More details of Jeff's work are available here . It's actually a flying action model rocket. The planet and plane are texture mapped. Tart box and Earth model are texture mapped. Floor's checkers are procedurally generated.
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Xiaosong Yang Xiaosong's textures on his flower model, pot, soil, and background come from digital camera images. Bump mapping is applied to the bottom of the pot. More details are available .