TITLE: ice castle
NAME: Artur Tchoukanov
COUNTRY: Canada
EMAIL: artur83@hotmail.com
WEBPAGE: www.coroflot.com/artur83
TOPIC: Toys & Games
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: icecubes.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    3Ds max

TOOLS USED: 
    3Ds max

RENDER TIME: 
    7minutes

HARDWARE USED: 
    P4 2.4Ghz HT, 800FSB

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

Kinda self explanatory.
A new(hopefully) spin on buidling blocks most of us used when we were kids(and
most of used them after as well :) )
Blurred and clean composition should give off a sensation of freezing
temperatures. The sky is clear with a touch of condensation to liven up the
picture a bit.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

Not a great deal of techinicality went into this picture, it was mostly about
the concept and interpretation. I wanted to give a nod to Gilles Tran by
placing a cow in the cube at a point in my creation of this picture, but
decided against it because it would convey a different feeling. (So maybe next
time, I enjoy his work a lot). 
Took me a couple of hours to create the models (tweaking included) and another
couple to play with the rendering settings to get to this picture. I am not a
100% happy with the result, technically and artistically. I wanted to convey a
concept. 

Check out my other pic in this competition (Slingshot)

