TITLE: Man's Best Friend
NAME: Peter J. Dolan
COUNTRY: US of A
EMAIL: pdolan@jps.net
WEBPAGE: http://www.jps.net/bdolan/
TOPIC: Creatures
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
MPGFILE: mansbest.mpg
RENDERER USED: 
    3D Studio Max 2.5

TOOLS USED: 
    Character Studio 2, AVI2MPG

CREATION TIME: 
    a looooong time (estimates run about 3.5 days)

HARDWARE USED: 
    A computer, fingers

ANIMATION DESCRIPTION: 

In Frankenstein, by Mary Shelly, the monster destroys the life of his creator
after finding the heartlessness of humanity.  The monster insists to his
creator, Frankenstein, that if he creates for him a companion he will let him
live in peace and never be seen again.
    A need for companionship is prevalent wherever we look, in our homes, in our
workplace, in our deepest longings.  This alien race, the Ramr ("RAHmer"), is
not exempt from this universal trait.  Here we see a young Ramr designing and
creating for himself a companion -- similar to our dogs and cats.

Note: I'm just a high school student, this is my first animation entry, go easy
on me (scorewise, be brutal in your comments, please!) :)

(my friends say that the "dog" looks like me, I guess I have an active
subconscious :)

VIEWING RECOMMENDATIONS: 

320x240x16.7m; MS Active Movie works well

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS ANIMATION WAS CREATED: 

Pretty basic stuff, I doubt I'll get any technical score :)  All of the geometry
is either basic primitives, extruded lines, or renderable lines.  The creatures
are mesh-smoothed edited primitives (the "boy" was from a cylinder, the "dog"
was from a sphere).  I animated the "boy's" hop to the platform with Character
Studio; everything else was done with bends and twists.