TITLE: Subway car
NAME: Maarten Hofman
COUNTRY: The Netherlands
EMAIL: maarten_hofman@hotmail.com
WEBPAGE: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/whhofman/jen
TOPIC: Loneliness
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: subway.jpg
ZIPFILE: subway.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    Povray 3.1

TOOLS USED: 

* Adobe Photoshop 6.0 (to convert to JPG/PNG)
* Windows Paint (to create the graffiti on the wall)
* PaperPort 5.3 (to scan the poem and convert it to PNG)               


RENDER TIME: 
    46 51

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium IV 1.8 GHz


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

It took some time to find an appropriate subject that conveys loneliness. I
first thought of the usual things (howling wolves in icy landscapes, light
houses on rocks near the ocean) but decided these were not original enough.
Then I thought of how you could feel lonely while still having people all 
around you. And this brought me to the subway... I'm not sure if it makes
sense, but it looks lonely enough to me. The text on the poem (lying on the
floor, not meant to be readable) reads: ALONE IS A STATE\OF MIND\Surrounded
by many people\that all can talk\yet all are quiet\Life passing by\outside
the window\city/dark/city/dark\And so we travel\though together\I have
never  felt more alone. The graffiti (on the wall, should be readable) 
reads "ALONE". There are also scratches on the left window. In my country,
this is the most favourite form of graffiti: long-lasting and inexpensive
(just use a key). It also reads "ALONE", but should be relatively 
unreadable.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

I like programming all the objects myself in the POVRAY scene language. I
especially enjoyed doing the bends in the pipes. The graffiti was made 
using a simple paint programme and converted into a  transparant PNG file 
using Photoshop. The poem was first written on paper and then scanned.

