Characters

The Piano

Renders:
close up the piano in context beginning to fly wings and insides

Model & Rig:
model at rest model front close up rig top down; beginning to unfurl rig side view

Textures:
color map leg color map claw color map wing transparency map wing

The Piano lurks in abandoned and derelict places. It can remain inanimate for centuries, being little more than a strangely crafted instrument. Its main form of sustenance is excellent music wrought from its own strings. Unfortunately, it cannot produce music of its own accord – someone or something must play The Piano. There is no known origin of The Piano, but it is surmised to be an escaped nightmare of some famous composer.

The Piano was developed for Advanced Character Design, and summarily my thesis project.
Head over to the Sketchbook to see some other characters developed for Advanced Character Design in the Character Gallery.
To see the Piano in action, download the Demo (note this file is an .avi of over 300mb)