TITLE: The Noncomformist NAME: Matt Roberts COUNTRY: England EMAIL: matt_roberts99@hotmail.com WEBPAGE: n/a TOPIC: Out of Place COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: thenonco.jpg RENDERER USED: Lightwave 7.0 TOOLS USED: n/a RENDER TIME: 7 hrs 43 minutes HARDWARE USED: AMD 1500, 1GB RAM, GForce FX video card. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Not everyone can stand the endless, dreary trudging that seeems to be the norm for the mannequins inhabiting OwingAHeavyDebtToEscher Land. He might stick out like a sore thumb, but one mannequin's going to add some colour to himself and defy the system! DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: The modelling and texturing were deliberately kept simple for the sake of etiquette, there's no bevelling or sub-patching at all. Texture maps, where they exist, are bleached out to provide a uniformly bland background for our colourful little hero. I don't know if POV-Ray offers HDRI lighting or not but I really like HDRIs for outdoor scenes, so I used a freeware sky image, courtesy of http://lfgrafix.com (with kind permission) plus a single area light to act as the sun. Unfortunately, the basic mannequin mesh is one I downloaded from a free site some years ago. I've had a look around the net but haven't been able to track it down, and suspect the site itself has either changed its name or is no more. I've therefore not been able to gain permission to use it - sorry! I hope this doesn't invalidate the picture. The idea of having a single mannequin covered in bright colours contrasting with his peers is one I had a year or so ago, in the original plan, the mannequins were all standing in parade-ground ranks on a bookshelf. However, the notion of a townscape seemed more interesting. Anyone familiar with Escher's work will recognise most of the components in the picture, hopefully it will be seen as a tribute rather than a shameless ripoff! My reference pictures came from http://www.mcescher.com/. This is my first submission to irtc.org, so I hope I've filled this out properly! Apologies if I haven't.