TITLE: Desk
NAME: Martin Roth
COUNTRY: Switzerland
EMAIL: roth@ens.ascom.ch
WEBPAGE: a href src="www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/2571"click here/a
TOPIC: Elements
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: desk.jpg
ZIPFILE: desk.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    povray 3.01 for windows

TOOLS USED: 
    sPatch 1.5

RENDER TIME: 
    ~1 h

HARDWARE USED: 
    Sun Ultra 1

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


What does a cup of coffe has got to do with "elements" you ask?

Well, I have to admit that my concept does not easily leap to
the eye, but think about this:
- What does a coffee bean grow from?
- What do you mix the grated bean with?
- What do you use to boil the mixture?
- What do you do if the stuff is too hot?



DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

The idea sprang to my mind while I was raytracing a cup of coffee for
my JAVA web-page. I had been thinking about what to model for "elements"
for quite some time, but I didn't have any good ideas. Then I saw the
cup on my desk and though "hey, wait, coffee encompasses all the classic
elements":
Earth. Water. Fire. Air.

The cup, saucer, spoon and monitor were created with sPatch, an exellent
modeller for patches, the rest is simple CSG stuff.
The 'recursion' in the monitor's screen is done by using a preliminary
version as an image_map. I did that routing a few times, until I coulnd't
see the first version anymore.
The scene is pretty 'empty', but I
- didn't want to distract the viewer from the cup
- didn't have the time to model my room and desk in more detail 
  it's way too chaotic for accurate modelling :)