EMAIL: xeo@sprynet.com
NAME: Josh Derr
TOPIC: School
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: While the teacher's away..
COUNTRY: USA
WEBPAGE: http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/xeo
RENDERER USED: Truespace 2.0
TOOLS USED: Paint Shop Pro v4.0, Snappy
RENDER TIME: approx. 8 hours
HARDWARE USED: Pentuim 200
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:

	Mrs. Green had only intended to be a moment. Principal Skinner had something
important to talk to her about, and the test she had given the children should have kept 
occupied for a while...

	Ok. This image is not so much about learning, its about kids, and their natural 
tendency against learning. A monument to every time a kid has cut class, put a frog in 
teacher's desk, passed notes, eaten glue, or harassed a subsitute. Face it. You were 
probably one these kids (which one?). Looking back, it's amazing any of us ever graduated...


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:

I wanted this picture to be semi-realistic, yet have an overall kiddish and playfull feel
to it. For that reason, I've used the birght colors, the simplistic, doll like kids, and the
corner perspective, to give you a toy-like feeling, as if you were the child playing with
them. The first objects to be created were the kids themselves. For the record, this my first 
attempt at a human figure from scratch. It's not really close to a human figure, but it works.
I next lad out the building itself, then the desks and chairs. I originally designed my own
chairs (quite nice ones I might add), but upon scanning my HD, I found a model for a chair that
was a dead match for the ones I remember in school. Unfortunitly, the models probably aren't
mine, and I have no idea were they came from. Other wise, the desk, backpacks, books, and 
everything are mine, and completely original. The teacher's desk was a prop for the Sept-Oct
round with never really showed up in my final image. The blotter and folder are the same used
in "the-file"(Is there a dark, sinister connection?). Also note the guest appearence by Frank,
there on the teacher's desk in his bowl, from last months round. He might show up in the 
future, so keep an eye out! Nothing else of to much interest, excpet maybe the poster to the 
right. READ it urges. Picture taken of me with a camcorder and a Snappy. If you don't have one,
here's a endorsement-buy one. Gets great pictures. Last, but not least, here's a list of the
children's names...


	Arthur - The one at the chalkboard
	Josh - Throwing the paper airplane
	Joey - Boy tossing ball, to the left
	Matt - Catching the ball, to the right
	Tom - Heading out the window
	Jesse - Already out the window
	Eddie - Like snakes
	Samantha - Doesn't like snakes
	Jessica - Hanging upside-down on bars
	Claire - Sitting on the edge of the play area
	Maggie - Sitting on the edge of counter


...Gotta go, sounds like Mrs. Green and the principal are done with their conversation...