TITLE: Narnia The World in the Wardrobe

NAME: Benjamin Kniaz
COUNTRY: USA

EMAIL: kniazfam@ohio.net
TOPIC: Imaginary Worlds
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: narnia.jpg
ZIPFILE: narnia.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    POV-Ray 3.1


TOOLS USED: 
    Moray, sPatch, and Paint Shop Pro


RENDER TIME: 
    13 hours 30 minutes


HARDWARE USED: 
    Intel Pentium 100


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


"'This must be a simply enormous wardrobe!' thought Lucy, going still further in
and pushing the soft folds of the coats aside to make room for her. Then she
noticed that there was something crunching under her feet. 'I wonder is that
more mothballs?' she thought, stooping down to feel it with her hand. But
instead of the wardrobe, she felt something soft and powdery and extremely
cold..."
            The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Pg 13)

If you have ever read the tales of Narnia written by C.S. Lewis, you will
recognize my picture immediately. But otherwise, you might be in the dark. This
is a magical wardrobe. Though it might appear normal from the outside, it is
actually an entrance to another world called Narnia. In Narnia, the children in
the book meet talking animals, a witch, and a lion called Aslan.  Once in this
land, the children have many adventures.  Even though this book was written for
children, it's a great story for all ages.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


This image is the product of a lot of time-consuming, yet very enjoyable work. 
Nothing about the image itself is extremely complicated or technical. The
scrolls and the carvings across the top of the wardrobe are heightfields. It
wasn't too hard to create them in Paint Shop Pro, and then get them into the
proper size and place inside Moray. I made some of the trees, the coats, and
the feet of the wardrobe inside sPatch. sPatch really can be extremely helpful
and fun. I used the new media to get that "halo" <g> around the lamp. I also
used it for a snowflake effect. Besides that, just getting the right materials
and lighting proved a real task.

Hopefully you like the image itself, and hopefully it comes close to living up
to the great story it is based on!


                         -Ben


