Internet Ray Tracing Competition My IRTC pictures The IRTC is a continual competition for amateurs in raytraced pictures. A home for great talents and artists. I have competed many times, and the comments I get are valuable for developing the art. In every round the artists are limited to a given subject.   Plc=placement A=artistic score T=technical score C=compositional score S=total sum   ! Click on the small images to view full size images. ! Magic Jul-Aug 1997 The wishing well My first IRTC competition picture. I regret that I didn't explain why the stones are so glazy... that is of course because it is so hot there - they've melted on the surface. Some voters complained about the shiny stones and I maybe lost some points there. However I aim to increase my technical) points for the next round...... A: 12,778 T: 12,722 C: 12,25 Plc. 29 of 161 (top 18%) S: 12,5833 Show round Results Info Comments Source   Arts and entertainment Sep-Oct 1997 Golden eye My own comments: - The mountains are an enlarged part of the picture thereby the blur). - The cliff edge is made of concrete. - This is not the same camera angle as in the movie. A: 11,27 T: 11,514 C: 11,081 Plc. 50 of 86 (top 58,1%) S: 11,2883 Show round Results Info Comments Source   Childhood Nov-Dec 1997 The playground It has many details like the Venetian blinds, the chains and swings, and the hatch on the lightpost. The gutter is also detailed. Using trees outside the visible area gives impression of a much more detailed scene than it is. A: 12,355 T: 12,645 C: 12,355 Plc. 29 of 70 (top 41,4%) S: 12,4517 Show round Results Info Comments Source   Great engineering achievments Jan-Feb 1998 Socorro VLA The image is about the Socorro VLA radiotelescope. I wanted more details, especially in the scenery, but didn't have the time.. I noted that I had put the wrong year into the submitted image. That is corrected now. A: 12,556 T: 13,889 C: 13,833 Plc. 13 of 73 (top 17,8%) S: 13,426 Show round Results Info Comments Source   Night Mar-Apr 1998 Nightcap This one was a horror. The final rendering takes abot 2 days, and I had just that time to render. And what happens then? - Yes PovRay crashed!!! The last part of the image after continuation) got brighter than the rest, because the radiosity calculates wrong if not all image is taken into the formulas. my conclusion). That has been corrected now. A: 12,811 T: 14,216 C: 12,351 Plc. 20 of 131 (top 15,3%) S: 13,126 Show round Results Info Comments Source   Nature May-Jun 1998 Octopus At last an image made well within the timelimit. The alien reflection is just something to spice the scene up a bit. A: 10,974 T: 11,128 C: 11,872 Plc. 47 of 106 (top 44,3%) S: 11,3247 Show round Results Info Comments Source   Elements Jul-Aug 1998 The science project The image of a physics lab when students got the assignment to gather representative objects representing the four classic elements. My first povray 3.1 IRTC image. My best image so far, judging from the results... A: 13,057 T: 14,086 C: 13,429 Plc. 9 of 109 (top 8,3%) S: 13,524 Show round Results Info Comments Source   Water Sep-Oct 1998 Did not enter because I was busy writing a raytracer at school... :) Show round First encounter Nov-Dec 1998 Did not enter because I was yet more busy at school... Show round Imaginary worlds Jan-Feb 1999 Computer game Ok, I had to make something for this round. Nothing really inspired me, but when there was one week left I got an idea. Computer games are as good examples of imaginary/virtual worlds as you come. A: 10,5 T: 12,211 C: 10,842 Plc. 54 of 143 (top 37,8%) S: 11,1843 Show round Results Info Comments Source   History Mar-Apr 1999 Did not enter no time, no good idea) Show round Unbelievable May-Jun 1999 ... ? No inspiration! Actually the weather was quite good outside my window, so... Show round Landmarks Jul-Aug 1999 Nope. This topic didn't "speak" to me. Show round Horror Sep-Oct 1999 This round was announced one year earlier (!) Despite this fact, I am (and probably some more people) clueless of what to render. Not that I lack any ideas, but none of them are really realizable projects considering my time at hand and my ever increasing level of outdoing my previous images technically. Show round Gardens Nov-Dec 1999 Though my spare time will be next to nothing this period... I really have to put an image here or you will have to scroll through screenfulls of empty tables in this page. :) Update: no image done. I must stop these predictions... Show round Ruins Jan-Feb 2000 I had ideas.. Show round The city Mar-Apr 2000 I'm lousy at making houses. Show round The wilderness May-Jun 2000 Started something but forgot to finish. Show round The Sea Jul-Aug 2000 Water? Show round The Laboratory Sep-Oct 2000 Good idea, too complex. Show round Contrast Nov-Dec 2000 I had some nice Escher picture going on before xmas, but I hadn't time to finish it. Show round Worship Jan-Feb 2001 Thirst of Christ At last an image!!! =) I hope you like it... A: 11,114 T: 11,571 C: 11,657 Plc. 31 of 111 (top 27,9%) S: 11,4473 Show round Results Info Comments Source