This image was designed, computer modeled and
computer rendered by Chris Young
3119 Cossell Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46224
email to cyoung@iquest.net
web page http://members.iquest.net/~cyoung/
It was rendered using the freeware Persistence of VisionTM Ray-Tracer POV-RayTM for Windows version 3.1g which Chris helped create.
See it at http://www.povray.org/
There are
2,383 crosses of ten different sizes.
Each level is 70% as big as the previous. There are:
1
level 1 cross at 100% size.
4
level 2 crosses at 70% size.
14
level 3 crosses at 49% size.
22
level 4 crosses at 34% size.
46
level 5 crosses at 24% size.
86
level 6 crosses at 17% size.
200
level 7 crosses at 12% size.
358
level 8 crosses at 8% size.
612 level 9 crosses at 6% size.
1,040
level 10 crosses at 4% size.
2,383 Total crosses.
It took
about 10 hours to design, test render and re-design.
The final
image was rendered at 2,325 x 1,425 (300 dots/inch) resolution and took
20 hours,
37 mins, 35 sec. to render on a 400mhz
Compaq Presario 1670 laptop computer.
About 16
hours of that time was spent computing the layout and the
remaining 4.5 hours actually drawing the
crosses and angels.
©2000 Chris Young, All rights reserved.
