Friday, October 19, 2007

Matte Painting



No, it's not cheating. It's a technique used to create a more realistic image, using a photograph as reference for the natural lightning and mood for the piece. It's commonly known that in an FX shot, it will only be as good as the matte painter assigned to it. Not that I have any experience in it, but that's what my friends in "the Biz" tell me. Anyhow, this was done in Photoshop CS2 in about 2.5 hrs.

Here is my first attempt. Thanks to Ben Cammarano for all the tips! Wish me luck...

2nd image is original plate. 1st image is after I'm all done. Click to view at full size!

6 comments:

Alissa said...

you should definitely add that you need to click it to see it bigger... it's much more impressive that way.

dastew said...

I wish I had skillzz like you do.

Brian said...

When you gonna put that tutorial up on your site? I could use it.

That's just too cool.

m3ng said...

oh i forgot about that...what should I put in the tutorial?

Brian said...

I think a tutorial outlining how you do a very basic painting from beginning to end would be cool. Throw in a few tips on creating custom brushes and BAM! A legion of grateful followers will do your bidding at will. You say jump I ask "How high, Sir?"

Mr Jo Bloggity said...

If you could do a quick tutorial on how I could teach myself to be creative and have awesome technique with visual media, that'd be great.