TITLE: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF DR. DELICATE
NAME: LARRY PAGE
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
EMAIL: taymac@peaknet.net
WEBPAGE: http://www.peaknet.net/~taymac/
TOPIC: THE LABROTORY
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: drdelica.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    POV-RAY

TOOLS USED: 
    3DS, MORAY, POV-RAY

RENDER TIME: 
    APPROX. 4 HRS.

HARDWARE USED: 
    PENT 11, 350 MGH, 198 RAM

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

THE IMAGE IS SITUATED IN THE LAB OF DR. DELICATE, WHO IS 
A SLIGHTLY MIXED UP, OR MAD DOCTOR/SCIENTIST, HE IS WORKING
ON AN EXPERIMENT INVOLVING ATOM DISPLACEMENT BETWEEN HUMANS
AND ANIMALS (MICE}...WAY BACK IN THE DAYS  WHEN I WAS A SCULPTOR
I DID A SERIES OF SCULPTURES BASED UPON DR. DELICATE AND
HIS ADVENTURES OF LABROTORY SCIENCE, IN THE FORM OF DIARAMAS,
NOW A DAYS I AM USING 3-D COMPUTER WORK SO
WITH THIS IMAGE AND THE TOPIC I REVISITED THE WORLD OF
DR. DELICATE..I MAY DO A SERIES FROM THIS START..THE LABROTORY
TOPIC WAS TO MUCH TO PASS UP....I ENJOYED WORKING ON THE
SCENE VERY MUCH

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

I USED 3DS MAX, AND MORAY TO MODEL THE SCENE AND POV-RAY TO 
RENDER IT....I USE 3DS TO MAKE MODELING PARTS NOT AVAILABLE
IN MORAY...THEN EXPORT THEM INTO MORAY...I USED THE TEXTURE
LIBRARIES IN MORAY AND MODIFIED THEM FOR EFFECTS, ALSO USED
SOME IMAGE MAPS...FOR THE BRICK WALL AND MAIN LAB TABLE. 
I LOVE USING MORAY OTHER THAN ITS INABILITY TO MODEL SOME 
COMPLEX OBJECTS...I THINK ITS INTERFACE IS LIKE BRING THERE.
AND THEN RENDERED IT IN POV-RAY WITH RADIOSITY, WHICH
IS A GREAT FEATURE IN POV, DURING THE LONG RENDERS
WHICH WERE FOR THE MOST PART ABOUT 4 HRS,,,I WATCHED
THE PLAYOFF GAMES BETWEEN THE METS AND CARDINALS, TO MY DISMAY
THE METS BEAT MY HOMETOWN TEAM....BUT WE STILL HAVE THE
RAMS GOING STRONG...


