EMAIL: cussat@infobiogen.fr
NAME: Christophe 'tOrOne' Cussat-Blanc
TOPIC: Magic
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Beurk
COUNTRY: France
WEBPAGE: http://www.etud.insa-tlse.fr/~cussat
RENDERER USED: PovRay 3.0 unofficial with isofunction
	patch v beta 14 by R.Suzuki (rsuzuki@etl.go.jp)
TOOLS USED:
	Modeler   : Xemacs 20.0
	Signature : PovRay 3.0 and Gimp ( to include it in the
				  	  final image )
	Recipe    : Gimp.
	Cropping  : xv 3.10a ( Original was 960x720)
	Compiler  : cc ( For external functions )

RENDER TIME: 1 hour 35 minutes and 36 seconds
HARDWARE USED: Sun Enterprise 4000

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:

	  When I was a little boy... mmmh... sorry,
	when I was young ( I'm still little :o) ), 
	I've always imagined the sorcerers with
	cauldron. They cooked ...mmmm tasty...
	potions ( very tasty ), potions. This is
	one doesn't do anything, but it's so close
	from the one I've in my head since I've read
	my first tale... I put a straw in the potion
	because it's easier to drink something with
	a so bad taste through a straw. Good luck
	and don't spew up or it'll have no effect ! 



DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:

	Let's describe the different objects that
	composed this scene :

	o The cauldron : Classical CSG object. The	
	  recipe have been drawn with Gimp ( Great
	  software ! ) from gnu. The liquid in the
	  cauldron is really bumped ( it's not only a
	  texture ). I done this with the isosurface
	  patch for povray ( Thanx to R.Suzuki ).
	o The straw : Two tubes and an articulation.
	  The articulation have been made with
	  an external C function ( Yeepee for
	  this great patch) that return a
	  bended cylinder with variable rays. 
	  Something that look like this draw :
		     _.,
		_.,-' /
		\    {    Is it clear for everyone ?
		 }   \
		/_____\

	o The snake is the union of several C 
	  functions ( always the same patch ! :o) )
	  Its body have been made with a special one
	  and the head with the intersection of an
	  heart function and a scaled sphere...
	o The candles are from the include file
	  written by Chris Young AKA Dastardly (thanx
	  to him)
	o The eyes are... simple textured spheres ( yep
	  true, no isofunctions ! ). Thanx to Yann Coupin
	  for his help... 
	o To adjust the smoke have took a lot of time.
	  I've change so many times the values of the
	  rotate, turbulences, ... that I can't remember
	  the initial values I've choose. Xemacs is
	  a great modeler, but it lack a bit of visual :o)

			tOrOne