TITLE: Break-time at Band Practice
NAME: Glen Carter
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: tertle@mindspring.com
TOPIC: School
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: band.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Truespace2

TOOLS USED: 
    Paintshop Pro, Truespace2

RENDER TIME: 
    Approximately 15 hours

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium 166 with 64 megs of ram
DESCRIPTION:  During my school years, I spent many hours at band practice.  This
scene is typical of band rehearsals.  Whenever there is a break, instruments
and music are laid in the most convenient places.   The result is a big musical
mess until the rehearsal resumes.     


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 
    The floor is made of several hundred
cubes and approximately 50 different variations of the same wood texture.  The
block walls (which are typical of a school stage or auditorium), are also made
of cubes.  The curtain was formed by first drawing a spline polygon and then
sweeping it.  Most of the remaining objects were made of primitives and
extruded splines.  

The most challenging part of creating this image was positioning objects to form
the musical instruments, especially the trumpets.  Obviously, if these objects
were not positioned correctly, seams would be evident.  Another challenge was
the ebony piano.  Since it is black, the contour of the piano is only evident
due to the light and objects that are reflected on its finish.  Achieving the
correct amount of reflectivity and shine took some trial and error.
     
I attempted to make the objects very detailed in order to achieve as much
realism as possible.  Some examples are:  squared heads on the snare drum lug
nuts, spit-valves on the trumpets, detailing on the mouthpieces, the "lip" on
the edge of the piano keys, and screws on the piano hinge.  By the way, the
title of the music on the floor is "Concerto for Virtual Piano". (It's almost
legible)

Because of the format and size of the file (over 10 megs), I chose not to
include a zip file.   If anyone has any questions regarding the image or any of
the objects, I will gladly answer by email. All of the objects in this scene
were created for this project.