Just Curious

Member : Ivanhoe

Image description

The Welsh dragon hatchling seems already quite attracted by shiny things. Older dragons are known for collecting gold and jewels within their lair, the reason for this behavior remains still unknown.

Description of how this image was created

Day one:
(Re)reading all of Steve's former post within the POV-Ray newsgroups (and looking at all the images he did ever post). Making a few scribbles on what did come to my mind as a tribute.

Day two:
Drinking a few cups of coffee and finally making the decision to give the Fabergé-egg-theme a try. (I was also quite tempted to do something with the Welsh-love-spoon-theme.) First I made the "eggs" (without looking at Steve's anymore to avoid a simple copy) and then the fun part. morphing the MD2 into a hatchling and posing it (while drinking more coffee as it was already quite late).

Day three:
Waiting for the render (only global illumination with quite insane radiosity settings) to finish and submitting the result.

Due RealLive(tm) issues my time was (again) *very* limited and I'm not very happy with the result but to show my appreciation for all the work Steve did put into this contest I just had to submit a "tribute to Steve".

General statistics
No of ratings	:	7
Min. overall rating	:	40 (12 / 14 / 14)
Max. overall rating	:	54 (18 / 18 / 18)
Sum of rating	:	332 / 420
Date uploaded	:	2010-04-11 15:46:14

Specific details Note: The maximum value below is misleading as the voting system has changed. If the member votes for all the entries and has created one him/herself, there is an automatic 20/20/20 score added to the value (This encourages all members who enter to vote).
Rating type	:	Min : Max : Sum : Out of
Artistic	:	11 : 20 : 106 : 140
Concept	:	14 : 20 : 111 : 140
Technical	:	14 : 20 : 115 : 140
Overall	:	40 : 60 : 332 : 420

Comments by members when rating this image

1.   30-04-2010 Truly and excellent image, approaching technical perfection. The dragon is cute and life-like [ThomdeG] 2.   18-04-2010 [SMcA] Love the concept of using objects close to Steve.