SB by M

**meth** · December 7th, 2009, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by Colt Seavers

This is awesome Mateja!!! I'm trying to do matte paintings right now too, but never found a good tutorial on this subject. Please show further progress and maybe give some useful tips, will you?!

Greets, Colt!!!

Thanks guys,
sure Colt, i am here, just ask what you need to know.
I'll update this one.

M

**Colt Seavers** · December 7th, 2009, 08:43 AM

Ok, cool, well my biggest problem is to make the painted elements not look that much as if they were painted. How should I melt fotography and painting together best.

I have tried to overlay both with a common color, so that everything shares the same tone, but that doesn't help that much. If you got some time left maybe have a look at my SB. I recently finished a matte painting, then you will see best, what my painting lacks of!!!

THX, Colt!!!

**meth** · December 10th, 2009, 12:08 PM

Update on matte painting

extension

Almost done, need to get perspective in background right

M

**LtPlissken** · December 10th, 2009, 12:49 PM

I am following, but I do not understand what is happening on these last images, I see that it is a photographed city from above, but I am not sure what is the point here? If I am right that matte painting is painting on glass in movies for unreal and hard-to-set-up ambient? Can you explain what it is this all about, are you merging photographs, or are you actually painting these buildings?

**nofu** · December 10th, 2009, 02:22 PM

I looked trough your entire sketchbook twice and I'm in a total awe! I really like the spontaneous feel a lot of your concept sketches have. Some of my favourites are definitely the underwater ones and the one with the helicopter. Keep it up, I wanna see more.

**ArteJuan** · December 10th, 2009, 03:00 PM

wow amazing sketchbook, really inspiring!

**Colt Seavers** · December 10th, 2009, 04:22 PM

Nice update, giving me whole new ideas how to add new content to an existing picture. Looking great sofar. Already got an idea, what theme this picture will be about? Most artists only destroy architecture, would be nice to see something different by chance!!!

Curious what will come next!!!

Thx, Colt!!!

**meth** · December 10th, 2009, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Colt Seavers

Nice update, giving me whole new ideas how to add new content to an existing picture. Looking great sofar. Already got an idea, what theme this picture will be about? Most artists only destroy architecture, would be nice to see something different by chance!!!

Curious what will come next!!!

Thx, Colt!!!

Thanks people.

@Colt: theme is 2012 so YES to destruction, here is link for challenge. You still have time to participate if you wanna(you can learn some amazing stuff concerning matte paint)
http://forums.3dtotal.com/forumdisplay.php?f=117

@LtPlissken: Look at previous page. You can see start of this matte painting there.
Let me explain(that is point of this wip). Matte painting is usually set(mostly background)extension for movie, tv comercial, etc.
In early days it was done on glass by paint, but today it is digital.
Basicly it is merging of photos+painting to get something that doesn't existe in real world(or do existe but need to changed, extend, or something else)
So on previous page you can see original plate(original photo i have started with)

Hope this explain things a bit
M

**meth** · December 10th, 2009, 06:06 PM

here are some links for matte paintings i did.WIP!

Hauntings
http://www.cgtantra.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15088

Global warming
http://www.cgtantra.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14111

Medieval kingdom
http://www.cgtantra.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16367

Medieval set extension
http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=65850
M

**Krato** · December 10th, 2009, 06:11 PM

nice they look really good!

**brubaker** · December 10th, 2009, 06:30 PM

Wow this is some fascinating art. Thanks for sharing all the stages of this stuff.

**krel** · December 10th, 2009, 08:32 PM

your matte paintings are extremly inspiring! Thank you

**forgeman** · December 10th, 2009, 08:36 PM

AMAZING... I hope I can get that good when I grow up. I look forward to following your work

**sutapa** · December 10th, 2009, 11:58 PM

hi mateja,
you just rock with anything.....specially in matte painting,you're too good.
miss you at cgtantra challenge!!

**meth** · December 11th, 2009, 04:00 AM

Thanks guys, glad you like it.

M

**Colt Seavers** · December 11th, 2009, 07:11 AM

Sry, I didn't know first what was ment with 2012.

I love 3Dtotal.com and I visit that site almost daily, but because of some reason I can't register there. I already sent an e-mail to the site's admin about 2 month ago, but they never replied to that. That really sucks!!!

Colt

**Artofinca** · December 12th, 2009, 04:45 AM

Strong artistic expresive style, love the concepts. Please post more inspirational works!

**meth** · December 14th, 2009, 04:54 AM

Thanks people.

I get up really early today, not enough of sleep, but i made one quicky

Would like to hear some thoughts about this one

M

**CUKIERass** · December 14th, 2009, 07:41 AM

great colours and eyes! Man your works are inspirational!

**nickmarshallvfx** · December 16th, 2009, 07:28 PM

Hey mate, the matte painting is looking great so far, really nice invisible work!
Where are you finding the photo refs for the aerial views of the buildings?

Nick

**meth** · December 20th, 2009, 01:13 PM

Thanks people.
Space-sprayer, thanks man, glad you like it. About photos it was pain in the ass to find this angle. Try flickr, but be ready to spend many hours to find good photos and matching ones.

Here is new update. Trying to work on a drawing/painting a bit

M

**Colt Seavers** · December 20th, 2009, 04:06 PM

Great new stuff, I like those loose strokes on the last ones!!!

I wished I could do such quickies with such a good result!!!

PS: Time to subscribe!!!

Greets, Colt!!!

**snootchy** · December 20th, 2009, 09:35 PM

been a fan for a long time still have this image saved in my favorites folder! the matte paintings are turning on wonderful, are you using tutorials or just eyeballing and blending/transforming till you get it right?

oh also your painting style reminds me a little of Jenny Seville, great work keep up the hard work mate!

**meth** · December 21st, 2009, 07:13 AM

Thanks Colt, glad to see you here.
snootchy, eyeballing and blending/transforming is what i do, there is no other way, maybe with 3d would be easier, but that is way i do. Btw thanks for " style reminds me of Jenny Saville" that is a something i was trying to achieve, technique wise!

M

**meth** · December 22nd, 2009, 07:12 AM

new study

M

**bharat** · December 22nd, 2009, 07:41 AM

great work.... !

**snootchy** · December 22nd, 2009, 12:00 PM

haha awesome mate thanks for the info! you got me so inspired to start thinking about matte painting =D great brushwork on the last post! Are you in art school or working in the industry?