TITLE: Batocera laena
NAME: Levi Woods
COUNTRY: Canada
EMAIL: fractalgraphics@home.com
WEBPAGE: www.fractal-graphics.com
TOPIC: Insects and Spiders
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: btopirtc.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    3D Studio Max 3.0

TOOLS USED: 
    Adobe Photoshop, scanner, digital camera

RENDER TIME: 
    1 minute

HARDWARE USED: 
    Dual celeron 400

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

The main idea was to clearly show the model of the beetle without any textures
getting in the way.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

First and foremost was research. I went down to the local library and got out
about 15 books on insects and spiders. I sat down and read. When i was finished
going through all the books i sat down decided that i wanted to model a beetle.
I played with a bunch of techniques and found that building the splines and
surfacing them with patches was the best way for me to obtain the desired
effect. (it also allows me to change the face value and make the little guy way
fewer faces) i have been experimenting with a cartoon type rendering and i
thought that the model needed to be displayed in a simple way as to show off
it's high detail. the rendering is fairly basic all the ambient and diffuse
colors were the same for all the materials. there are various degrees of bump
maps. 4 lights (2 key, 2 fill)
the text is 3d.