TITLE: Badlands
NAME: Robert A. Mickelsen
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: rm@mickelsenstudios.com
WEBPAGE: www.mickelsenstudios.com
TOPIC: Out of Place
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: badlands.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    povray 3.6

TOOLS USED: 
    Moray 3.5

RENDER TIME: 
    3 hrs. 24 min. 59 sec.

HARDWARE USED: 
    Dell Dimension 8250, Pentium 4, 2.80GHz, 512M RAM


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 
    Alien lander discovers the badlands of the southwest.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 
    Two heightfields are used, one
created from a cropped image of jarra trees (taken in SW Australia) run through
Photoshop blur filters to create the badlands, the other hand-made using
gradients and turned upside down to create the cliff. The lander is composed of
four-patch beziers grouped to form tusk-like appendages and legs, and two
spheres, one of which makes the glow for the other. 


