EMAIL: evilsnack@hotmail.com

NAME: John VanSickle

TOPIC: Dance

COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.

TITLE: Top Ten List

WEBPAGE:  http://enphilistor.50megs.com/irtc.htm

COUNTRY:  US of A

RENDERER USED:  POV-Ray 3.6.1 for Windows.

TOOLS USED:  Text editor, CMPEG, pencils, paper, ArtRage (a painting program)

HARDWARE USED:  Homebuilt (Athlon XP 2400, 512MB RAM)

CREATION TIME:  About seven weeks.  Final rendering was complete on 15 January 2007.

VIEWING RECOMMENDATION:  Full color, 24 frames per second.

ANIMATION DESCRIPTION:  The animator expresses his dislike for the topic.



DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS ANIMATION WAS CREATED:



I typed out a bunch of scene code, rendered the frames, and slapped them

together with an MPEG compiler, just like I always do.



New models for this round:

* The stage -- the backdrop is a painting done I did with ArtRage, which is a

  paint program that simulates the behavior of real paint on a canvas.

* The tutu is a mesh that is generated by a few loops of code.

* The funny head floating against the checkered background was done with my LionSnake modeler.

* The disco called "the noise" is a new addition to the Petrified Orchard Valley.

* The hat in the hat dance was modeled with LionSnake.

* The final shot was a repeat of the opening shot of "Boxer Solves a Problem" (my July 1999 entry) do make the topic repetition more clear.



If you have any other questions about things, e-mail me directly, or leave

comments on the comments page.

