EMAIL:		Sanquinare@Yahoo.com, Sanquinare@aol.com and Sanquinare@fcmail.com
NAME:		Wayne Alan Chesser
TOPIC:		Imaginary Worlds
COPYRIGHT:	I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE:		Bubble Checkers
COUNTRY:	USA
WEBPAGE:	Sanquinare@aol.com or Sanquinare@Yahoo.com
RENDERER USED:	POVRAY 3.1
TOOLS USED:	MS Paint to add the name and the Copyright notice
RENDER TIME:	A little over an hour
HARDWARE USED:	Self built Amd585DX4-133

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:

	    The image is of an imaginary checker board that is being played between bubbles.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:

	    I was exploring the new POVRAY 3.1 package I downloaded, and I got to experimenting with the
	metallic textures on the spheres, after a while, I started trying the glass textures on these
	spheres. As time went on, I crossed the metallic finish with the glass finish, and tried a new
	color I named Amber, being fascinated with Amber to begin with, I figgured the clear Spheres
	would look nice on a checker board as checker pieces. I spent several hours playing with the 
	WG6.POV sample before I found a texture and a position that I liked on that chess board. I then
	spent several more hours trying to figgure out how to arange the pieces. That was mostly trail
	and error, I guess bigginers luck played a major role in this design.
	    The chess board is lit only by two bubbles. The clear piece has already moved forward, and 
	continues to glow steadly as the amber piece is moving into position and lighting the board in 
	a blaze of amber.