TITLE: ZShip
NAME: Patrick Dugan
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
EMAIL: patrickd@ipa.net
WEBPAGE: http://208.142.5.166/pdhome.html
TOPIC: First Encounter
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: zship.jpg
ZIPFILE: zship.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    Povray 3.1

TOOLS USED: 
    Galaxy include file by Chris Colefax

RENDER TIME: 
    4 hours 53 minutes

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium 60 (gag) with 40 meg RAM


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

The image was designed to represent "running" into an alien ship for the
first time.  I wanted to convey a sense of awe with the picture and have
the ship a combination of new and unknown technology with old technology
(Rocket blast exhaust) to give it some odd familiarity.  The image was 
originally made for my nephew as a UFO that his cartoon creations would 
drive, but he wasn't crazy about the styling and eventually the ship took 
on its own life.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

The image was created using Povray 3.1 and the space include files to
generate the galaxy/nebula background.  The ship itself was made with simple
spheres and torus shapes with glowing media surrounding them.  It was also
my first attempt at creating a "torus shaped" halo/media.  The Galaxy include
file used was not included in the zip file.  You will need to install that
before rendering the image.




