CS348B Spring 2006 Rendering Competition

Tom and Ranjitha produced this year's winning entry by procedurally modeling Lilypads using Mathematica and simulating single-layer subsurface scattering of light through the pads as well as volumetric scattering of light through the water in the scene.

Tarang and Shradha implemented Jenson's hierarchical subsurface scattering technique as well as procedural texture generation to produce this image of a caterpillar.

To make this picture of an ice cube, Yi Lang and Joyce generated the distribution of tiny air bubbles within the ice and used bump mapping on the model's surface to produce a realistic appearance.

Bill devised his own algorithm for generating the geometry of this bonzai tree.

Sean and Mattias handle the geometric intersections between many soap bubbles as well as the thin-film appearance effects of soapy water in their project. They also procedurally generated the leaves in this scene.

Doug and Paul simulated wave interference and diffraction using Huygen's principal to create this amazing picture of light shining upon a micron-scale snowman.

Lee and Ryan use the temperature of molten lava to calculate it's radiative spectrum and visible intensity. The radiating material is used as an importance sampled area light source in the scene. The texture of the molten materials is procedurally generated.

Kurt investigated the scattering properties of the various structural layers within leaves and implemented a multiple scattering simulation to produce this image.

Murad and Hyun acquired skin molds of regions of their hands and then used shape from shading to construct normal maps from the molds. They used texture synthesis to produce a normal map for an entire hand.

Julie and Alex implemented volumetric photon mapping to produce this beautiful underwater scene of a killer whale.