EMAIL: winters_pieter@hotmail.com NAME: Pieter Winters TOPIC: FUTURE COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. TITLE: Que Sera COUNTRY: Belgium WEBPAGE: www.terrapov.tk a large version (3450 x 2300; render time 00h 25m 17s) of it is visible at zazzle: http://www.zazzle.com/contributors/products/product/product.asp?cid=238993410137084777&caching=on&product%5Fid=228814394553037699&index=1 RENDERER USED: Pov-Ray 3.5 TOOLS USED: none RENDER TIME: 00h 01m 44 s HARDWARE USED: - PIV 2.6 Ghz with Hyperthreading - 512 MB DDR RAM 400 Mhz - 800 Mhz FSB OS: Windows 2000 Professional 5.00.2195 IMAGE DESCRIPTION: I thought that a lot of people would draw futuristic images, so I decided to try to make it clear that we just don't know what future will bring. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: The sphere is filled with scattering media, and I was experimenting with techniques to make it look unclear. I got the best result with wood density (any tips on this are very welcome, it took me over 2 hours!). The standard for the sphere is a torus, it's legs are sphere_sweeps. The cards are just boxes, and the crystal is made of triangles. I made the chain with half- toruses and cylinders, and rotated and translated them to fit them well.