TITLE: ml_wiw
NAME: Mitch Li
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: mitch@vectorgrafx.com
WEBPAGE: http://www.vectorgrafx.com
TOPIC: World Within Worlds
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: ml_wiw.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    POV-Ray 3.1g

TOOLS USED: 
    Poser 4, 3DWIN, Illustrator, Photoshop, Moray 3.3

RENDER TIME: 
    12 mins

HARDWARE USED: 
    PC - AMD XP 1600+ 512mb ram

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

Upon getting seriously started in 3D last year (October), I realized the great
community of 3D from all around the world and have grown to be a part of this
3D world.  

For this round, I decided to depict myself as being part of this 3D design world
that we love so much we'll spend countless hours sitting in front of our
computers late into the night to come up with one image...hoping to inspire
others as works of others have inspired us.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

It all started when I was still wondering what image to create and then I just
decided to start modeling items in and around me in my workspace.

Practically all items are produced, designed or photographed (NYC skyline on
postcard) by myself with the exception of 3 items:
1) the monitor's screen (captured)
2) my favorite KTV's (Karaoke bar) business card (on wall - scanned)
3) Poser 4 model's head, hand and sweater

This scene took countless corrections, adjustments, renders and even crashed
(due to power outage - I didn't save about 5 hours of adjustments, yeah ..
yeah.. I know).

One thing daunting me however, is the radiosity glitch (appears on the business
card spread and under the calendar) that I kept in order to maintain the
complete mood.

Much thanks to Kris Huang who unselfishly guided me through the final tweaks

