TITLE: Nine-Nine-Go
NAME: Uwe Schmidt
COUNTRY: Germany
EMAIL: U.Schmidt.H@web.de
TOPIC: Minimalism
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: ninenin2.jpg
ZIPFILE: ninenin2.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    Cinema 4d 6 CE+

TOOLS USED: 
    50grEy for the lightdome

RENDER TIME: 
    1 Hour, 10 Minutes

HARDWARE USED: 
    Intel Pentium 4 Mobile, 1,6 Ghz


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

The Image shows a Go board, two bowls for the stones, with a play going on. 
Go is a game with a minimalistic set of rules. Nevertheless the game is complex
concidering the amount of possible plays. To fit the theme further, i've chosen
the
even more minimalistic variant on a 9x9-Board (usually it is played on 19x19).
I've chosen 
a situation from a game between two professional players, Cho Chikun and Yamada
Kimio.



DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

The picture was done completly within Cinema 4D, which I got over a year ago, as
an inlay
to a computer newspaper. I've never done much with it, up to now. I found the
time to use it,
saw the topic "minimalism" two weeks before the deadline and decided to give it
a try. 

The stones, the bowls and the lids where done using the lathe tools. The stones
are instances
of a base stone. One of these is in the board, each of the bowls and each of the
lids - so everything
is still poseable. The stones in the bowls are placed by hand. I tried to avoid
obvious clippings.
The board is a simple box, the lines on the board are boxes as well, table the
same.

The Lights were complicated, and i run out of time before I could perfect them.
I 've choosen an area
light source for the main light part and the shadows, a direct light above and a
lightdome without 
shadows for enviromental lighting. 

For the material of the board and the bowls, I used Cinema's included 3D wood
shader, although I'm not 
really satisfied with it. It lacks the possibility to create a shiny surface. I
looked for a better 
solution but ran out of time. 

So the creation of the picture is minimalistic as well - simple parts, simple
textures. Still the picture
pleases my eye. Hopefully it pleases your's too.