This was done in response to the huge GI boom in the 3d community back in late 2000. It was done to test how far I could push Max's standard tools and poke a little fun at all the people who were using engine's that took hours sometimes days to render a single frame. It's not perfect but the mood and the feeling that I wanted came out well, and it all renders in less then 30 seconds per frame. I got inspiration for this piece from almost everywhere; a bit from 2001: a space odyssey, a photographer Jack Weise, a toaster, Fallout, and the short film f8.

You can see a short camera animation of this on my site here: http://www.graysonchalmers.com/html/vault.php