TITLE: Spheres and Squares
NAME: Eric Roberts
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: programmerwannabe2000@yahoo.com
WEBPAGE: http://www.geocities.com/programmerwannabe2000
TOPIC: Opposites
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: spheres_.jpg
ZIPFILE: spheres_.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    Pov-Ray 3.6.1

TOOLS USED: 


RENDER TIME: 
    aproxx 8-10 hours

HARDWARE USED: 
    Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40 GHz 1.00 GB of RAM


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

I wanted this scene to ultimately emphasize the differences that may exist
between two worlds, fantasy or real.
It's a sphere, a box, a sphere made of boxes, a box made of spheres, a 
sphere made of boxes made of spheres, a box made of spheres of boxes,
a smokey box and sphere, their solid counterparts, and some text thrown in for
spice. The text reads clockwise: "Fantasy? Reality? or both?" Heckuva lot of
objects,
though. 99,193 total objects to be exact.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

I began with the concept of spheres and boxes as opposites, and worked my way
up from there. The complex shapes are made from while loops and previously made
objects, and the lightbulbs are made by me out of spheres, cylinders, and
boxes.
To include the theme of opposites even more than just spheres and
squares, i "reflected" the objects over a mirror-like hole in a box, and made
the opposite side grayscale. i also used media contained by a sphere and 
box, and a solid box and sphere as its opposite. I then put the text on the
wall
and in the scene (csg for the text on the wall), then finally put the media
under
the black and white spotlights. I used POV-Ray to create the entire scene.

