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Piano
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Piano // Work in Progress
Post by Revan5743 // Feb 21, 2007, 6:18pm
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I saw the other thread with a piano so I decided to make one too!
I still need to add the black keys and add some textures |
Post by kena // Feb 21, 2007, 7:26pm
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nice start! keep it up. The white keys don't look all that white, but maybe that is the lighting |
Post by ed_baker // Feb 22, 2007, 2:19pm
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Very nice so far!
I always wanted a piano when I was younger . . .and still do.
ed |
Post by Revan5743 // Feb 22, 2007, 2:55pm
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added some wood textures |
Post by kena // Feb 22, 2007, 6:23pm
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and the keys look whiter. good texture on the wood. it might be a bit too shiney, depends on what you do with it ;) |
Post by Chester Desmond // Feb 22, 2007, 7:21pm
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looks great...i'd like to see it in an environment\ibl |
Post by Revan5743 // Feb 22, 2007, 8:00pm
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I added a simple background and floor |
Post by W!ZARD // Feb 22, 2007, 8:28pm
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Nice texture work!
This upright piano is quite similar to the one we have in our livingroom. Looking at your renders here I get the impression that the piano is a little too wide for it's height (or too short for it's width!). Are you working with a reference image? They can be invaluable for getting the scale and dimensions of everyday objects to look right. The human brain tends to see what it thinks it's seeing rather than what is actually there.
Hope this helps
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Post by Methusela // Feb 23, 2007, 12:20am
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I really like the shaders you've used, especially on the piano itself. My suggestion would be to add a local light with mid to low brightness with shadows turned off, as this will soften the really dark shadows.
Keep it up! |
Post by TheWickedWitchOfTheWeb // Feb 23, 2007, 2:54am
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As a pianist, my first impression was the same as W!ZARD's, it seems a little out of proportion. What adds to this is the stool which seems far too wide. Apart from that it's looking good so far, keep it up. |
Post by jamesmc // Feb 23, 2007, 3:22am
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I have trouble with proportion on the piano I did even with photographs from the web as they were usually just from one angle.
In tS66 I noticed there is a piano model in the Library, a grand piano style as I recall. It may be helpful for proportion, not sure sure as I didn't notice it until after I did mine. :D
If you want to get technical about it, there are a few websites on the Web that show how pianos are built/repaired. I didn't go that far as mine was meant for a prop.
Lovely wood texture there and the style is a classic upright which I like better than the grands. |
Post by Nez // Feb 26, 2007, 4:03am
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I agree that there seems to be a slight proportion problem - to my eyes the keyboard looks too high, relative to the whole piano and also realtive to the stool.
The stool is indeed unusually wide, although it could be very appropriate for a piano teacher (i.e. a duetting stool?)
To me the 'body' of the piano is also a little deep, but within an acceptable range - there a lot of different shapes.
I agree with jamesmc about the problem with reference photos - the (very poor) picture I provided (camera phone, 'nuff said) probably wasn't much help then. If it would be useful, I could quite easily annotate up a sketch showing main important measurements of the piano we have at home. |
Post by jamesmc // Feb 26, 2007, 6:48am
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I agree that there seems to be a slight proportion problem - to my eyes the keyboard looks too high, relative to the whole piano and also realtive to the stool.
The stool is indeed unusually wide, although it could be very appropriate for a piano teacher (i.e. a duetting stool?)
To me the 'body' of the piano is also a little deep, but within an acceptable range - there a lot of different shapes.
I agree with jamesmc about the problem with reference photos - the (very poor) picture I provided (camera phone, 'nuff said) probably wasn't much help then. If it would be useful, I could quite easily annotate up a sketch showing main important measurements of the piano we have at home.
Actually your photo was very useful as it gave me an idea of how out of proportion my piano was. :D
I notice the top of the piano right away wasn't as big as I had made mine. I think I can get a better idea on how to make mine more proportional with the photo you provided.
Thank you very much for providing the photo, it is indeed helpful. :) |
Post by Nez // Mar 15, 2007, 9:30am
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Apologies I didn't get round to doing this earlier - see attached for a sketch of the end view of my wife's piano and a view of the stool, with dimeniosn noted (in cm).
Hope this is of some use to you guys.
(Higher res. version available if it's not clear enough) |
Post by RCourtney // May 22, 2007, 3:37pm
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Lookin' good. The height of the keys seems slightly high.
Don't forget the pedals! |
Post by weaveribm // May 23, 2007, 12:13am
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Very nice render
If you could tell me how you created the floor I'd be very grateful Revan it's a very beautiful setting for the Joanna
Peter |
Post by aeroplane // May 24, 2007, 5:50pm
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Agreed on the proportions. I'd like to see a closeup of the keys if you've detailed them, as well as of course the black keys. |
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