EMAIL: nate@housepixels.com
NAME: Nathan Ryan
TOPIC: Desert
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Chain
COUNTRY: USA
WEBPAGE: http://www.housepixels.com
RENDERER USED: Art Of Illusion
RENDER TIME: 1 hour
HARDWARE USED: P4 2.8 G
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: This image depicts a chain of events causing the unlikely convergence of 3 desert objects: a canteen (German, late-WWI), a blooming desert plant (completely from imagination), and a lizard.  The canteen has fallen, spilling water on the dry ground, which in turn causes a small desert plant to sprout and bloom.  The bloom attracts a nearby lizard who is curious about the plant and approaches it.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: All objects and textures are original and created specifically for this work.  All textures are procedural.  The sky (which is outside the view) is a procedural texture created earlier and saved as a HDR image to enhance the lighting.  There is one distant point light, and Monte Carlo global illumination is used.  All work was done in Art Of Illusion.