The Haunted Mansion, Daniele Montella (2D)

[mmesania]

It is an amazing piece. COuld you show the work in stages??

Awsome.
M. Mesania

[MarieMJS]

Excellent work!
The atmosphere is perfectly rendered, and the lighting on the trees and the house seem very real!! Concerning the "purpose" of the picture, you've done everything right ;) Mystery and solitude, great description, and I wish I could see whats inside (eheheh!) :)
It may be stupid to say that, but it looks like a Tim Burton's movie set!

MarieMJS.

[Luke Mrozek]

If I understand well, You painted it on top of picture, right?

Still, its a very nice work, has cool mood.

[Philipstraub]

very well done!

[byanfu]

Very nice work. Perfect for Halloween!:thumbsup:

[Keroberus]

Very, very cool! A piece of oldschool spooks. Reminds me of Scoobi-doo XD Excelent!

[Pinday]

really really nice pic... one thin I miss though is some kind'a fog... you know, the kind that just lies above the ground.... but otherwise a really great picture

[danielkenobi]

Great image, Show the proces of making it! It would be great
:eek:

[HOON]

so beautiful in a haunting/ eery way!

[Sinnestanten]

What a great matte painting!

[caro]

just avesome! can not find anything wrong. perfect perspective of house details. i wish you show steps :)

[oxyg3n]

NIce painting, it is very scary looking.

[Dutchman]

WOW! This work indeed deserves that place on the frontpage! :) Awesome work! Looks scary...:twisted: I'd réally like to see that 'some picture' you started with... ;) And maybe the URL of that Mattepainting site...:rolleyes: :)

Stunning work!!!

Greetz, Gijs

[balistic]

Nice to see someone else using Photo-Paint. Nice piece . . . normally I'm not too fond of photo-sourced mattes, but you manage to avoid the "collage" look that many such images suffer from.

[Kalakal_]

great mood in this one, maby a siluttett in the window and more fog would strenthen that feeling.

keep it up

[TheRealFlyBoy]

WOW!!!

That is amazing! I really like the trees. Very eerie looking.

Nicely done! Wish I could paint like that. Unbelievable!

[SilentRage]

That looks sweet.

A break down would be nice, as I'm sure that people would want to see the mystery behind the masterpiece. :)

[EVIL]

You should have added some mist to give the image a more cold and dead look, you know, around the grave stones and such.

[Tilstrom]

BRILLIANT work. The design, the composition, everything is top class. well done. :beer:

[moviejunkie101]

wow! great stuff:bounce:

[createi]

i thought you used Maya or Max and i was about to tell you " not bad" ... but then when i saw "Photo-Paint" i went :bounce:


excellent work !

[Haman]

I agree, very nice work! The website this is for is www.mattepainting.org. Click on Forums, then Challenges to see the beginning picture, and the work of other members.

[SuperMax]

great work great site too.

[Ollarin]

Holy muffins! ...I'm speechless! :eek:
Impeccable work man! :thumbsup:

[senthil_velan]

Hi man....


Very nice work....the mood is really superb...the shades of the tree and the light brings the life..great work.http://www.cgtalk.com/images/icons/icon13.gif

[lapinstudios]

just in time =P
nice job

[Taharez]

Very, very nice piece. I do have some comments though :)

- Fog: like others have said, could really enhance the image, nothing major, maybe just subtle wisps around the headstones and along the ground

- Lighting: IMHO the lighting looks strange, mostly I think it's too bright, and the major lightsource seems to be at the horizon behind the house, but at the same time it's fully-lit on the front. I assume this is a bright full moon? I think it looks like the light source is at ground level, for example the tree on the left is not lit at all from above, but the outwards-hanging branches are lit on the underside.

- Window: Just the creepy-factor here, I think you should experiment with a slightly different colour on the light from the window to make the house more malevolent, like faintly cold blue or greenish. Using the same tint on the fog would probably look nice too ;)

Amazing work though, I'd love to see more of this quality, keep it up :thumbsup:

[texxx]

Very good job !

[gpepper]

really nice !

[mister_r]

oh my god. i have seen alot. but this once more pushes the standards.
damn fine art, i bow before your talent!
:applause:

[Reinier]

:thumbsup:

Lovely colors... and great mood.

- Reinier

[skillet]

lighting balance, and composition,
are great.

Love the skewed camera angle as well

neat stuff

[onnevan]

Hehe, it is the Carson Mansion, in San Francisco. You can read about it here http://www.eurekaheritage.org/the_carson_mansion.htm
By the way, I think the picture on this page is the one you used for the paintinghttp://www.cgtalk.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Very well done, although the lighting makes it look too crisp for my taste.

[Spozzfreund]

Wow, great work! Some kind of "Alone in the Dark..." or "Maniac Mansion 3" :thumbsup: :bowdown:

[strangelife]

That's really a great piece of work. You've captured the atmosphere most excellently. Cheers.

[deathblood]

wow...........2D work....great~
I want to rotate it ...haha

[lv-88]

it looks great! nice matte painting!

[SeanE]

da da da dum! click click... da da da dum click click....da da dum, da da dum, da da dum click click....

sorry, that's just the theme to the Adams Family TV show getting stuck in my head thanks to this picture - now it's stuck yours! bwhahahaha!

terrific picture btw...

cheers
Sean

[Atwooki]

Brilliantly executed and stylised, DANKA :)
Particularly appreciate the sombre palette you've used; great ambience and mood.

Atwooki

[blotov]

pffff; what have you done from scratch there? geek

[Trog]

Nice Photo/Paint! You have created a spooky environment that pulls you in. Like your car is broke down and this is the only house for miles.

I think people get too caught up on weather people use photographic sources. I say who cares as long as it looks cool and you quote your sources, or give credit to the photographers.

Here are my constructive 2 cents. Mostly lighting issues.

The house and foreground tree have too much contrast for such an over cast day. I would either bump up the brightness of the background plate or darken the other elements
The house and foreground tree also need a minor color correction to work together.

[igorsandman]

Great!

I would have added a slight fog. A very subtile mist would make that picture even better IMO.
Keep it up.
-IS-

[gryclls]

wowww.... its awesome...specially the lights and colors and overall ambience...
keep on goinnnnnnnnn....

[abadone]

exelant!! AMAZING MATTE PAINTING!!!

[DANKA]

Ehi guy! Very thanx for all yours replies!
Sorry for my delay, I was out of my city, I've just read your replyes now.
I will post some detail and pictures start for trees...I hope you understand that it's not totally invented ;)... and I'm now working on a test of camera mapping...

thanx again!!!





Sorry for my pure english :(

[gjpetch]

Hee hee, coincidentally I was just recently using that same house photo as refrence here at work. Nice work changing the atmosphere, I like the style.

[blotov]

Sorry for my pure english :(far from that

[jasonkey]

very nice work. on the lighting i agree with Taharez (http://www.cgtalk.com/member.php?u=41588) comments.

it would be really cool to see a split image, half-reference photo and half-finished painting.

[kirpre]

Really excellent! I have been amazed since I've joined here what people are capable in 2D computer art. Captures the mood (and the season) so well. :applause:

[I-NetGraFX]

Congrats to your choice award!
Nice mattepainting, nice photomanipulation.

Cheers, Daniel :arteest:

[DANKA]

far from that


ehm... "poor" not "pure" :blush: sorry blotov!!!

I will post my wip today...as soon as possible!

[DANKA]

Ok,
This is a "scheme" of my work...
http://www.dan-ka.com/image/makingmansion.jpg



other details are 2D painted: sky,some branches,staircase...

details:
http://www.dan-ka.com/image/Detail01.jpg
http://www.dan-ka.com/image/Detail02.jpg
http://www.dan-ka.com/image/Detail03.jpg

[Derrie]

Oooo, that's cool. :)

[J-CoM]

Kid#1: "Look, there's a light on...let's take a closer look!"

Kid#2: *runs*



heheh, very very nice. I especially like the way you rendered the trees. I don't think i've ever seen a tree painted with such detail. I'm sure we'll see more of you in the 'Best of CGTalk' category!

[ShadowElf]

Great atmosphere ! ! a witch may like living in that. :twisted: But may be the depth of the field is too small? where is the focus.

[311]

Whoa!
Awsome lights!
Love the "photography" of this concept.

[Kenter]

Nice atmosphere and mood,creepy and cool.Really nice and done in top fashion.:applause:

[snix]

woow!these pictures look so great that make me want very much to try photo-paint.I had once thought that the original painting by hand to be the best.I think I've began to change my mind.
great job!

[Nickii]

This is done so well I thought I was in the 3d forum,I had to look twice to make sure where I was,The lighting really pops out at you and the color gives a really great feel

[Sardinha]

very cool indeed and thanks so much for the brief glimpse of process.


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[ThommyBoy]

Photo taken last week on my honeymoon in Eureka CA. The detail is all moulded and not merely jig-saw cutout detailing found in most Victorians. As a 3D artist I was mezmerized.


Cheers, THOM

[carbonmatter]

Really like what you've brought to the image - great palette and lighting, a real atmosphere.

Well Done!

[DANKA]

Hi all, and thanx for all replies! :)

I want to show you my "film" test of this scene.
I used 3D studio max camera mapping on a really light 3D model.
Please tell me what you think about it! :rolleyes:

Hunted Mansion Avi 2.480Kb (http://www.dan-ka.com/film/Huntfilm.avi)


http://www.dan-ka.com/images/frame.jpg

Thanx Sergio for your help with Premiere!!! :thumbsup:

;)

[jamesgc]

thats pretty amazing Danka. has a really nice feel to it.

i dont suppose you know of any good tutorials that show how to do this sort of effect in max?

what parts did you model?

were the trees just planes mapped with alpha channels? or were they modelled?

excellent work!

james

www.jamesgc.com (http://www.jamesgc.com)

[sam4grafix]

YO man.. its Scary but GREAT WORK..:thumbsup:

[jkoster]

That building is the Carson Mansion. I live about 5 minutes on foot from it. It is one of the most photographed structures in North America, despite being pretty much in the middle of nowhere.

[j]

[redneckstudio]

Very nice and even creepier. Looks like someone's home. And I certainly know where not to sleep tonight.

[DANKA]

Thanx again!
I do a article/tutorial for it!

http://www.cgnetworks.com/story_custom.php?story_id=2634&page=


:thumbsup:

[Logan769]

great job! i almost expect and eerie wind to blow by while you are looking at it.:thumbsup:

[Nekura]

Wow.. very haunting, spooky, and totally sweet! The detail work is superb! Great job!! :thumbsup:

PS: The movie clip you made feels like the perfect intro for some really creepy movie.. nice!! :cool:

[coolgauss]

really beatiful tone and detail.

[Folashade]

Great work the lighting is superb and the atmosphere simply rocks. Can you bless us with a bigger version??:thumbsup:

[llama]

wow~~~
it seems like 3D works!~~~
so exquisite!
en~~~~~

[Paperboy]

Wow :eek:

Great work, the atmosphere is awesome! :buttrock:

[mastara]

errr....where's the owl:) ?

[chagall]

It's masterpiece, i like this colorful of it. keep up!

[hayalperest]

wonderful place...

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