TITLE: Bubble Checkers
NAME: Wayne Alan Chesser
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: Sanquinare@Yahoo.com, Sanquinare@aol.com and
WEBPAGE: Sanquinare@aol.com or Sanquinare@Yahoo.com
TOPIC: Imaginary Worlds
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: submitw1.jpg
ZIPFILE: submitw1.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    POVRAY 3.1

TOOLS USED: 
    MS Paint to add the name and the Copyright notice

RENDER TIME: 
    A little over an hour

HARDWARE USED: 
    Self built Amd585DX4-133


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


            The image is of an imaginary checker board that is being played
between bubbles.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


            I was exploring the new POVRAY 3.1 package I downloaded, and I got
to experimenting with the
        metallic textures on the spheres, after a while, I started trying the
glass textures on these
        spheres. As time went on, I crossed the metallic finish with the glass
finish, and tried a new
        color I named Amber, being fascinated with Amber to begin with, I
figgured the clear Spheres
        would look nice on a checker board as checker pieces. I spent several
hours playing with the 
        WG6.POV sample before I found a texture and a position that I liked on
that chess board. I then
        spent several more hours trying to figgure out how to arange the pieces.
That was mostly trail
        and error, I guess bigginers luck played a major role in this design.
            The chess board is lit only by two bubbles. The clear piece has
already moved forward, and 
        continues to glow steadly as the amber piece is moving into position and
lighting the board in 
        a blaze of amber.

