TITLE: punelmnt
NAME: Scott McKay
COUNTRY: Canada
EMAIL: smckay1@csc.uvic.ca
WEBPAGE: gulf.uvic.ca/~smckay1
TOPIC: Elements
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: punelmnt.jpg
ZIPFILE: punelmnt.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    PovRay for Windows

TOOLS USED: 
    MathPlot

RENDER TIME: 
    5 minutes

HARDWARE USED: 
    AMD k6-166

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


I hope this to be a very origional image. For those who know elglish as a second
language, a stove has four elements: 2 large elements and 2 small elements.
Don't groan it's meant to be more origional than funny. ;)

This is my second entry to the IRTC and my first attempt to make something look
semi-realastic as opposed to cartoonish (FROG.MPG). The Teapot is from the
Persistence Of Vision raytracer version 2.0 sample file.



DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

This image was created in between my real work: I'm a student at the University
of Victoria working full time for a company as a Software Tester testing MS
Visual Basic for Applications.

Everything was modelled in PovRay for Windows from pencil sketches and drawings
at lunch times. The one block I hit my head against for a while was how to
model the rings of the stove. It finally came to me when I recalled what I
learned in first year Calculas: Polar co-ordinates. Duh!

So I downloaded a simple graphic program, did a copy screen command and
thickened the line by pasting a copy of it over and over again. I would have
rather the "steps" in the graph I used be more frequent as you can still notice
angles in the elements rather than a smooth shape. But time was a factor.

I'd have rather spent more time on the scene but time is precious these days. If
I had more to spend on it I would have created cupboards for the cabinets, a
sink just offscreen, a toaster, and perhaps some knives hanging of the wall.
But I'm lucky to have even completed the stove and a simple kitchen scene
before the end date. Notice the time on the clock by the way. 8th month, 31st
day, of 98. Oh and my initials too. I have always prefered it when a signatre
is hidden in the image rather than plastered at the bottom of the screen.



