Mattepainting: Civilisation

[Franz Steiner]

Here is a mattepainting which contains some sort of civilisation
which Im not quite sure who they are and whtat the hell they are doing on this planet.

feel free to comment.

http://www.franzsteiner.de/pix/cgtalk/civilisation.jpg

[dyoung]

Nice work man... just a quick question.
I've always wondered about these types of work, wa this all painted on an origional photograph, or is this all digital?
Looks great reminds me of the tower of Babal.
dyoung
www.dmfy.com

[Franz Steiner]

This one is painted onto a photograph. The original picture has a great atmosphere thats why I chose it. So alot of work was done by the photographer.

[DragonGX]

could you post the original picture?

[MessFX]

Did the photographer give you permission to use his/her work?

just curious

-Steve

[Franz Steiner]

The original is a lowres stockfotage. free for layouts.

[Cellbound]

fantanstic looking structures. perspective and distance on them looks very in keeping with the photo.

[Franz Steiner]

The original.

http://www.franzsteiner.de/pix/cgtalk/civilorg.jpg

[Famboozled]

That looks so sweet!

Beautiful interpretation man.

[BluePencilArtist]

Really nice landscape artwork!!
:chug:

[Franz Steiner]

thanx the low resolution makes it possible to create a believable picture.

[mos667]

Wow! Another amazing contribution to this board, very nice. It has a very ominous feel to it, very dark. I love it!

Are you a new member here? I've been seeing a few things by you (like the xena post) and I don't recognize your name. Do you have a sketchbook? I would love to see some of your sketches etc.

Very nice job

mos.

[softdrawer]

looks very nice

[Franz Steiner]

Originally posted by mos667
Wow! Another amazing contribution to this board, very nice. It has a very ominous feel to it, very dark. I love it!

Are you a new member here? I've been seeing a few things by you (like the xena post) and I don't recognize your name. Do you have a sketchbook? I would love to see some of your sketches etc.

Very nice job

mos.

Yes I registered a couple days ago. Great feeling to have people all over the world taking a look at your creations.
Here is some inbetweens of Xena, hope you like them.
http://www.franzsteiner.de/pix/cgtalk/making_of_xena.jpg

[MessFX]

It is disingenuous to label this a matte painting when over 90 percent of the image is a photograph. I do matte art for a living and I find this insulting.

You should clarify on your website that this is a derivative work from a photograph -not a painting.

-Steve

[Franz Steiner]

If you do matte art for living than you probably know that its also about interpreting the original footage and adding something that fits the image. By the way I would love to see some of your work.

[poisonspider]

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[Franz Steiner]

...???...

[jrr]

ignore them franz, this is lovely.
one slight crit, i think there's alittle too much fuzz around the center structure, especially since the light is behind it. in the original image, it's shorter so the light wont' be as sharp, but since in your matte it's higher up, wouldn't the light hit it alittle differently?

[Franz Steiner]

maybe you are right jrr, I will try to reduce the fuzzyness a litte and see if it works out better.

[jrr]

hey franz, i read your email, i didn't like my college too much. i liked the students there, but i didn't like the education too much. most of the stuff i do now is self taught.

edit- ahh, my grammer is so bad.

[Franz Steiner]

congratulation! you taught yourself pretty good! thanx
for the information.

[WildSpruceMoose]

That's damn cool. The way it was handled was fine for the definition of matte painting. I really don't see anything wrong with it except for a touch more sharpness maybe?

[Franz Steiner]

thanx wildspruce, it is interesting how many different definitions of the word " mattepainting" are out there.
I heard the critic about the sharpness before so there
is obviously truth in it.