EMAIL:daporp@blackplasma.net NAME:Chris TOPIC:Mystery COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. TITLE:Pygmy Farm COUNTRY:USA WEBPAGE:http://daporp.lostgeeks.net/gallery/ RENDERER USED:Maya 5.0 with Mental Ray 1.5 TOOLS USED:Maya RENDER TIME:1 hour 20 minutes HARDWARE USED:AMD 650mhz IMAGE DESCRIPTION:Something strange is going on behind your favorite webpage.. As this image proves, "somebody" is growing pygmy clones for unknown purposes. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: The model for the pygmy creature was one of the first models I ever created using Maya. The canister the pygmy is "growing" in was modeled after what apparently is a Coffee bean grinder, but on a friends webpage is portrayed as being a "Napalm canister" The textures used for the floor, background, and connecting cables is from http://www.highend3d.com and credit for them is hereby given to the author. There are two tori in each canister that generate the glowing effect inside the canister. The canister also uses a refractive shader which creates the illusion of the model being submerged in a liquid. Mental Ray was used in conjunction with Maya to give the best possible refractive and "glowing" effects inside the container as well as the soft shadowing.