TITLE: While the teacher's away..
NAME: Josh Derr
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: xeo@sprynet.com
WEBPAGE: http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/xeo
TOPIC: School
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: away.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Truespace 2.0

TOOLS USED: 
    Paint Shop Pro v4.0, Snappy

RENDER TIME: 
    approx. 8 hours

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentuim 200

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


        Mrs. Green had only intended to be a moment. Principal Skinner had
something
important to talk to her about, and the test she had given the children should
have kept 
occupied for a while...

        Ok. This image is not so much about learning, its about kids, and their
natural 
tendency against learning. A monument to every time a kid has cut class, put a
frog in 
teacher's desk, passed notes, eaten glue, or harassed a subsitute. Face it. You
were 
probably one these kids (which one?). Looking back, it's amazing any of us ever
graduated...



DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


I wanted this picture to be semi-realistic, yet have an overall kiddish and
playfull feel
to it. For that reason, I've used the birght colors, the simplistic, doll like
kids, and the
corner perspective, to give you a toy-like feeling, as if you were the child
playing with
them. The first objects to be created were the kids themselves. For the record,
this my first 
attempt at a human figure from scratch. It's not really close to a human figure,
but it works.
I next lad out the building itself, then the desks and chairs. I originally
designed my own
chairs (quite nice ones I might add), but upon scanning my HD, I found a model
for a chair that
was a dead match for the ones I remember in school. Unfortunitly, the models
probably aren't
mine, and I have no idea were they came from. Other wise, the desk, backpacks,
books, and 
everything are mine, and completely original. The teacher's desk was a prop for
the Sept-Oct
round with never really showed up in my final image. The blotter and folder are
the same used
in "the-file"(Is there a dark, sinister connection?). Also note the guest
appearence by Frank,
there on the teacher's desk in his bowl, from last months round. He might show
up in the 
future, so keep an eye out! Nothing else of to much interest, excpet maybe the
poster to the 
right. READ it urges. Picture taken of me with a camcorder and a Snappy. If you
don't have one,
here's a endorsement-buy one. Gets great pictures. Last, but not least, here's a
list of the
children's names...


        Arthur - The one at the chalkboard
        Josh - Throwing the paper airplane
        Joey - Boy tossing ball, to the left
        Matt - Catching the ball, to the right
        Tom - Heading out the window
        Jesse - Already out the window
        Eddie - Like snakes
        Samantha - Doesn't like snakes
        Jessica - Hanging upside-down on bars
        Claire - Sitting on the edge of the play area
        Maggie - Sitting on the edge of counter


...Gotta go, sounds like Mrs. Green and the principal are done with their
conversation...