TITLE: Snowman Under a Blanket Of Snow NAME: Justin Janger COUNTRY: US EMAIL: jjanger@mail.cspp.edu WEBPAGE: TOPIC: Night COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: snowman.jpg RENDERER USED: Bryce 3D TOOLS USED: SPatch RENDER TIME: 7hrs 15min HARDWARE USED: P-200, 72 megs RAM, Win 95 IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Here we see a scene of quiet and serenity. The children have made their snowman and have rushed of to home. The were kind enough (wink wink) to leave a lantern for us to see by. Underneath the falling snow the snowman clutches his snow teddy bear in one branchy hand and enjoys the silence. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: Snowman: Spheres, rocks, transparant bitmaps. Nothing out of the ordinary. There is a hat up there but the light didn't hit it right and I didn't want to mess with it just for a hat. Teddy Bear: I believe each scene needs something a little different to set it apart. With the teddy bear there the snowman takes on a whole new attitude. It's just spheres and a few rocks. Trees: Tricky and time consuming. Each set of branches are not actaully branches in the traditional sense. They are spheres with a pine tree branch bit-map on them. Then, the spheres are changed to transparant and the branches look fantastic. They take forever to render but it's worth it. Snow: Anyone that has been in a slow snowfall knows that this this what snowflakes sometimes look like, Big fat feathers. Espically under a bright light. The snow here is 100 spheres randomized and then given a dense cloud-like texture. The Lamp: Nothing special. Created in Spatch. Two lathes and a torrus. There is a slame in there, but it's very tough to see. The snow on the ground: Height field. The texture was tough to get just right but I think that it worked out. I would have included the source file but it's three megs. Anyone that curious can e-mail me for it. Enjoy and please comment. I love comments, good or bad. Also, please check my site. Lots of other stuff like this.