EMAIL: samthemagical@cs.com
NAME: Sam Bleckley
TOPIC: Decay
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Modern Decay (Decay Amidst a Modern World)
COUNTRY: United States of America
WEBPAGE: http://www.novaaranea.com
RENDERER USED: PovRay 3.5
TOOLS USED: spatch and notepad/vi depending on the computer I was on at the time
RENDER TIME: 6 hours
HARDWARE USED: Original Pentium w/ overclocking (not that it helps)
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
'Even in the luxury of the modern world, life still ends -- entropy and decay wait for no man.'
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
I've been meaning to enter the IRTC for a long time, and always run out of time for my images/anims. This time I promised myself I would submit something and, well, I am less than happy with this, but here it is.

The flower and was created in spatch. Everything else (I *think*) was created with notepad, vi, or the povray interface. I created this image with no object library, so everything you see was created in the past months. I use Bezier curves, because I am the most comfortable with them, so the table, stools, vase, etc., are all Bezier curve lathes. Obviously, atmospheric media, radiosity, etc., were used. The only object I had previously was Ray, the spider in my signature.

I will send the source to anyone who requests it, but frankly it is embarrassingly ugly, and frankly unintelligible even to me.

Let me list things I hate about this image:

	The texture of the cabinets
	The texture of the flowers
	The emptiness of the countertop
	The artifact below the cabinets on the left
	The fact that you cannot see the texture I worked so hard on the table
	The un-plush-iness of the stools
	The sink

This could have been a pretty good image, if not for the fact that I am such a slowpoke. Maybe someday I'll get back to it. Anyway, I would appreciate any comments you can give me.