asisi "TITANIC" 360° Panorama (2012-2016)
I have worked from 2012 until 2016 for asisi Berlin. They wanted to create a 360° panoramic image of the TITANIC wreck. I was interested in this vessel since an early age. My very first 3D models were about Titanic and so they found back in 2012 some of my renditions back on my old tumblr page - wich unfortunately - does not exist today anymore. I helped them to create a very accurate version of the Titanic wreck. It is important to note, that the model had no restrictions on polycount. The way asisi creates their panoramas, doesn`t require to do any UV mapping or texturing for this kind of project. The final render was extremely huge (more than 120,000x80,000 px) so no render engine would be able to render this with textures. So all details needed to be modeled in to the mesh. The depiction of the wreck is an combination of the state as it was found in 1985 and the last dives in 2010. Further details in the pictures descriptions.
This is the full panorama of the entire image. The image was in its entire size about 110 m long and 35m high. This image ist copyrighted by asisi F+E GmbH
this is part of the forward wreck of the TITANIC. This image ist copyrighted by asisi F+E GmbH
This is the aft part of the debris field.
This image ist copyrighted by asisi F+E GmbH
this is how the panorama basicly functions. This image ist copyrighted by asisi F+E GmbH
The forward part of the wreck.
Wireframe of the forward part of the wreck
forward part of the wreck
the forward wreck with the opening in the side, wich was one of the hardest areas of the ship. the research took me a a long time to research and rebuild.
This is part of the former bathroom of E.J. Smith, the captain of the TITANIC.
the collapsing wall from a different perspective
the opening of the map room and captains quarters as it was in the discovery state of
the holes in the walls were an indicator for the photoshop artist to create a deterioating wall
forward well deck of the ship
view forward to the forecastle (also know as foreship) of the TITANIC
a view inside behind the exterior hull with all the interior rooms. There were multiple ways to approach the destruction. Therefore I did bild the interior plate by plate to have all options on the table when needed.
the entire inside behind this rapture needed to be recreated, since it wasn`t clear how far you can actually look into the wreck.
Also the riveting and the damages have been recreated by me, based on diving footage that I was able to use.
The entire floor has been created at some point, since it was not clear if the hull opening was going to be bigger or if some more destruction of the hull would expose more of the inside.
These are postal bag rags as they were used back then on ships of that time period.
I have added sleep racks and experimented with some rusticles, that are indeed vidible on the wreck, but that idea was quickly dismissed.
A mesh view of the opening section.
I also did recreate the opening of the portholes (windows) of the forward ship part.
Studying and understanding the building and construction of the hull was essential to the recreation of the destruction. This helped me a lot to understand the damage and read how things ended up visually as they did.
The schematics to the riveting of how the plates were attached to another.
this is the mesh ortographic side view to get a glimpse of the complexity
Original steel plan of the damaged area. All plates, pillars and supporting structure has been recreated faithfully to the original.
layout of the plates with the foresight to make the mesh a bit denser in order to bend it correctly.
The insides were also equipped with the correct portholes and the equivalent opening mechanisms. Since the exterior wall was bend outside we weren`t sure how much of the inside exterior wall would be exposed to the audience.
Also here visible the various parts in different colors to communicate with ship experts.
experimenting with some riveting.
the interior coal shafts without the exterior hull.
riveting and windows of the hull
after bending it for - what felt like an eternity - the base shape was complete.
View from the inside. It actually made sense because this damage has been caused on the moment of impact on the seafloor and the water, wich was trapped inside the ship rushed very appubtly through the weakspots of the hull, in this case an exterior door.
the bended pillars were a good indicator for the force needed to rip that hull open.
the final product with surface indicators for the photoshop artists. Note the ripped rivetholes and stretched and bended rivets.
look from the inside with ROV Jason Junior - for illustration purposes for an article
look from the outside with ROV Jason Junior - for illustration purposes for an article
bended outwards and damaged seams...