EMAIL: egnork@eznet.net
NAME: Keith Egnor
TOPIC: Magic
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Yellow Goat's-Beard
COUNTRY: USA
WEBPAGE:
RENDERER USED: povray 3.01
TOOLS USED: moray version 2.5b.wat
RENDER TIME: 0 hr 12 min 9.0 sec
HARDWARE USED: pentium 166
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: The "magic" in this image is referring to the magic of life.
        Nature is able to take the ingredients pictured -- earth, air, water,
        and light -- and not only create life, but to recreate life.  The
        precision and clarity of the image is meant to portray how technology
        pales in comparison to biological renderings.  This is a novice's use
        of moray, taking basic shapes and modifying them to evoke the forms of
        the natural world.  Yellow goat's-beard is a beautiful plant, with a
        seed pod larger and more defined than a dandelion's.  Each seed has a
        parachute which resembles an umbrella frame.
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: Basic shapes were modified and
        textured to represent organic objects.  The seed pods were formed of
        cones on cylinders, and grouped for movement.  The planes of the land,
        the water, and the streambed were angled to give slope to the image.
        The yellow goat's-beard stalk is cylinders and triangles.