TITLE: Grace and Greed
NAME: Chris Tackett
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: cmtack@prodigy.net
WEBPAGE: pages.prodigy.net/cmtack
TOPIC: WORSHIP
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: ctgrace2.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Ray DreamStudio 5.5

TOOLS USED: 
    Bryce, Ray Dream Studio 5.5, Photoshop 6.0

RENDER TIME: 
    15 min.

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium III 500Mhz

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

Two beds with one night stand in the middle. On it are the items belonging to
both. One worships a god while the other worships something else. And you are
not sure if the husband or the wife is the religious one. This couple is
separated by their own ideals. I created this image because this topic reminded
me of what my ideals used to be and what they were becoming. I didn't create
this image to convey any specific feeling to the viewer, but to perhaps broaden
their perspective and understanding of their own beliefs and look within
themselves to realize what's really important to them.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

Almost everything was modeled in Ray Dream with the exception of the drawer
handles. Those were done as terrains in Bryce then imported to Ray Dream. Most
items were modeled using the freeform spline modeler. The harded part was th
lampshade. How to get the scalloped edge of the lampshade while keeping the
edge smooth. I started with a sphere and cut away at it with a series of
boolean operations to get it just right. Then the metal frame of the lampshade
was a bit tricky as well. I had to do a series of duplications and rotations of
a thin, semi-complete torus shape to fit the scalloped shape of the lamp. Smoke
was created with Ray Dream's built in fog generator, however it lacks a bit of
definition. Next time I create smoke I will perhaps try a transparent plane and
map it on that. Most of the textures I found on the internet. A few textures
were also procedural textures such as the Bible bump texture and the Ferrari
picture frame.