TITLE: Youkai Dango
NAME: Gray Ginther
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: gginther@netopia.com
WEBPAGE: members.xoom.com/galvanic
TOPIC: Unbelievable
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: dango.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Ray Dream Studio

TOOLS USED: 
    Ray Dream Studio, Organica

RENDER TIME: 
    approx. 4 hours

HARDWARE USED: 
    Power Macintosh 7500/233

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 
    This image is part of a series entitled, "Monster Food." The
image's title plays on the title of Yanagita Kunio's treatise on monsters in
Japanese folklore, "Youkai Dangi."  A dango is a Japanese confection made of
soft rice gluten, grilled and smothered in a sweet sauce.    So after much ado,
we have here a monster dango dedicated to Yanigita Kunio, complete with hair,
varicose veins and all.  Enjoy, and Happy Eating!

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 
    The dango balls and the sauce were
created in Organica and imported into Ray Dream.  Hair was made by making
several copies of the dango balls and applying a "spike" deformer.  after that
it was just a matter of getting the transparency to look right in the sauce and
set up the lights.