TITLE: Frightened Eyes
NAME: Margaret Hoskins
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: todda@cei.net
WEBPAGE: http://mh_portfolio.tripod.com/

TOPIC: Horror
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: eyesmh.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Bryce 3D


TOOLS USED: 
    Bryce 3D, Corel Photopaint, sPatch, Poser 3


RENDER TIME: 
    15 minutes, 18 seconds


HARDWARE USED: 
    AMD K6-2 400, 128 MB SD-RAM


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

I had started a completely different image (called Burn the Witch), but was told
it wasn't particularly scary.  Two weeks before the deadline and completely
frustrated, I began a casual poll among friends about what scares them.  It
turned into a wonderful little psychological study, and my friends began to
worry about me.  I was looking for something that grabbed people by the
collective unconscious without necessarily going for the blood and guts
gross-out factor.  What evolved from the discussions is sort of an homage to "A
Clockwork Orange" meets "Hellraiser" with a dash of "Conspiracy Theory" tossed
in just to keep it interesting.

What's she being forced to watch?  I don't know.  Does it really matter?
How long has she been like that?  Long enough.  Any time would be too long.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

Began with a basic Poser figure (the ultramorph downloaded from Poser Forum) and
changed her expression appropriately.  Used Corel PhotoPaint to modify the
basic Poser texture for the skin and changed the "eyelashes" to eyelids
instead.  Modelled the chains and hooks with sPatch.  Started them by making a
basic torus for a link and copying and positioning them one at a time.  Created
the "bloodshot" texture for the eyeballs with PhotoPaint.  Modelled one eyelash
in sPatch, and duplicated and positioned them individually in Bryce.  The
textures for the chains, hair and irises are highly modified Bryce materials. 
Two spotlights were added last.  Adjusted the specularity and refraction of the
skin, eyes, eyelashes, etc. before the final render.