TITLE: Minimalist Solution Fixed
NAME: Michael Hunter
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: intertek@one.net
WEBPAGE: http://www.interactivetechnologies.net
TOPIC: Out of Place
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: mincir2.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    3D Studio Max Version 6

TOOLS USED: 
    3D Studio Max, PhotoShop (for transparency mask)

RENDER TIME: 
    5 Minutes

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium 4 1.8 GHz 261 MB RAM


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

For those of you who don't like minimalism, I thought I would fix my prior
version.



DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

Please see "mincir1.txt" for information regarding modeling, lighting, rendering
- the same techniques were used here.

I found out that band-aids* are not as easy to do as I had thought. First off if
you don't get the proportion right it just looks silly. So I left my basement
studio in search of a real band-aid. Once found I hastened back down and stuck
it on the top center edge of my monitor. It has holes. It is translucent. It is
not flat. These observations were essential for making a believable band-aid. I
created a opacity map to make the holes and rounded ends. Since the pink part
of the band-aid is translucent, I had to create the cotton too. There is
definitely no substitution for seeing the real thing while you work.

* I'm using lower case here to distinguish between the brand and generic
bandages.