TITLE: Bottom of the well

NAME: Ben Lauritzen
COUNTRY: USA

EMAIL: loomsbury@yahoo.com
WEBPAGE: none yet for my work

TOPIC: The City
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT
JPGFILE: well.jpg
ZIPFILE: well.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    3ds MAX R2


TOOLS USED: 
    3ds MAX R2
           Adobe Photoshop 5.0


RENDER TIME: 
    59 min 13 sec
            About 3 weeks to create


HARDWARE USED: 
    AMD K-6II 333
              46 megs RAM


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

        Another transport travels to the center of Krassis, carrying Ambassador
Feck from The Heirarchy.  Operations in the city carry on as usual as he
approaches.  Spider7 drones are hard at work, repairing pressure breaches in
oxygen converter 6.  Airlock Alpha begins the docking preparation sequence, as
the blue docking beacons shine brightly through the dense murky water, showing
the transport pilot the way.  Children living in the outskirts of the city
often look up through the skylights of their homes to watch the passing
transports, and marvel at the tremendous mass incessantly pressing down upon
them.  Many city lights stay burning 24 hours a day to keep the darkness of the
ocean depths from creeping in.  And so, yet another day passes in the ocean
city of Krassis.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

        My inspiration for this image was the city in Final Fantasy VII.  I
personally haven't ever played the game, so I can't say which city, if there's
more than one.  The bubbles are spray objects with facing drops, each mapped
with a bubble texture.  Something that's not very visible is 2 machines
standing on the back oxygen generator(The one without bubbles).  They're 6
legged spider-like machines that are "repairing" the broken oxygen converter. 
I was somewhat upset that I couldn't show them in more detail.  Another thing
that isn't really noticeable unless you zoom in, the left docking port is
opening.  I used photoshop to add my copyright, for a gamma fix, and jpeg
conversion.  If you have any questions, email me and I'll be happy to answer
them.