TITLE: Sleepy
NAME: Helene Dumur
COUNTRY: France
EMAIL: helene.dumur@free.fr
WEBPAGE: http://helene.dumur.free.fr/index.htm
TOPIC: Mythology
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: sleepy.jpg
ZIPFILE: sleepy.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    Pov-Ray 3.5

TOOLS USED: 
    nothing else !

RENDER TIME: 
    45 minutes

HARDWARE USED: 
    Athlon 1200 - Linux Red Hat 7.2


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


"Any representation related to cultural myths past or present". 
Here is the current topic. So, I think that the idea of martians or other people
on other planets is one of the cultural myths of the last century. Actually,
there is a lot of things orbiting around March, and wandering on it, perhaps
they will discover... the little green men !
This picture represents the martians of Gusev Crater, near Sleepy Hollow,
waiting for the lander Spirit, the first of the two americans landers. The
martians are green, of course, they play width balls, or dance together, not
far from their homes.
Perhaps, I am closer to Bradbury than to Wells, so, my martian are not
agressive.. they don't want to kill humans, they are more curious than
dangerous, and funny too.. I hope you will smile looking at them !

For the french speaking people..

Le sujet "Mythology" fait aussi r_f_rence aux mythes pass_s ou pr_sents. Tandis
que plusieurs objets gravitent autour de Mars, et que les deux landers
am_ricains nous envoient d'extraordinaires photos de cette plan_te, j'ai pens_
aux Martiens, _ ces petits hommes verts que nous n'avons pas encore d_couverts,
mais qui existent peut-_tre. Toutefois, comme je me sens plus proche de la
po_sie de Bradbury, que des craintes de Wells, j'ai con_u mes martiens comme
des petits _tres qui aiment jouer, qui dansent, qui attendent l'arriv_e des
appareils terriens avec plus de curiosit_ que d'agressivit_. J'esp_re que vous
les regarderez en souriant !


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


First, a lot of thanks : Marc and Martial, of the POV french newsgroup who
helped me for the text written on the sign. My friend Olivier, who have
explained to me how to put the random rocks, and the wonderfull website :
http://www.economy.demon.co.uk/isotut/  on isosurfaces.
Thanks to this site, I tried a lot of examples, adapting them to my project, for
the martian towers, the legs and the hats of the little men, the mountains and
the rocks and the ball, too. All the other things are very simple shapes....
including the arms of the martians, a simple loop of modified spheres.
No area_lights, It was too much long for rendering...

For the french speaking people..

D'abord, un grand merci _ Marc et Martial, du forum francophone 3D.Pov-Ray qui
m'ont aid_e _ _crire le texte du panneau "routier", ainsi qu'_ mon ami Olivier,
qui m'a expliqu_ comment semer des cailloux de fa_on al_atoire. Merci enfin au
site fabuleux http://www.economy.demon.co.uk/isotut/ qui m'a donn_ plein
d'id_es pour des formes originales. J'ai essay_ beaucoup d'exemples, les
adaptant _ mon projet, pour les tours martiennes, les jambes et les chapeaux
des petits hommes vers, certains rochers, ainsi que le ballon. Le reste est
fait avec des formes toutes simples, y compris les bras des martiens, une
simple boucle de sph_res un peu modifi_es.
Pas d'area_lights, bien trop long _ rendre....

