EMAIL: brickett@iafrica.com
NAME: Alan.E.Brickett
TOPIC: Elements
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Elemental Circle
COUNTRY: South Africa
WEBPAGE: http://users.iafrica.com/b/br/brickett/index.htm or www.stwraith.home.ml.org
RENDERER USED: Povray for Windows
TOOLS USED: Moray for windows
RENDER TIME: 30 minutes more or less
HARDWARE USED: Pentium 166-MMX, 4mbS3 Virge, 64Mb RAM.
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
The imageis ffrom an old symbol of the elemnts and how they interact, the four on the outside in order are: Earth, Air, Fire, Water. The middle is Self, divided into Light, Good, Evil, and Darkness. 
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
I used stone texturesfor everything with some sparkle to the bakdrop.
Subtractions and transsweeps.