Megalopolis, Daniel Rutter (2D)

[blz]

very nice, looks very good, quite realistic.
congratulations

[shizma]

I like it a lot. Nice atmosphere and details. Must say that i find background buildings even better than the central one! Keep up the good work:)

[Thr35h0ld]

matte painting my eye! Fess up, it's a render! cmon.... nobody's that good.
;) j/k

[drutter]

Hey All,

Below is a link to a breakdown of the elements, the geometry, the preliminary render with rough color, the bg with overpainting, the bg with photographic city elements, the fg with overpainting and color correction overall.

Dan

Link to image breakdown (http://www.rutterdesign.com/Megalopolis_breakdown.jpg)

[jugeras]

:thumbsup:

[meykurt]

woow, nothing to say..

[Nomad]

Verry nice :thumbsup: can you show some wip steps? I would like to see the base rough geometry on which you started. Thank you.

[ivoryK]

really well done

[Elsie]

Yes, very nicely done. I like the dirty, dingy feel to it. :)

[Noredin]

So much details! and they dont seem to be randomly added. They are just ment to be there!
Great work!!
5 stars coming your way!

[ElectroNico]

Great work !! 4 stars :)

[ralphmanning]

Looks great, I really like it.

Very believable and realistic, but not just in the photorealistic painting, but by it being dirty and not beautiful and idealistic.

Seeing the 'breakdown' made me appreciate this even more.

Great work - five stars.

[Ishtar]

BEAUTIFUL ! :bowdown:

[MoonVisionStudio]

Reminds me of Bladerunner! :thumbsup:

[elnady]

Great work i love it:)

[Imo]

Very clean and realistic work you did there.
The environment's color fits perfectly into a smoggy, dirty city.

[iChiaz]

Amazing work!

[rawwad]

Excellent work! I like it very much,It look so fantastic. Love your style, keep it up!
Of course 5stars :D

[DarkSkills]

Excellent work!

[degerardo]

Only... 5*:applause: no more..., nothing... :shrug:

[gaianix]

tHats greaT work , oo BladerunnER:twisted:

[GonzaloGolpe]

Cool!!:thumbsup: Perhaps I´d add more touches to the smoke on the left of the building but good job!

[ashakarc]

Oh, superb job. Love the look of hyperindustrial cities, corroded, multilayered, and aged.


5 stars

[Bladestorm]

Nice work there. Looks nearly photorealisitic.

[Primo_itch]

Wow, really nice, esplendid (or whatever its spelled :p)! :)


A little question : How much time you've needed to do this ?

[Cyborgguineapig]

Rad, this looks like it could actually be feasable

[visualboo]

Some of this image looks like downtown Chicago. The building on the right hand side with the spike (spire) looks like the Prudential.

[HellBoy]

wow :eek: 2d?????? that looks 3d, wow congr. m8 :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[loocas]

What an entry! NICE! :thumbsup:

I love the look of it, almost photoreal! Really good job man,

http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/rating/rating_5.gif from me! :applause:

[visualboo]

Sorry I just checked out your breakdown. It's almost crossing a line by calling this 2d. Even so, good job. And that IS a photo of Chicago in the background thank you very much hehe. I know my homeboys.

[sandrum]

Insane that this is 2d! It looks quite realistic indeed!

[drutter]

Some of this image looks like downtown Chicago. The building on the right hand side with the spike (spire) looks like the Prudential.

You are correct my friend. Check out the breakdown on page one to see the photographic elements.

EDIT: Sorry everyone, if this crosses some 2D/3D boundary. It seems that matte shots are kinda blurring the line between the two.

Dan

[webhead]

Very professional looking work! Do you do matte paintings for feature films?

[revoltkid]

love the mood :D GJ!

[pence_all]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :bounce: :bounce: GOOD JOB, love the design!love the style!

[porkchopexpress]

Very cool. Nice integration of all elements.:thumbsup:

[ha-dou-ken]

Quick, someone give me a simile for spectacluar...oh nevermind. Spectacular!

[Josemaya]

Very good job. It´s very realistic and the ilumination is fantastic

[turx]

wow amazing piece! i love it! i love all details!

[bin]

5:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[tlggungor]

Owww really love this piece you should do more big city :)

[Tut Ankh Amon]

holy
crap

BEST 2d scenario i've seen here ever.

[michael-olszak]

thats a huge building man!!

looking good. nicely done. any chance to se how???

[cLos71]

Man that's good! :thumbsup:

[sumpm1]

I love the breakdown. It gives people a good idea of the many tools you can use for this type of image. Excellent work!

[huskyboss]

5* really good please show your other matte painting

[pablov]

awesome!! 5*
how long did u spend on that?
looks realy cool!!!

[Kerem]

Man thats mesmerizing ! Amazing ! I thought it was a 3D render !

Top notch work ! :thumbsup:

[visualboo]

You are correct my friend. Check out the breakdown on page one to see the photographic elements.

EDIT: Sorry everyone, if this crosses some 2D/3D boundary. It seems that matte shots are kinda blurring the line between the two.

Dan
Sorry, I wasn't trying to put you down. This is pretty impressive stuff, and besides... pro's know that it doesn't matter how you get it done. What matters is that you get it done. And your technique is a common one.

I was just confused because you said that it was based on a city in hong kong.

Take care

[Sneaker]

Awesome work, Dan

I'd love to see a tutorial within pxc how you paint the textures.

-Michael

[zzagno]

Amazing! 5 *****

[cermit]

very well done... 5stars post

[willbrown]

Great image! It's no secret that Electric Image is used a lot by digital Matte artists like Eric Chauvin. You guys using Maya, Max and Lightwave ought to check it out. Every digital artist should have it in their tool kit.

[DAREONER]

excellent works, good combination with 3d and 2d, very realistic

[mynewcat]

Nice - really exciting image! - well done... brings out your imagination when you look at it.

The fact you did it in Photoshop is hardcore!

[BJMonkey]

Daymn... Try doing that in a day...

[Djampa]

WOW! :bounce:

Welcome to your first posting here... a 'frontpage' well done!!!
I can´t judge your level really, I am too far away, but Ryan Church will see it and I wish he could post here for you, it is impressive to me.
Very good quality work for a Mate Painting.

Congratulations, keep going and thanks for sharing with us here. :thumbsup:

[Dutchman]

Wow Daniel! What an amazing image! :eek: :scream: I lóve the details and the look of it! :) That 'Howl's Moving Castle'-of-today-look of the image really makes it veery amazing! I just dream away when looking to your image! :) There will be so many cool places on that building! :scream:

Thanks for sharing your art with us! ;)
-Gijs

[richardjoly]

Excellent work! 4 stars for the image plus 1 star for using Electricimage...
Kidding, this is really worth 5 stars! Congrats.

[mmoses00]

Good stuff Dan..

I'd like to see this one in motion.. :)

Matt

[gdurrett]

I agree with Matt, even a short camera move would be cool...

Greg

[Sikes]

It's Perfect... 5*

[ThePriest]

Why kind of hours did you put in to achieve such amazing realism.

Beautiful work btw.

[Grab]

"zudyorddddd" This word is Thai language. I mean Greatest work:thumbsup:

[thephalinx]

Very well done, love the form and the concept. I must say though, it is very disturbing. It reminds me of a project I was working on a year ago. The idea of a harsh and futuristic city that had become very industrial and work oriented in nature, turning all of life to work, and exploring how even "sustainabilty" could go wrong. Mine was much more harsh than this, but unfortunatly I don't have any images because a professor screwed up the project before it was barely off the ground by trying to overthink and work it rathen than just letting it be!!! But that is an off subject rant.

Again, great form, and very provocative (in a distrubing way)

[anilduran]

That's really so reailstic and impressive enviroment design.
So different building and city idea, that seems huge.
congrutulations.

[GRAIL]

Great job man, it's a nice piece of work. Constructively I'd say the only thing I noticed was the 3d element painted over. It looks great , it just seems like it's a little flat on the backside. If there was a little more rim or lighting adjustment or somthing on the centerpiece, I think it would really sell the shot. Totally on the production side though. As a personal piece, or otherwise, it's easily bitchin' .

[viv3d]

!!!CRAZY WORK!!!:applause:
Thanks for the " Link to image breakdown (http://www.rutterdesign.com/Megalopolis_breakdown.jpg) " on the first page, interesting :love:

[IllustriousWarriors]

Awesome, very inspirational work done in photoshop...wow.

[Lovas]

I usually don't like such mixing of techniques (2D, 3D and photo), but I must admit that this one is very good after all. Congratulations!Perhaps you should insert the background photograph slightly higher as it seems that the horizon of the 3D scene does not exactly match the horizon of the photograph. I might be wrong, though...

[SteveW928]

Excellent work Dan! The level of detail makes my head spin. That must have been a LOT of work.

Also, great to see images from other Electric Image users here as well. I'll have to get the nerve to post one some day. :hmm:

:applause:

-Steve

[rrobert]

Some comment on the horizon and perspective mentioned earlier:

The horizon is to low and there is something funny about the perspective when you look at the buildings... Not quite sure what causes this problem.

Take a look: a lot of lines, but a lot of them never cross on the same spot.
http://stud.cmd.hro.nl/0766406/Prive/wallpaper_copy.jpg

...But on thing: The designs are very nice! :thumbsup:

[meshula]

Beautiful work. I aspire to being able to create images like that.

I posted those photographs of Kowloon years ago precisely so that folks could use them as reference, and I'm thrilled that someone has discovered them.

Taking those pictures was incredibly difficult and not entirely safe, so I'm kind of attached to getting credit for them.

Dude, I retroactively give you permission to repost my images of Kowloon in this article, and also to use the images in any reprints of this article in any media. But please give me a credit in references at the end of your article.

http://www.meshula.net/photos/kowloon/index.html

Thanks for your consideration,

- nick porcino

From the page:

Kowloon, 1989

All images copyright © 1989-2001 Nick Porcino. All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without express written permission.

These photos were taken on a trip to Hong Kong in 1989. I misunderstood which bus to ride and wound up deep in the heart of Kowloon. I ended up spending exactly 24 hours in the area without getting any sleep. I wish I had taken some photos during the night, but the rough environs were making me nervous. Kowloon of course no longer exists as pictured here.

[drutter]

Hey Nick,

Thanks very much for the permission -it's very kind and generous of you. I should've sought you out beforehand but got caught up in finishing the tutorial. Fantastic images -I'd love to hear the story some time about the shooting of them.

I saw this coffee table book about three years ago about old Kowloon which was just photographs -amazing stuff but I haven't found it since. Are you familiar with it?

Dan

EDIT: I contacted Paul and asked that you be credited at the end of the tutorial.

[meshula]

I'm pretty sure I know the book. I can't recall the title. I spent some time trying to chase it down, but lost the scent.

Thanks for the quick response on the credits issue!

[rickycox]

Hi Dan, really nice work. I like the idea of doing a wireframe pass as a guide for further paint work. I'll have to give that a try in future.

[hightillidie]

Wow. Just amazing. One of the best city renders out there :)

[SHEjK]

ME is speechless :)

[conceptx]

Brilliant artistry, you skill is awesome.
Thanks for sharing.
:thumbsup:

[drutter]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the comments. First a correction: the old kowloon walled city was torn down in 1992, not the mid seventies. I found that information in a book called:

City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City.

It's a fantastic resource but too pricey for me. It's at amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1873200137/qid=1139708870/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-6577556-9168609?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

[rodrigomotta]

You kick asses, man! Five Stars! :buttrock:

Perfect job!

I love you!!! BWA-HAHAHAHAH!

[MikeYork]

I am very impressed I can tell it took u a long time to complete this scene. All the 3d work and the 2d post work is insane. Patience is your friend it seems :-) Great WORK ****

[fenglinyi]

reach perfection.Good !! I am studying...

[stavrevstefan]

I am just curious.

How long it took you to make this wonderfull piece of art?

[nielsroscher]

Very beautiful! I really like it. Great atmosphere.

[graphicdude]

Awesome Work It Is So Detailed It Great...

[JamesKirkland]

wow, very impressive. I'd like to explore these new software discoveries since I've been on the site seeing pieces like this one. *thumbs up*


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[elnady]

Wonderfull
I love it
congratulation :)

[xujiong008]

I'm very like this work.
put on steam

[nikkons]

Even though you work on this matte is great...
the idea of "high rise in which workers live on the lower floors, work on the upper"
is counter-productive in architectural and design terms.

though... you painted the future so what that hell i know about the future :P

[sagleon]

Very inspirational work here! I just got more motivated to finish my own work.

[LIMNOPHILA]

How can you did that ?? !!!:eek:

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