EMAIL: Michael.Burschik@gmx.de
NAME: Michael Burschik
TOPIC: Mythology
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: On The Banks of the River Nile
COUNTRY: Germany
WEBPAGE: 
RENDERER USED: ArtofIllusion 1.6, 1.7ea2, 1.7beta
TOOLS USED: 
RENDER TIME: 70 minutes
HARDWARE USED: Athlon XP 1600, 256 MB RAM

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:

Kheper, the Egyptian dung beetle god of dawn, is rolling the morning
sun across the sky.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:

The grass, the papyrus plants and the stars were created with
scripts. All other objects were modelled with Art of Illusion, mainly
by deforming triangle meshes, although I also used some CSG for the
beetle and the obelisks. The beetle and the fish have skeletons, which
made it easier to pose them.