EMAIL: samthemagical@cs.com NAME: Sam Bleckley TOPIC: Decay COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. TITLE: Modern Decay (Decay Amidst a Modern World) COUNTRY: United States of America WEBPAGE: http://www.novaaranea.com RENDERER USED: PovRay 3.5 TOOLS USED: spatch and notepad/vi depending on the computer I was on at the time RENDER TIME: 6 hours HARDWARE USED: Original Pentium w/ overclocking (not that it helps) IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 'Even in the luxury of the modern world, life still ends -- entropy and decay wait for no man.' DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: I've been meaning to enter the IRTC for a long time, and always run out of time for my images/anims. This time I promised myself I would submit something and, well, I am less than happy with this, but here it is. The flower and was created in spatch. Everything else (I *think*) was created with notepad, vi, or the povray interface. I created this image with no object library, so everything you see was created in the past months. I use Bezier curves, because I am the most comfortable with them, so the table, stools, vase, etc., are all Bezier curve lathes. Obviously, atmospheric media, radiosity, etc., were used. The only object I had previously was Ray, the spider in my signature. I will send the source to anyone who requests it, but frankly it is embarrassingly ugly, and frankly unintelligible even to me. Let me list things I hate about this image: The texture of the cabinets The texture of the flowers The emptiness of the countertop The artifact below the cabinets on the left The fact that you cannot see the texture I worked so hard on the table The un-plush-iness of the stools The sink This could have been a pretty good image, if not for the fact that I am such a slowpoke. Maybe someday I'll get back to it. Anyway, I would appreciate any comments you can give me.