EMAIL: westis@raketti.net
NAME: Juha Ikonen
TOPIC: Ruin
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Restless Spirit
COUNTRY: Finland
WEBPAGE: http://kotisivu.raketti.net/westis/
RENDERER USED: Truespace 4
TOOLS USED: Paint Shop Pro 5
RENDER TIME: 12 hours
HARDWARE USED: Dual Celeron 550 MHz / 128 Mb
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
Rendering time was about 12 hours (I had to render it two times with previous image as a background to get the look I wanted). And about 20 test renders, each taking couple of hours. :)
This is the most memory consuming scene I've ever done. Every tiny straw on the ground is a separate 3d object, each having about 10 faces... But that's the only way to get REALLY realistic grass.
I used volumetric light to get that eerie light shimmering from the mausoleum. There's 10 lights in the scene. I had to use five point lights for the ghost alone, to get light radiate from all parts of her body. Lensflare were used to get the ghost glow.
I hope you like it!