SB by M

[meth]

update
Because i did all parts separatly it needs aome tweeking,
llex paul, you are righ, i will do that later when i find some extra time





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[Kan Muftić]

cool stuff, buddy!
jesil dobar?

[meth]

cool stuff, buddy!
jesil dobar?

Hey man glad to see you.
Hvala jesam, radim kao lud. Btw chestitam na nagradi Bafta za najbolju igru, uradili ste odlichnu stvar

M

[Hive_minD]

Dude.... please tell me you used some refs for those... ah... hope I get as good as you some day.

[Verehin]

Man!!! Its sooooo awesome! Mindblowing landscapes

[meth]

Hive mind thanks, and yes i have used some refs
Verehin thanks man, appreciate man

M

[meth]

update


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[AlexTooth]

Totally sweet awesome landscapes man, love it love it!! Yesssss.

CA's weird you make such an insane post like that and you get 2 replies?? Do people even look in these sketchbooks. :s I'm watching intently though^^

[TheGnoll]

whoa- thats one hell of an update sir!
always a pleasure to pop by and see what you've been up to,
and your skills never fail to impress!

[meth]

AlexTooth It doesn't matter how many people will comment it, i am glad you always stop by and appreciate my work, thanks
TheGnoll Thanks man, glad you stop by, soon will be more

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[Emil_]

Awesome sketchbook man, really love how much texture your paintings have and that suit is looking good too.

[meth]

Here is one matte painting i did long time ago. I thought some people want to see how you can create matte painting and maybe to clear some tings about it.

Let's start with "original plate"(term that most people use in movie/tv commercial industry for image that needs some correctures or complete redesign)



Next one is additional image i have used to extend scene



From now i have started "patching" and cleaning this images to fit, some color correction, sort out lens curvature, etc. Here is result



Now i added some buildings in back and repaint some missing building parts



In this step i added building in foreground, sky to get better atmosphere , sorted all electrical cables(witch was difficult part because i first needed to erase original ones that was covering buildings) and added rain just for fun



And now fun part begins. Because i was chasing "28 days later"(movie) feel i wanted to see some demolished/abandoned buildings. First were streets



Next i have "demolished" foreground buildings(take a look at left, right and middle buildings) and also added a bit of haze to background buildings for areal perspective



Next was some elements like cars, lamp posts, small details that make this scene even more deserted.



More details. I have sorted out some car scales, added more of them. Also some mist. But i thought something was missing that can be striking point of this image, something cool i wanted to see in it. So i added this huge building fall on another.



final image



Then some people gave me cool critics that maybe it was to dark and that maybe light can be off to get better feeling of abandonment, so i made some changes and this was final image. Also i have changed sky to get more light and to get some "better tomorrow" feel



This image is done in 4k resolution that is most common size for matte paintings. Here are some details from first final version.













If you have any question i will be glad to answer you

Here is also my demo reel. My friends helped me to create camera projection with this matte( take a look at 43sec)
http://www.vimeo.com/7923103

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[TheGnoll]

awesome!
...matte paintings are one of those things that to me looks so complicate and full of details and things to keep in mind it feel like i'm never, ever be able to do them and than even stops me from trying-(got any advice for this problem?)

I'll start with some question that have frequently kept me wondering-

-Where do you usually get such high res/crisp photos? from some particular website/you take them yourself?
-Do you usually start with a preparatry sketch of some kind (on paper, or digital) to define what is going on or do you work it as you go?
-How do you get such crisp selections? using mask, or magic wand or some handy plug in?
-How do you modify the hue of the photos to give them a cohesive look? and do you use any kind of grid/ruler/tool to makes sure all things are in correct perspective, or do you just eyeball it?

that's it for now.Thanks for sharing this tutorial Sir, its always cool to see someone take time to actually put something like this together.

[meth]

TheGnoll thanks my friend, let me answer your question(btw i will see to post more of this tutorials),
First, matte paintings aren't so complicated(maybe this one is, but i had one month to finish it, so....). Maybe you can try with some basic, f.e. take simple landscape(landscape is much easier then architecture because of perspective and because landscape is more organic so mistakes are reduced to minimum) and try to add some trees, or river, or just change sky, or something else but to match.

1. You can find high res photo on flickr.com(as i do) or similar websites but you should be aware that they are free. Maybe best way is to take them by your self, that way you are sure that you won't violate any copyright.
2.It depends, i sometimes start with sketch, but sometimes i am just looking for photo that inspire me on certain subject. It is personal from artist to artist.
3.Yes i use mask, allot(even in my concept art works, illustration....) because it is indestructible way to select something, and to still have rest of photo if you need it. You just need to be careful, and to zoom in on some important details(especially if we talk about architecture)
4.Well about color, hue etc., that is all about eye, in my case. I am a bit lazy bastard, but i can't find another way. About perspective also eye, but sometimes use line tool to create perspective.
With some 3d app this image will probably be allot easier to made, but i am sucker for ps and i love to do it that way.

Feel free to ask additional questions, and if you wanna try for your self don't hasitate to ask for help. I am here

M

[Magic Man]

Ah, very cool stuff man, I love the matte painting process! Very skilled man.

Thanks for popping around to my sb too =)

[meth]

Here is another tutorial. This one was tricky because of heavy perspective distortion, but again i had one month to do it.

I am going to start again with original plate, photo that my friend took.



Some color correction, added wave and building in background needed to be replaced.



In this one i have started to block in some buildings. This was hard because i needed to find buildings that match this camera angle as well as architecture style



Next



This step i have done some building and added some details



After many hours i finally finished buildings



I brig back wave and did entire street, and added some details like trees, traffic lights, etc.



More details added. I wanted to add more "action" so you can see some flying cars and stuff like that(this can't be used in matte painting, because these are moving objects, but since this was challenge i did it like this)



final image, also some color correction, contrast, sorted all details.....



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[meth]

Update



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[Texahol]

those matte paintings are awesome!!!

[PieMonster]

Gotta second Texahol and TheGnoll, those mattepaintings are awesome! Thanks a lot for sharing the process!

[meth]

Thanks Texahol and PieMonster, glad to see you here guys, and stay tuned because it will be more of matte painting, next medieval landscape with sci-fi twist

M

[eparts]

nice updates! I really like how you painted that sitting nude

[Yelllowcardas]

Crazy man! just crazy,really good art .

[meth]

Thanks MagicMan, glad you stop by
Thanks eparts, haven't see you in a long time. You are right about that sitting nude, i think i will get back to those kind of painting soon
Thanks Yelllowcardas, glad you stop by

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[AlexTooth]

Sweet matte, it turned out really well, there's a great sense of disaster

[Nibras]

Sweet concepts, gotta admit I didn't read what you said about them but they look so solid.
The matte paintings are just crazy, agree with everybody else on that.
Can't say anything constructive :/ But man you are so awesome, really really lovely sketchbook, I love going through it.

Take care and keep strong
Nebo

[Hideyoshi]

nice job on the matte paintings and making a tutorial, very cool stuff!

[ManiakS]

wow strong stuff!

[meth]

Thanks Alex
Thanks lilnebo, you don't have to read, i have just explained what i did on those steps, glad you like them, check update
Thanks Hideyoshi, glad to see you here, will post more just need to track down those files
Thanks ManiakS, glad you like them

Ok here is small update, these are to matte paintings(maybe they are closer to concept art since i did more painting on them then usual, or they have that feel i don't know)
first one isn't finished but wanted to share with you anyway






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[RaphaelLuebke]

phew! so damn great updates fantastic mattepaintings and enviroments!!!

[ThomasM]

Wow! I'm now a huge fan after looking through almost this whole sketchbook with my mouth wide open -

Keep up the good work!

Tom