TITLE: ice castle
NAME: Artur Tchoukanov
COUNTRY: Canada
EMAIL: artur83@hotmail.com
WEBPAGE: www.coroflot.com/artur83
TOPIC: Toys & Games
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
RENDERER USED: 3Ds max
TOOLS USED: 3Ds max
RENDER TIME: 7minutes
HARDWARE USED: P4 2.4Ghz HT, 800FSB
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
Kinda self explanatory.
A new(hopefully) spin on buidling blocks most of us used when we were kids(and most of used them after as well :) )
Blurred and clean composition should give off a sensation of freezing temperatures. The sky is clear with a touch of condensation to liven up the picture a bit.
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
Not a great deal of techinicality went into this picture, it was mostly about the concept and interpretation. I wanted to give a nod to Gilles Tran by placing a cow in the cube at a point in my creation of this picture, but decided against it because it would convey a different feeling. (So maybe next time, I enjoy his work a lot). 
Took me a couple of hours to create the models (tweaking included) and another couple to play with the rendering settings to get to this picture. I am not a 100% happy with the result, technically and artistically. I wanted to convey a concept. 

Check out my other pic in this competition (Slingshot)