lon.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    Povray 3.5

TOOLS USED: 
    Paint Shop Pro 7

RENDER TIME: 
    63h 7min 31sec

HARDWARE USED: 
    1.4 GHZ Athlon, 512 MB RAM


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


Having spent way too much time alone (and we
don't want to discuss if it was him staying
alone, or if it was him being left alone, or
perhaps just his feeling of being left
alone), he made his choice...


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


I really dig the POV-Style of programming/scripting
a scene, and thus, no external modeller was used...

It began with a note and a glass, and step by
step I added water, waterdroplets, made the
note wrinkled (thanks to those function-heightfields),
added a pillbox, some pills, the lid.
The pen came last, being modelled after one
I own (but simplified at a few places to match
the actual object to my modelling skills).

Since there had been a discussion about the note,
I want to add that the wrinkles aren't entirely
based on the idea that the writer really trashed the
note a few times before actually using it. It
should also convey the idea that he is in distress,
messed up (which is also shown with the few spilled
pills, the open pen, the splotch of ink on the
note...).

To add some realistic taste (although it might be
unnoticeable), ambient_light was set 0, and then
calculated with radiosity. For those unfamiliar to
POV-Ray: When ambient_light is set to 0, shadows
are 100% shadow/black. Normally, this is lightened
up a bit to simulate ambient light (hence the name),
but when using radiosity, you (should) get more
realistic results.
Requires some more patience though.

Another touch are the photons and arealights for
soft shadows and nice caustics (especially visible
in the glass, not so much for the reflection of
light on the golden parts of the pen or the
refraction/reflection of the pillbox AND the lid).

Except for the image-maps required for the note and
the little company-mark on the cap of the pen (not
really noticeable with this scale, but added for
future uses and realism), and the font required
for the artist's-imprint (a text-object), no external
files or programs are required.


You may email me if you have questions:
Tim.Nikias@gmx.de