TITLE: Bath Time
NAME: rod macey
COUNTRY: France
EMAIL: rod@asaryamedia.com
WEBPAGE: http://www.asaryamedia.com
TOPIC: Toys & Games
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: rm_bath.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Cinema 4D 8.5

TOOLS USED: 
    Photoshop (for some textures and to add title)

RENDER TIME: 
    08 29 45

HARDWARE USED: 
    PC - AMD Athlon 1.33 GHz - 1 GB RAM

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 
    The topic immediately brought to mind my nine month
old daughter
          and her "toys". Her toys include the traditional infants toys of
          plastic and cloth, blocks, bears, dolls, tablets full of things
          she can pull and push, spin and make a lot of noise with. But 
          nine times out of 10, she will pick up an everyday object in 
          preference to anything that might come from the toy store. And
          when it comes to bath time, even though she has all sorts of 
          wonderful floating animals and plastic bath books, the thing
          she enjoys most of all is splashing in the water, not content
          till mum and dad are thoroughly soaked.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

This image was a fantastic learning experience for me. I'd never made a
character
before, and hadn't really got the hang of sub-division modelling until I
started
making the toys, fittings and finally the character.
I also got to learn a little bit about HDRI lighting and radiosity. I didn't
want
to use environment maps, so I had to model the whole bathroom, including the
shower,
windows and door that only appear as reflections. The only environment map is
the 
HDRI map on a sphere outside of the bathroom. This lights the room through the
window
and through the door. There is one other light which is the bathrooms main
light.
I have learned a lot making this image, and am glad that I've finally put in an

entry IRTC.

