TITLE: THWOK!
NAME: Nathan Ryan
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: nate@housepixels.com
WEBPAGE: http://www.housepixels.com
TOPIC: Toys & Games
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: thwok.jpg
ZIPFILE: thwok.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    Art of Illusion

TOOLS USED: 
    Art of Illusion, Corel PhotoPaint

RENDER TIME: 
    1 hour

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium 4 2.8G 1.5G mem

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 
    This image is an homage to my favorite sport, tennis. I also
give a nod to the greatest games of all, the Olympics.  I made the look retro
with a scratched, sepia-toned film look.  Also the racquet is wooden and the
ball is white which dates it back to early-to-mid 1900's.
DESCIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: I used Art of Illusion for all the
work except for the Olympic rings image which was created in Corel PhotoPaint. 
The fuzz on the ball and the "flying fuzz" around the ball are solid objects
created with a script.  All 3D objects and textures are orginal and created
specifically for this project.  All textures (including the background sky and
crowd) are procedural except for the Olympic rings which is an image texture. 
The sepia, scratched-film effect is a procedural texture placed on a
translucent plane in front of the camera.

