scene from "the Technology of Universities"
Copyright (C) Iain D. Sinclair
1991
A series of input files that recreates a surreal kitchen in the
middle of nowhere, in the dead of night. This took about a month to
hack up from scratch. It appears on the cover of PLEXUS magazine.
Nothing impressive, but (for me) a useful exercise in computer
illustration.
Possible problems: all the image files are .mtv, and may have to be
converted if you've compiled RayShade with URT. Some objects very probably
won't work in CSG operations. There are 'visual errors' in tou.ray
(eg. the cigarette is hovering above the ashtray). The input
files are in the format of the July '91 RayShade 4.0 release; input
files for RayShade 4.0 beta are provided in the beta directory.
All the input files may be used freely; it'd be nice if their origin
was acknowledged, though. (Let me know if you use the input files,
or you like the scene, or you detest it.)
Acknowledgements to:
- Craig Kolb.
- Stephen Gowing, who provided technical assistance.
- Eric Haines, for the SPD database 'clip art'.
- Colin Panisset, who took the photos.
- Adam Mulukin, for digitizing Glen.
- Scott Hopwood, for useful criticism, and creating Swish (the
utilised animation language).
- Jeremy Fitzhardinge, for the Makefile and converting to RS 4.0.
- many others, who provided useful examples, inspiration, and
the fractal image textures.
- Nick Tesla & Mike Faraday, who made it all possible.
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