matte painting on movie magic

i actually got cable back in the 90's just to watch this show!!!

more Matte Painting Originals

in an never ending quest to find the paintings i love so much, i present this.... i think it's a Whitlock. not sure what film but here's the original and a close up.

STEAMPUNK-update

based on the quick demo i did at Gnomon. worked on it over my break...and yes, i consider that relaxing. i want to take more paintings even farther than this one. just scratching the surface. added my block in for anonymous

more Matte Painting goodness

too busy at work, so no new art from me but here's some more from my favorite photo impressionist "movement".

close values , matte painting and realism

one of the main ways that paintings can look "real" is the conservation of value and keeping value areas consistent. here's a great example. it's a matte painting by Peter Ellenshaw and you can see how narrow the value change in the distant background really is. by modeling within this narrow range the reality of the whole image is maintained. it does take great skill to do this and the smallest value change will be enough to indicate a difference.