TITLE: Minimalist Maestro NAME: Diego Magnani COUNTRY: Italy EMAIL: diegocg@quipo.it WEBPAGE: none TOPIC: Minimalism COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: dminimal.jpg RENDERER USED: Blender Version 2.37a internal raytracer TOOLS USED: Blender, Micrografx Picture Publisher for texture maps (floor created with Wood Workshop) RENDER TIME: 26 minutes 58 seconds at 1024x768 HARDWARE USED: Athlon 1700 XP, 512 MB RAM IMAGE DESCRIPTION: This is my humble tribute to minimalist music. I'm serious! I admit, Maestro Egon de Umanota can remind you something like a Tex Avery's character, but I'm sure he's the most talented musician in his particular genre, and one of the greatest musical instruments inventors of the world. Here, the eye of my raytracer had surprised him while he was goin' to play his delightful composition "Umanota Song n. 100101" on a special grand piano of his own design. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: Maestro Umanota has been created with subdivision surfaces. I made hair with multiple emitter of static particles, using "vect" value. Grand "Umanota" Piano is entirely modeled with polygons, mega-hammer included (only the "treble clef"-shaped object and piano string are bezier splines with circle-curves used as "bevel-objects"). The scene is illuminated by seven light sources. Main is a spot light that cast shadows. Four small-distance area lights to emphasize musical score, superkey, poster and white shirt of Maestro Umanota. Other two lights added to correct the look of grand piano and general appearance of the scene. Textures and materials: built-in Blender material settings except for a bump image map for the shirt, other image maps for poster and score. Wood texture of floor created with Wood Workshop version 1.