TITLE: Where is my muse ?
NAME: FACHE Sebastien (a.k.a. LightBeam)
COUNTRY: FRANCE
WEBPAGE: http://empirium.free.fr/


EMAIL: s.fache@tiscali.fr
WEBPAGE: http://www.empirium.free.fr/
TOPIC: MUSEUM
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: lb_muse.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Megapov 1.1


RENDER TIME: 
    6h15 @ 2240 * 1680

HARDWARE USED: 
    Athlon XP3200+ & 1Go DDR400Mhz running on Linux Mandrake 10.1

Arabeske 2.1.1 (For the mainframe (white) of the orange wall's sun on the
right)
http://www.wozzeck.net/arabeske/

Wings3D (the blue pot, the orange mushroom and the green sculpture)
http://www.wings3d.com/

The Gimp 2.2.1 ( the paintings on the left wall and colorisation of the sun
on
the right)
http://www.gimp.org/

Inkscape 0.4( the two red posters at the entrance of the room)
http://www.inkscape.org/


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

I wanted to recreate the lonelyness of a man waiting for his muse (or
his wife) in a quiet and silent room of a museum.
His position can resemble the "penseur" of Rodin.
The room is not really adapted for the rest but the evening sun help's him.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

After a long time of hesitation ( and because I was making other works with
pov), I decided to participate in this round, essentially for the challenge
to recreate a museum's room, trying play with light (without overexposing
objects and avoiding too dark corners )
Then I begun this image late, on 23/12, trying to finish before the 30 (
keeping the 31/12 to render...)

I used megapov 1.1 mainly for the velvet effect of the blue carpet. I
(re)discovered Wings3D which i had good time and fun with but couldn't aim
to the maximum (due a lack of time...)
Finaly, I rendered it in high resolution without AA to reduce the render time
and the blurry 
edges that povray 3.6.1 can make with standard AA :-\

For the painting on the right wall, I used Arabeske which allowed me to
quickly create an interesting geometrical pattern and to color it with Gimp.
The two paintings on left have been made quickly because I was very late.
(if you look at the shapes, you'll see my initials (LB)... that's no
megalomany but a lack of imagination.

For me, the main thing in this scene is the character who can make think of
the "Penseur" of Rodin, which is a wink, a little bit misordered between the
modernity of the inside of the room... It's the only one element which
I didn't created myself in this scene, i owe it to Sylvain Leseur (Husky3D)
who had the patience to model it according to my needs.

I finally thank all my cyberpals who helped me during the (fast) realisation
of this picture.
Thanks to all my cyber-friends for cheers, suggestions and translation of this
text ;-)