TITLE: Beacon
NAME: Nenad Miodrag
COUNTRY: Croatia
EMAIL: nenad.miodrag@zd.hinet.hr
WEBPAGE: http://free-zd.hinet.hr/NenadM
TOPIC: Loneliness
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: beacon.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Povray 3.5

TOOLS USED: 
    Moray and Photoshop

RENDER TIME: 
    8 hours 7 minutes

HARDWARE USED: 
    Athlon 1GHz


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


Two things immediately came to mind when thinking of Loneliness: a dungeon
and a deserted island. Since I'm a big fan of Myst (I visited all the ages 
and am always looking for more), the choice was easy...

I created the island, and laid out the scene with primitive objects, picked
out the desired shot and everything else fell into place along the way.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


Height-field and image map for the island were created in PhotoShop.
The sails and the human figure were modeled in Moray, everything else was
done strictly in Povray.

I've written the tree macro that uses modified randomized affine transform 
algorithm to create a 3D fractal.

Many of the things that are not visible (e.g. interiors and structural 
elements of the buildings) are present, for the sake of authenticity: making
this was an adventure for me.

The completed scene has:
60540 objects
6 infinite surfaces
7 particle systems
6 area lights
1 spot light
1 point light

The hardest thing was choosing the name for it. Potential candidates were:
- Sole survivor
- Night after the storm
- Is there anybody out there?

Finally, I decided that "Beacon" is the most appropriate one.

