Utopia by thomaskrahn

Mixed Medium • Landscape • posted on Feb 02, 2007

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Hi again everyone :) It's been a loooong time since I last posted anything here on Renderosity. It's good to be back home :) It's been a while since I worked on a mattepainting, so I wanted to create something to keep my skills up to date. This one took me a couple of weeks to make. I worked on it when I came home from school. I wanted to create something that looks like it could have been taken straight from a classic fairytale, yet still be somewhat realistic. The castle is of course inspired by the beautiful castle Neuschawnstein in Bavaria. It was a lot of fun lighting for this special sunrise lighting situation. The forest is made using 3D trees from Xfrog, so I could get as close to my initial sketch as possible. I hope you like it! Comments and critiscm is most welcome :) Best regards, Thomas

Comments (33)

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abuyhia

4:31PM | Fri, 02 February 2007

fantastic Thomas ... great work ... keep up

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louly

4:40PM | Fri, 02 February 2007

Looks amazing! Really beautiful landscape and scene!

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efron_241

4:46PM | Fri, 02 February 2007

great image. super light effects Hope you post more !

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Cybertenko

4:58PM | Fri, 02 February 2007

Great picture, but another castle than Neuschwanstein would be far better.

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kurtsart

4:59PM | Fri, 02 February 2007

A very magical work! I agree with all of the above :)

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Shardz

5:19PM | Fri, 02 February 2007

Wow! Deja Vu! I just saw this posted at MP.org and was looking at all the intricate details of this scene! I really admire your skills of realizing these wonderful worlds and I am very impressed with your gallery! I just recently started to dabble in matte painting and have much to learn, but this is very inspirational! Magnificent imagination and one gorgeous fantasy scene!

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Syrup

5:51PM | Fri, 02 February 2007

Beautiful job! :B eaver !

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attileus

6:39PM | Fri, 02 February 2007

It turned out perfectly!

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chippwalters

6:53PM | Fri, 02 February 2007

Great job Thomas. Very, very nice.

PabloS

7:06PM | Fri, 02 February 2007

It's always a joy to see your latest work. Stunning image!

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chrispoole

7:15PM | Fri, 02 February 2007

Excellent job Thomas, quite the romantic you are and wonderful POV.

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sacada

8:33PM | Fri, 02 February 2007

A wonderful imaginative composition. Excellent light and love the castle.

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foleypro

11:10PM | Fri, 02 February 2007

Very nice.

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FrenchKiss

12:06AM | Sat, 03 February 2007

This is beautiful, Thomas! Love the detail in your forest as well as the lighting. Well done!

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TheWingedOne

1:01AM | Sat, 03 February 2007

Welcome back, Thomas. :) Feels good to see something new from you - very magical piece. The light's beyond words! Bravo!!!

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kenwas

3:53AM | Sat, 03 February 2007

Good piece Thomas!

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cermit

4:16AM | Sat, 03 February 2007

Its great to see you posting again.. I love the painting..The soft, warm, yellow light add an amazing mood.. Love it

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Bernado

4:30AM | Sat, 03 February 2007

Excellent lighting. Great sun rays effect. The castle looks very good. Amazing landscape.

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BGHart

4:55AM | Sat, 03 February 2007

Serene image. :) *****

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bogwoppet

5:23AM | Sat, 03 February 2007

Superb work, I love this piece - Bravo!

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Flint_Hawk

10:17AM | Sat, 03 February 2007

You have succeeded in creating a fairytale picture!!! This is magical! Impressive work!!!

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Sabra

10:57AM | Sat, 03 February 2007

Good to see you back! This is (as always) a really wonderful piece of work. I personally find the light beams to be a little dominant, they also take away some of the contrast and detail from the forest and mountains. I love the highlights on the castle, they really make it pop out and give a very fairytale-like atmosphere. My compliments!

ParallaxWave

1:56PM | Sat, 03 February 2007

This is sellable. Absolutly sellable. Great job!

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zaberc

11:13AM | Sun, 04 February 2007

Excellent ! J'aime beaucoup !

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miwi

9:12AM | Mon, 05 February 2007

Excellent done,klasse work!!!!!!!

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ArtJosephNito

11:22AM | Wed, 07 February 2007

where have you been? at last some piece of work with no boobies. As always some awesome work here but I agree with Sabra - it's dominant because of the dark patch foreground on the left. i'd rather have you continue the water there so the eyes will flow right up the bridge and into the castle ~ my less than 2 cents worth of critique.

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