TITLE: Escher's Office
NAME: Jonathan S. Merritt
COUNTRY: Australia
EMAIL: jmerritt@warpax.com
WEBPAGE: http://www.warpax.com/
TOPIC: Imaginary Worlds
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: jmescher.jpg
ZIPFILE: jmescher.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    povray 3.1a

TOOLS USED: 
    My brain and fingers (all hand coded!)

RENDER TIME: 


HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium II 266MHz

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

The office of M. C. Escher spins through a starry void. The
sparse elegance of geometric and organic form combine in the world
of the master.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

This image was created entirely by hand, using Povray primitives
and its basic programming language.
The 'room' is based upon 'Other World' by M. C. Escher, but is
modified to create a more 'snug' appearance. The objects were
made one by one, and serve to distract the viewer's sense of
gravity. The big green thing in the middle was a quirky thing I
happened upon by accident a long time before making this scene. It's
a good centre-piece, because its organic flow (like liquid poured
in low gravity?) sets off the geometric lines of the room. I didn't
use caustics with it, simply because I think the shadow looks
better the way it is.

