TITLE: "Music for Abandoned Buildings"
NAME: Marco Semprini
COUNTRY: Italy
EMAIL: oblique@libero.adhoc.net
TOPIC: Ruins
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: abandbld.jpg
ZIPFILE: abandbld.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    POV-Ray for Windows

TOOLS USED: 
    POVLAB 4.0 SP4, sPatch 1.51, Photoshop 5.5

RENDER TIME: 
    9 Hours 21 Minutes

HARDWARE USED: 
    PC (Intel Pentium III 500 Mhz/384 Mb Ram/Riva TNT2 Ultra 32 Mb)


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 
    Music for abandoned buildings


   I was working to a possible cover for my recent track
   in xm format, a tribute to  Brian Eno, a  little pure 
   ambient experiment ; and i think  the relaxing vision 
   of this scene could be complementary and/or 
   representative of the song mood.
  

RENDERING MUSIC:

    "Music for Abandoned Buildings" - Oblique of Blackhole

    XM unreleased module composed for the Blackhole group.



DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 



    (Main modeller)

    The main used program is the great Denis Olivier's POVLAB 3D     
    modeler.

    90% of the scene is composed using basic CSG feature (difference)      and
basic POV objects (mainly boxes and cylinders)

    (Other tools used)

    Complex models, as the "Corinthian capitals" and the "Columns" 
    themself, were modeled completely with Mike Clifton's  sPatch 
    1.51 utility.
  
    A huge work were done with Photoshop, creating and/or modifing        
existent textures, just to fit the global color of the scene,
    taking inspiration from old art books. 

    The "Plants" are RAW generated files.



ADDITIONAL INFO


    Due to the close IRTC deadline, i consider this image still "work 
    in progress".
    Consider that the cloister were modeled at 360 degrees, and what 
    you see in this image is only a little part of the pics i have in 
    mind to create....  so expect to see more in the "not so near" 
    future.

    I have included in the ZIP file the pic in its original size 
    (1024 x 768).   Enjoy the details   =)