Destroyed Cathedral

[I-NetGraFX]

Some concept paintings for my personal project.
It's about a abandoned destroyed cathedral with some strange stuff happening in there.

All sketches were entirely done in Photoshop CS2 between 3-4 hours per piece.
I kept on varying designs, architecture, elements, etc. since it's a work in progress ...

Thanks for viewing!

Dan

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Update:

The last entry shows a speed paint that I started from a line drawing from a storyboard done by D. Jeevan (www.djeevan.com (http://www.djeevan.com)).

I also decided to do a screen capturing of the painting process.
I've uploaded a video tutorial on my website: www.inetgrafx.com (http://www.inetgrafx.com) in the tutorial section. Let me know what you think. Critiques and comments are very welcome!

[Shoe]

Simply beautiful. I wish I had some better criticism to give you, but keep up the good work.

[Secret Sun]

Wow. It's breathtaking.

[ArtZealot]

i've seen several paintings similar to this style and i really like it, but im dying to know how u get such a textural look to your painting. If you wouldn't mind, it would be sweet to see the PSD or just an explaination of the process of how you go from straight painting to getting the finished, textural look.

[Thalion]

Awesome! beautiful gothic cathedral... that's breathtaking!

[matko]

like this your work. its all well painted, i can feel the atmosphere from your pirctures. perfect job, dan.

[Thujon]

---wow---

[Kian]

very good :yayca:

[Chevalier Bayard]

"breathtaking" is the word. Great great job!

[I-NetGraFX]

Shoe, Secret Sun: Thanks a lot for your kind comments!

ArtZealot: I'm planning of doing a making-of from this project as soon as I have more time! Thx for your reply!

Thalion, matko, Thujon, Kian and Chevalier Bayard: I'm glad you like it! Thanks for the kind c&c!

[mGn+]

Wow,

simply amazing, 3-4 hours each one ! impressive!
great work!

[mehran]

that shot from the inside is very well done...

[Majora]

Great work bud I saw your second and third works on deviantart :D

[Chris van der Linden]

amazing stuff! wow!

[Nokill]

wonderfull works and holy poo in around 3-4 hours o.O'

That glass *drool*

[realitychek]

Absolutely stunning!

[Twiggy]

Lush, this is just beautiful. I love the mood, the lighting and this is all %100 painted? My eyes seem to love it :)

[z!Nk]

I like it! the broken window specialy oO

[FIG]

These background paintings are simply stunning. Words fail me.

[fahiemoto]

Wow I love the one inside the Cathedrall withe the light comming from above. It realy looks amazing and it has a real great feeling to it.

[nickmarshallvfx]

This is utterly beautiful Dan
I was a big fan of your Industrial Gothic painting but for me these are even better. I love the textures and the gritty realism. I think the thing that makes these of real beauty is your handling of light. Stunning work my friend, and an easy 5* from me.
I love this style so much. Please do a tutorial or make the PSD available to your fans! :)

Nick

[ShadowOfTheSun]

i really love the last one. you really captured the way stained glass looks. i also like the mood and lighting of it.

[vishaltvm]

great work..absoultley dramatic mood...keep it up.....u are a great inspiration

[Rascar Capac]

the 2nd piece is stunning!
Just quick minor crits...
Even though the birds on the left are a good way to draw the viewer in, I think the way they're lit is not consistant with the rest of the piece and they become too spotty and distracting...it be better- IMHO- if you just hinted at them with the light barely hitting them...would be creepier too.
The 2nd thing is the perspective of the chandelier- not sure if you are trying to show that its delapitated and falling apart(?) - but it doesnt help push the extreme perspective of the rest of the piece that makes things so grand. It just feels like we need to see more of the bottom.

my .02

[GoMegaX]

I am now around 6 hours into my photoshop forray, you have become my first goal to meet. Crongrats on an amazing job. Any pointers??? lol

[Validinfection]

Beautiful! It reminds me of the cathedral from Cowboy bebop :xpld:. Which is the only anime I like, so <33.

[Halfmonk]

The atmosphere in the second one is great, the lighting is really effective. Good use of texture in all of them.

[taeyoungchoi]

Just beautiful!

[I-NetGraFX]

mGn+, mehran, Majora, Chris van der Linden, Nokill, realitychek, z!Nk, FIG, fahiemoto, ShadowOfTheSun, vishaltvm, Validinfection, Halfmonk, taeyoungchoi: Thanks a lot for your kind comments!

Cydonix: thx! I've overlayed a couple of textures to break-up paint strokes and flat painted areas.

space-sprayer, GoMegaX: I've added a video tutorial on my website in the tutorial section: www.inetgrafx.com (http://www.inetgrafx.com)
It shows a bit my painting process. Unfortunately it's more like a speed paint, since I spent just an 1h 20mins on it.

Rascar Capac: Thanks a lot for your constructive comment!
About the birds, ... they have been replaced by ravens in our concept.
Fits indeed better to the mood. Probably you are right about the chandelier, since I painted it in very quick, I didn't payed enough attention to the perspective of it ...