TITLE: Oblivion
NAME: Michel de Rooij
COUNTRY: the Netherlands
EMAIL: michel@wunderworld.demon.nl
WEBPAGE: http://www.wunderworld.demon.nl
TOPIC: Gardens
COPYRIGHT: I submit to the standard raytracing competition copyright.
JPGFILE: oblivion.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Bryce 4

TOOLS USED: 
    Poser3, Rhino 3D, PlantStudio,PSP 6 (for file conversion)

RENDER TIME: 
    0 51 23

HARDWARE USED: 
    PII 400 Mhz, 256 RAM


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 
    This picture was inspired by an image i did some time ago
(http://www.wunderworld.demon.nl/telephone.html). The idea behind "Oblivion" is
that the man in the image seeks refuge from the rat-race-world by working in
his garden. And he is so absorbed by it that he is wonderfully oblivious to the
outside world. The world might disappear around him and he wouldn't notice it.
Eventually he will of course, but that is another story :-)


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 
    Although Bryce is a landscape builder
there is hardly a way to build convincing trees, flowers etc. There are some
plug-ins but they are mostly for the Mac version and without any exception very
expensive. So i had to make the trees and the ivy on the back fence with
symmetrical lattices and terrains. On Bill Munn's homepage you can find a
tutorial about this technique (http://www.munnsgallery.com/).
The lawnmower, the rake, the wheelbarrow and the crumbling walls of the house
were build in Rhino 3D. The man is a Poser3 figure. The plants in the
foreground are made with Plantstudio (http://www.kurtz-fernhout.com/).