Robotic orchestra project...

Artwork Works in Progress
#1

So far:

Finished:

  • Cellos + anim
  • Camera animation
  • Drum Modelling
  • All the little annoying rigging parts
  • Drum Animation
  • Final materials +texturing
  • Rendering (the monster 3 day part… :frowning: )

Still To do:

  • Cleaning up

Hi,
While since I have done a major project - have a few weeks, so thought now would be the time.

I will be making a 4000-5000 frame animation of a robotic orchestra playing handels ‘Sarabande’ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSAd3NpDi6Q

So far cello robotics rig and animation is almost done, now need to do precussion and woodwind.

A beauty still of the cello:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10860244/cello.png

#2

A quick update including the piston stand and a (somewhat severly) optimized polycount. About 10x reduction in vertices (bearing in mind there will be about 20 of these instruments.)

400 samples in cycles
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10860244/cello2.png

#3

Cool idea!! Looking forward to seeing the end product!!

#4

Looks pretty cool project idea, I can’t wait to see this come together
Oh, and Good LucK!!

#5

Sorry guys - was in hospital for most of yesterday having a lesion removed on my lip… hence the lack of updates-
All I have got done is a bit of duplicating and some more optimizing:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10860244/piston4.png
And The begining of the timpani:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10860244/timpani.png

#6

The textured timpani:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10860244/timpanifinal.png

#7

A quick shot of them all together: (the timpanis arent actually floating - they are on a badly lit box)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10860244/full.png

#8

Im feeling a little bit lonely here… Any comments? Im hopeing to get the camera animation sorted today along with the machine that plays the timpanis

#9

looking good, what other instruments you planing on adding?

#10

For the moment, I think this will be it - I might try for a few robotic flutes, but they would just be in the background. (the rigging would be a nightmare)
As far as updates go, the camera animation is pretty much there, the machine that plays the drums still has to be done tho…

#11

how about like a grand piano or something? you should also consider a mechanical conductor.

#12

I suppose… just playing around with after effects - the noise reduction is sweet!

#13

Wrong post

#14

The machine that plays the drums:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10860244/drummech.png

#15

I love the updates sorry to hear you were in the hospital, Can’t wait to see some of the rigs for it, are you going to be adding in violin’s and/or some brass instruments as well? Keep it up

#16

Drum animation done - I have decided to give a flute a try, though no promises yet!

#17

hmmmm… Flutes are off (various reasons)… Even without flutes and six workstations, I’m estimating a render time of Pretty much exactly 70 hours… :frowning:

#18

looking very good :slight_smile: have you already decided the music you are going to use? looking forward to seeing the future updates :slight_smile:

#19

The music is mentioned in the first post… For updates, it is currently rendering, ETA 8AM on the 5th GMT

#20

lol sorry must have skipped straight over it :stuck_out_tongue:
very nice choice :slight_smile: are you planning on doing others in future projects do you think?