TITLE: Stone Head
NAME: Andrew McNamara
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
EMAIL: Andrew.McNamara@ukgateway.net
TOPIC: Ruins
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: stonehea.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Vue D'Esprit

TOOLS USED: 
    Vue D'Esprit V2, Nendo V1, Poser 3

RENDER TIME: 
    1 hour 30 mins approx

HARDWARE USED: 
    PII 450 Mhz, 128 MB RAM, 16 MB STB Velocity Graphics Card

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

The image was inspired by a TV documentary on stone carvings left behind by the
Olmeks; an ancient Central American civilisation. The actual carved heads are
made from different stone and slightly smaller but I stuck with the sandstone
texture for no other reason than I liked the way it looked. I wanted to capture
a feeling of decay and faded majesty, hence the late evening sky, desert
setting and skeleton.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

I modelled the head in Nendo and imported it in Wavefront .obj format. The
skeleton was imported from Poser 3, also in .obj format. The terrain, sky and
textures were all created within Vue D_Esprit. I started the image as an
exercise to teach myself the basics of Vue and managed to complete it within
three days of receiving the software.


