The Valley by Rochr

Mixed Medium • Science Fiction • posted on Dec 02, 2007

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This past year iÂ´ve fealt like i have been going nowhere in progress and pretty much just repeated the same old stuff, so this time iÂ´ve decided to try something different for a change. Although iÂ´ve done scifi landscapes before, this one is my first serious attempt of matte painting. Probably not the last one either... :) A small breakdown of the scene here. Photoshop & a Wacom tablet.

Comments (201)

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rickymaveety

1:36PM | Sun, 16 December 2007

Thanks for posting the walkthough, Rudy. It helps to see how a master can merge images, that of themselves are less than spectacular, into something incredible.

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JackieD

1:25PM | Tue, 18 December 2007

Fantastic image!

LuLeLuna

1:39PM | Wed, 19 December 2007

That is just incredible.Fab Artwork =0)

karmadesigner

5:00PM | Wed, 19 December 2007

This is really inspiring!!!!!

NNW

3:29AM | Mon, 24 December 2007

Wooooow. What a beautiful place and view....

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fpicini

6:12PM | Fri, 28 December 2007

Nice work. simply fantastic in every way. Frank Picini

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barticus

12:59AM | Sat, 29 December 2007

Absolutely brilliant! Theres a book by Brian Lumley called Wamphyri where a group of vampires all live in their own castles on top of old columns of rock. This looks just like it....brilliant

lordjuan

3:59AM | Sat, 29 December 2007

I'd love to have that as a poster hanging in my wall O.o, it's absolutely amazing!

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aheim

9:42AM | Sat, 29 December 2007

Unbelieveable. This new creative direction drives you onto also great ways... Congratulation.

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uk601

8:10AM | Sun, 30 December 2007

excellence work! It really is beautifull!

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Tracesl

2:34PM | Mon, 31 December 2007

Stunning scene, amazing and beautiful

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cordisco

8:04PM | Mon, 31 December 2007

very nice work

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Mysticwolf2

12:45PM | Tue, 01 January 2008

That is amazing. Wish I had a little of your knowledge.

kwahu

1:41AM | Thu, 03 January 2008

Fantasy scene :D

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gendragon

7:03AM | Thu, 03 January 2008

Hello Rochr! Amazing work! Great talent here. :o) Every day that passes, I am being interested more and more with the technique Matte Painting, in spite of being a 3d Modeling. I would like to reconcile the two things. :o) For who doesn't know still, Matte paintings are used to create "virtual sets" and "digital backlots". They can be used to create entire new sets, or to extend portions of an existing set. Traditional matte painting is done optically, by painting on top of a piece of glass to be composited with the original footage. However this trick is as old as Film itself (circa 1911). Originally, matte paintings were painted on glass plates, earlier also named glasshot. Two plates of glass are set up parallel to each other at a certain distance. The camera is set up in front of them. On the rear plate, there is a background landscape which is relatively rough, for example a painted Jungle. On the foreground plate, detail-rich elements are painted such as small plants, stones etc. Between the glass plates, one could then encourage a puppet in stop-motion. Nowadays, matte painting is done in computers with the use of a tablet as a drawing device. In a digital environment, matte paintings can also be done in a 3-D environment, allowing for 3-D camera movements.[1] The first film to use a digital matte painting was Die Hard 2: Die Harder. It was used during the last scene, which took place on an airport runway. Regards!

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