TITLE: Lower East Side
NAME: William Hale
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: wil@cal-business.com
WEBPAGE: http://www.cal-business.com
TOPIC: The City
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: emerald_.jpg
ZIPFILE: emerald_.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    povray 3.1g

TOOLS USED: 
    Megapov and sPatch for modelling, Jasc Paint Shop Pro for
conversion
and CR

RENDER TIME: 
    1hr 4 minutes

HARDWARE USED: 
    Dell Pent II 350, 4MB ATI Rage, 64MB RAM

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


The Emerald City.  Once the longed for destination of Dorothy and her friends,
claims another victim.  Dorothy had such high hopes.  Her addiction to sleeping
poppies has gotten so bad that she hocked her favorite shoes to feed the need. 
Don't worry kiddies...the Tinman thinks he can find a new use for them.
   



DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


The modeling for this image is mostly csg (exception - Tinman, paper, and
slippers in sPatch).  Basic shapes were used for just about everthing (it
shows). The Yellow Brick Road is a combination of two Heightfields in a brick
pattern.  One of the HFs had to be rotated 90 degrees for the herringbone
look.

The stars and clouds are standard textures that fit the scene.

The blowing paper and debris are randomly placed to give the appearance of wind
blowing around the buildings.

The Tinman was created in sPatch with basic shapes.

The whole scene is givin a low ambience (sorry if your monitor is not showing it
properly).

It needs more dirt and a few objects like door handles and such but I ran out of
time while working on the details.

Every entry is a learning experience for me and I learned about while loops and
image maps from this one.

Good luck everyone!!!


rendered at 800X600 with the following settings
Antialias=On
Antialias_Threshold=0.00
Sampling_Method=2
Antialias_Depth=2