EMAIL: intertek@one.net
NAME: Michael Hunter
TOPIC: Museum
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: They Brought Their Most Precious Artifacts
COUNTRY: USA
WEBPAGE: http://www.interactivetechnologies.net 
RENDERER USED: 3D Studio Max Version 6.0
TOOLS USED: 3D Studio Max, PhotoShop (for texture maps)
RENDER TIME: 2 hours
HARDWARE USED: Pentium 4 1.8 GHz 261 MB RAM 

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
I was doodling on the back of an envelope. Something was wrong. After many hours of work my image for the Museum round of the IRTC was not going as I had envisioned it. It was dull. I had to find another idea that was fresh and new to me - something different. Without much intentional planning this doodle showed me the way. It's something of a dream like vision - almost a diagram - of what museums are. They are all places where people bring and store and view things that they dream to be precious.

It was hard for me to do. Not so much from a technical point of view but to let go and make a mess of the perspective and use wild colors and just be free from photo-realism.

I'm very interested in what you think!

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
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