TITLE: Winter's Window
NAME: Adam Parrish
COUNTRY: United States of America
EMAIL: myth@alinc.com
WEBPAGE: http://www.alinc.com/~myth
TOPIC: Glass
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: apwindow.jpg
ZIPFILE: apwindow.zip
RENDERER USED: Pov-Ray v3.0
TOOLS USED: PSP (for conversion), graph paper, and a #2 bic mechanical pencil
RENDER TIME: 9 hours 42 minutes
HARDWARE USED: 486DX4/100 w/16m RAM
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

        A slightly surrealistic scene.  A window, made of something 
resembling stained glass, sitting in a dusty cathedral.  A winter tree is 
pictured in the window, illuminating the room, waiting for Spring.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 
       
        
        Perhaps surprisingly, this entire image was designed and implemented
without a modeller or other computer art programs.  Every line in the window
was specifically placed by me.  Not an easy task, but most of the time and 
effort in this image was spent perfecting the lighting and the textures, and 
most especially the atmosphere.  I believe the result is at least acceptable; 
at most, artistic.
        Of course, "artistic" was my aim for this image.  My last image
entered in the IRTC, like many others, was simply a set of CSG objects
thrown together haphazardly; little if no "artistic" effort was put into it.
This image, however, is different (I hope).  I've spent most of my waking
hours putting the picture of this scene in my head, and I think that I've
translated that to "reality" satisfactorily.
        Please tell me what you think!

             Adam Parrish
             myth@alinc.com