TITLE: Kitchen Atomicus
NAME: Joanne Simpson
COUNTRY: Australia
EMAIL: corvus@onewhiteraven.com
WEBPAGE: http://www.onewhiteraven.com
TOPIC: Surrealism
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: surreali.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Bryce 5

TOOLS USED: 
    Bryce, Illustrator, Wings3D, Poser, XFrog

RENDER TIME: 
    59 minutes

HARDWARE USED: 
    Athlon 2GHz, nVidia GForce

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

I have always loved the image of Dali Atomicus by Phillipe Halsman (see
http://www.luhring-design.com/information/essays/dali-atomicus/philippe-halsman.
html), and wanted to reflect the dynamism of the original photograph (hence
its place of honour on the refrigerator). I was aiming for a realistic,
photographic quality, and I used the medium format because it is what I use in
the non-rendered world. I also included other recurring style elements of
Dali's work - the soft, warm, oblique lighting, the misty background, and the
"exploding leaves" he used in several paintings. In keeping with the style of
the Belgian surrealists such as Magritte and Delvaux, I have taken familiar
objects and settings and juxtaposed them in an incongruous way. The kitchen is
an idealised version of my own kitchen and back garden - as I would like it to
be, rather than as it is.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

Cat - Poser 4
Saucepan, splash, refrigerator and stovetop - modelled in Wings3D. A volumetric
texture was applied to the splash to get the leafy effect.
Door frames, cabinets, window blind - height fields drawn in Illustrator and
applied to Bryce lattices.
Lighting - spotlight filtered through a cedar blind, plus various infill
lighting.
Atmosphere - a tweaked variant of the Bryce "turbulent overcast" default.
Textures - all in Bryce, variants of Bryce defaults.

