TITLE: MB_Deserted
NAME: Matthew Bolton
COUNTRY: US
EMAIL: le_officer@iname.com
TOPIC: Ruins
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
RENDERER USED: trueSpace4.3
TOOLS USED: trueSpace4.3, DarkTree
RENDER TIME: 83 min. @ 1024x768 resolution
HARDWARE USED: P2 350, 64 MB Ram
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
I started this project hoping to use a very low poly count and make it come to life using the DarkTree procedural texture generator.  Mostly, I have succeeded, that is until it came to the little tree and the ground plane.  I probably spent the most time working on scene arrangement and lighting and I'm sorry to say, I'm still not completely satisfied with the way it turned out, but I don't know if I ever would be.  I can't say enough about how versatile and useful DarkTree was to me on this project.... everything is textured using DarkTree procedural textures.  I used the sun flare option that is available in trueSpace 4.3 to further the illusion of a rising (or setting) sun.  The sky is a background image, also rendered with DarkTree. I spent the better part of all my free time for the past 3 or 4 weeks on this project, and thanks to the critiques of my wife as well as the constructive criticism of my good friend Billy, it finally is presentable.