TITLE: Explorers NAME: Patrick Lagace COUNTRY: Canada EMAIL: almeisan@hotmail.com WEBPAGE: TOPIC: Ruins COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: explorer.jpg RENDERER USED: 3D Studio Max TOOLS USED: Paint shop pro, photoshop RENDER TIME: HARDWARE USED: Pentium III 500Mhz, 320Mb Ram IMAGE DESCRIPTION: In a distant future, a group of explorers set foot on a deserted planet in a unexplored region of the galaxy. Once on the surface they discover the remnants of a technologically advanced civilisation that seems to have vanish. The first team arrives on place as the commander of the mission (bottom left) points to an entrance that ressemble a control center. The team, composed of divers robots and humans in space suits, listen to the commander for the next course of action. Everythings looks calm, but they never know what might be hidding within those ruins... DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: The image is in fact a scene from a screeplay I've written. I always wanted to create 3d images of key scenes and I saw the opportunity with this round topic. I've created the entire scene from scratch using 3d studio Max and used Paint shop pro as well as Photoshop for texturing. Any questions are welcome. Thanks from the interest in my work. P.L.