TITLE: "Feathers" McGraw & the Wrong Trousers
NAME: Daniel Corley
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: dcorley@umr.edu
WEBPAGE: http://www.umr.edu/~dcorley
TOPIC: Arts & Entertainment
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: feathers.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    POV-Ray for Windows

TOOLS USED: 
    SPatch, PSP 4

RENDER TIME: 
    20 hours

HARDWARE USED: 
    P5-133

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

Here we see the villianous penguin 'Feathers' McGraw as he devises his plans to
steal the priceless Blue Diamond from the city museum with the aid of Wallace
and Gromit's Techno Trousers.

Thanks go to Aardman Animations and Nick Park for such a delightful set of
characters. 

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

Here's a quick summary of the how & why:

* Used SPatch to model the penguin, using seperate layers for the body, beak and
feet.

* Used SPatch to create the easy chair and the ottoman.

* Used SPatch to create the lampstand.

* Drew the wallpaper pattern by hand with PSP 4.0.

* Used the warp { } statement and a slope_map to create the wood floor and the
braided rug.

* The book is from a scene that I did several years ago. The title, though you
can't see it, is 'Electronics for Dogs'.

* Used lots of area_lights and focal blurring.

* Also used a hand-drawn image_map to cast the shadow of the Techno Trousers
against the wall.

** NOTE: This image is far from complete, because when I was faced with the
option of Sleeping, Studying, or Ray-Tracing, I had to choose Sleeping and
Studying. ;) **