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Matte Paintings
Topic Started: Friday Jan 21 2011, 05:10 AM (237 Views)
Elerrina
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I am currently working on some matte paintings for my portfolio in hopes that they will aid in the acquisition of an internship. (I have one pretty much lined up I just need to send my portfolio). As such, I decided to post them here to see what you guys think. You can also find them on my facebook if you'd like to look there instead for whatever reason. :/

Here is the first one. I made it last night in about 3 1/2 hours. Sadly it's only 720 x 480 (standard def) which means it's too small to actually be used for something.
C'est la vie.

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Questions and comments are encouraged. :)
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Phrixscreoth
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League of Legends kept me (mostly) sane~
Question: For those non art people, what? It looks like a photo until I look closely at some plants and stuff... Is this something done in photoshop? Or am I that jaded, and is it something that LOOKS like it was done in photo shop and the trick is you actually did this by hand?

*is perplexed*

Maybe I should just not comment on artistic things, yeah? XD
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Elerrina
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It was photoshopped. A matte painting is used in film to make a set look like it continues into the distance when really it doesn't. It is also used in 3D animation to cut down on render times.

A good example would be the scene in Lord of the Rings when the Aaragorn and the hobbits first reach Rivendell we see the building with a waterfall in the distance as well as more mountains and a whole bunch of other stuff. That is actually all a matte painting with a part that has been animated to give the illusion that it is real.
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Phrixscreoth
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Ooooohhh, okay, then yes, it does that XD
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blayne
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Awesome! photoshop or not that must have taken a lot of work.
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Elerrina
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Here is another matte painting that I am currently working on. So far it has taken about 5 hours. It still needs a lot of touching up and isn't quite finished. Any input you could give me on how you think it could be improved would be muchly appreciated.

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Phrixscreoth
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Hmm, it's cool, but each of the areas seems a little to distinct. The mountains in the distance seem to far away, as well as the explosion being outta focus. The road could possibly be moved over to the left a bit? the right edge seems to overlap with the terrain on the right side too much. And there seems to be a little too much green and red on the hill on the left.

Also, I could never do something like this. XD

Hope that helps~
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