EMAIL: ralf.treuherz@web.de
NAME: Ralf Treuherz
TOPIC: Frozen Moment
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TITLE: Frozen Memories
COUNTRY: Germany
WEBPAGE: http://www.treuherz.de
RENDERER USED: Creative Studio 3D (similar to Maxon Cinema 4D GO)
TOOLS USED: Corel Photo Paint for the Logo 
RENDER TIME: one Minute
HARDWARE USED: PC with Athlon XP1800+, 256 MB

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:

Somebody has frozen all his best memories in ice cubes - his first dummy, his
first ball, the first cup and a picture of his first love ... to keep the memory forever.
But on a nice day the sun gets a chance to melt a hole through the ice cave he is
storing his treasures ... and it hits the ice cube with the picture of his first love.
The cube is melting and already a small puddle of water is there.
May be this is a sign that the relationship is warming up - Love does not like it
to be frozen forever ...
 
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
 
The building of the cave took the longest time in the modelling process. It seemed that
it took forever to get the "ice feeling". After watching "Die Another Day" I knew what was
wrong: The reflection was missing. After adding reflective quality to the ice the cave looked
much better.
The ice cubes are cubes subdivided and run through a random shift algorithm. Each one is 
different. The cup and the dummy are build from real-life reference pictures. The picture is
from my girl friend. I found the soccer ball somewhere on the internet in 3DS format and added
some nice materials with bump maps to enhance realism.