Path To The Gothic Choir..., Raphael Lacoste (2D)

[kiboSVK]

nice very atmospheric picture nice colours as always 5stars :drool:

[chrom]

masterpiece

5 stars

[andreasrocha]

You really are da masta! This is wonderful. +5

[MichaelZHsee]

this is superb,fantastic as always!:thumbsup:

[ssglay]

beautiful colour~

[Darthiir]

I love work with architecture in it. Especially in this style and mood. Also my compliments for the figures. As small as they are, they still show nice details. I really like this piece!
Thanks for sharing... and now I am off to work on my own things with new inspiration!
5 stars from me :)

[umbrellasky]

Wonderful lighting! Great atmosphere!

[bearfoot]

sweet as always raphael !


just a question - are the figures painted or matte photo`s ?

thanks a lot

[MVDB]

Fantastic beautiful amazing! :thumbsup:
In other words, 'impressive..'

[rawwad]

Excelent! 5stars :applause:

[J.M.Schwedt]

Beautiful work. I love the mood.

Cheers and regards
Schwedt

[alexfalchi]

Niceee!! so good!:)

Alex.

[Vyse-soa]

:eek: Great

Reminds me of Caspar David Friedrich...

[abourabe]

really great piece man I like this style .
5stars absolutely :thumbsup:

[mchmielewski]

nice work
regards

[alfy]

Great work. Nice composition.

[chanchan222]

I love what you did with the lighting. It's Awesome!!

[elnady]

Great work

i love that mode 5*

[BlinCk]

AWSOME!
The atmosphere is great, and the attention to detail too...really love it
5 stars!

[gu]

Very very very wonderful environment!Impressive!!

congratulations!
cheers

[allenweis]

what a mysterious ruin. fantastic really fantastic!

[Raphael-Lacoste]

I'm happy you like it! :)


here are some details:

http://raphael.lacoste.free.fr/CGforum/Monastery_NET+DETAILS.jpg

[pascal_blanche]

Absolutly gorgeous Raph, congrats, your style never stops to evolve!

I really like the way you work, it really feels like you concentrate on the composition and mood, and the overhall picture is full of energy and vibrations..
five stars for me, and front page material for sure!

i think that mods at cgtalk should seriously start to think about a matte painting only thread :)
*hint* *hint*

[PhuongDPh]

yes, your landscape images are always great
5 for you

[yellowdog]

Great work!!

As always, you're stuff is a great source of inspiration for me!!
I love how you get all the information across with an almost impressionistic touch of details.

Great mood and atmosphere... I just love those trees!! I think they really add to the creepy feel of your image.

[iChiaz]

Very great work!

[Miyagu]

great work! awww.. i love those trees! :thumbsup:

[Kal Torak]

Light! it is geat! 5x5 stars :D
However for me this painting remind (i don't know why) ;) Baginskis movie - "Cathedral"

[GonzaloGolpe]

It´s like you could become to breathe the atmosphere of your composition and the smoke:) Good work!!

┤ Zalo

[degerardo]

Hey...are you crazy? That`s beautifle, very...very nice atmosphere, I feel depth here so much.Sorry, but only 5* from me :thumbsup: :shrug: friend. :scream:

[dina]

I love the mood.

[Antropus]

Ok, I like it. Plugged dude ;)

Cheers,
Kris

[Corum_lu]

great work !
no more words..

[ShinChanPu]

Excellent work, Raphael!

I love the atmosphere, the mood, the lighting-colours... and the composition. A great sample of staging.

Five stars from me.

[leigh]

Fantastic work! I love the mood and palette :)

[EhsanD]

ohhhh Realy nice ... like a dream . keep it uper than up ...
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=310136
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=309509
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=303752
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=304343

[Roger Eberhart]

The painting is great, but some credit should be given to Caspar David Friedrich (http://www.usc.edu/schools/annenberg/asc/projects/comm544/library/images/142.html).

[FusionDG]

:eek: Great

Reminds me of Caspar David Friedrich...
Yes, that's the very first thing that ran through my mind as well when I saw El Rafo's excellent rendering. I'd say you're in good company to invoke such a complimentary comparison :thumbsup:

Masterful work, thx for sharing with us.


Caspar David Friedrich - Cloister Graveyard in the Snow, 1810

http://www.artofeurope.com/friedrich/fri10.jpg

[shtl]

"If you shoot, shoot to kill!"

Great atmosphere, congrats!

(et pour bien nous achever, ça se la tappe "j'ai fait ça en 3 minutes pour m'amuser" haha)

:shrug:

[Raphael-Lacoste]

FusionDG U spotted it! he is one of my main inspirations when I work, if you know my work I was also inspired by "Sea of Ice" and others :)

shtl not a few minutes but also a few nights :)

[souleage]

Like the details;atmosphere AND lightings,Very well !

By the way,I Just bave a baby too .... So , I can recept that you said:"I did this in a few hours, nights... at home, while my baby was sleeping :)"

[TheAnarchitect]

you made this in a few hours!!! in a "few" hours???
then i just bow and salute you.

[pixelAffairs]

Wow, just the way i like it.
Well done.

[WhiteBlaizer]

excellent work, heavy black! :D

[DarkSkills]

Masterpiece is an understatement! Brilliant! :thumbsup:

[beelow]

Pretty solid piece, dude, The compo, lighting and everything seems to work well, good stuff dude, I like alot! no crits from me!:thumbsup:

[PhilOsirus]

Where is the rim light on the arch?!?!

Very nice piece once more, nothing else to add.;)

[lukx]

in few hours?! It's masterpiece!! This is pure painting or matte?

[Tilstrom]

very nice work, well done. :twisted:

[yousra_12]

:surprised:surprised:surprised:surprised:surprised:surprised:surprised:surprised:surprised

5 stars man

[yolk]

woooooooo!!

you like < RING >!? I like

[reiv]

Hi raphael,
great work as usual :)
What's the part of 3D and 2D in your pictures? I mean by watching the closups, I guess that trees and monks are 2D stuffs, rocks maybe 3D base + retouchs and architecture 3D.Maybe I'm completly wrong. Anyway that's a stunning piece with its own mood. :thumbsup:

cheers,
Olivier.

edit: oki j'avais même pas vu que c'était dans la section 2D :) , alors tout est en 2D?

[lehmi]

nice layout and colors,

very romantic.

[Spigaou]

Salut Raphaël, superbe boulot, comme d'hab...
Tes compos 2d n'ont vraiment plus rien à envier à ton taf 3d!!
Une trés belle ambiance de messe noire.
Moi aussi comme reiv, je suis trés curieux de savoir si tu es parti d'une
base 3D avant d'attaquer le painting.

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[Hourences]

Really nice, again
I really like your work, the environments always got that special magical feeling

[1541]

In my opinion the inspiration is a bit too obvious.

[cermit]

wow..its so beautiful...surely you are one of the best artist at acgtalk...5stars

[Menefus]

Brilliant piece !!
I like how the mood ties up with the details in this picture.
Nice design of the ancient temple, arches, ruins and the little detailed
figures. Really nice subtle lighting, just right so as to give a certain feeling
but not overexpose. 5 stars from me !

[Djampa]

Rafael...

You rock man!
This is great, I love the way compose your scenes and the level of detail you apply, not exagerated, not too clean, always balanced and always depicting "the mood", so we can immerse on your artwork´s world.

Keep going ! 5 Stars ! :cool:

[Raphael-Lacoste]

Thanks All for the positive feedback, I think I'm gonna do more 2D now :)


Reiv & Yebah There is Sure a 3D base, I use it for composition and realistic Base for perspective and textures, I used also photos for the shapes of the trees and then painted over and over to get only the 2D feeling (highlights, bounce, details etc...)
this is way faster than 3D, also for the silhoutte, break the lines etc...

here is and example:

[DAREONER]

magnifique

[Sagroth]

It's awesome! :thumbsup:

[Crazzy Legs]

In a few hours? A few being 15-30 hours right?

[Raphael-Lacoste]

a few hours during a few nights yes :)

[Hana-chan]

beautiful! :applause:

[Red Noah]

Simon-pure masterpiece

[eddieellis]

very nice mate

[Wolfie]

very very nice ambiance

I love these kind of settings
this might have been a scene taken from a french movie like "La Pacte des Loups" or "Les Rivières Pourpres" ... both espescially atmospheric movies about a secret order of monks , living in an old monastary, doing some illegal and occult stuff ...

very nice image !!
just in a few hours you say ?
it would take a month for me to finish something like this !

awesome

[Funxer]

the original

<img src="http://www.songsouponsea.com/Promenade/Cloister.jpg">
http://www.songsouponsea.com/Promenade/Cloister.jpg

A good artist will study the masters before him....Very Very good choice, this is one of my favorite masterpieces....

Timeless, I really like all the detail, the trees and rocks add a very dark element... Good Job:thumbsup:

[Raphael-Lacoste]

yo Funxer, Friedrich is so inspiring! and sorry for CG artists (including me...) but I thing it is so much more interesting to find inspiration in classical art :)
Friedrich, bauernfeind, Gerome, Bierstadt! they are the real masters...

[pascal_blanche]

C'est beau!

[MrPositive]

Boy Ubisoft sure isn't lacking in talent. Yikes

[bartabac_99]

Beautiful colors !

[flaeticia]

la vache mon coco ca cartonne ;)

L'ambiance, les détails, la perfection, la maîtrise, tout y est pour faire une très belle image ;) Bravo !

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The atmosphere, the details, the perfection, the mastery, everything is there, to make a very beautiful shot !

Bravo !;)

[admiraligor]

That is the kind of work that made me want to get into 3d in the first place!

[beelow]

I love, Bierstadt's work!!! Sweetness thanks for showing the 3d dude! I like seeing the workflow!:wavey:

[michael-olszak]

I love this rendering. very nice work.

[living_for_cg]

oOoo. i have always loved your works. ( may be cause you work persian:love:) 5 stars:thumbsup:

[Nuro]

just, Exelent

[DrQuincy]

Stunning work as always!

[viiltaja]

Uh! Really nice thin and chilly air - feeling there. I love it!

[SirKolchez]

You're one of my favorite guys from this forum!Realy masterpiece like all works on your site...very inspiring!
Cheers!;)

[pablov]

Wow, super cool Raphael!!!
realy inpiring, how long do u usualy spend on a piece like this one?
exlent job, man, 5 stars!!:bowdown:

[Raphael-Lacoste]

thanks all this is motivating :)

@fLaeticia, my god y'a des filles cutes sur ce forum !!

@pablov, usually between 12 and 20 hours, it depends if it is a personal project or a contract...

@SirKolchez thanks :)

[kwakuoyirifi]

First of all, I am highly impressed thet you pulled this off in a few hours. I get the impression of that something dark and mysterious is brewing in the shadows.
PS. How long did it take

[alshakno]

WoW
WOW
wOw
what else can i say?
very very very fantastic
i love the lighting also everything
the stones are so nice
i hope that u share the way that u made those fanatastic stones
i love u
5 Star

[botched]

VERY nice. Love the feeling and the atmosphere.

[Immortal_Daemon]

Wow.

Dark and moody, just how I like it. :thumbsup:


The trees in the foreground don't seem to have any shadows though.

[loocas]

You again...?! :surprised

Frontpage again...?! :curious:

Pffff... where's the world heading... :rolleyes:

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http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/rating/rating_5.gif from me... :D ;) :thumbsup:

[Ivan_RF]

Fantastic work !!! :thumbsup:

[allenweis]

hei rapo i have to repost again because that is really really really good after i set it to my desktop. i can even smell the air inside your image and i i i have to say " that is ****ing good!!!" man. i love it!

i wanna have high resolution if you don't mind.

[moonchild]

superbe...


colors and mood are fantastic.

[unwrap]

Freakin' gorgeous!!! :applause:

[siridech]

I love it .http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon7.gif 5 STARS http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gifhttp://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gifhttp://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gif

[Starno]

Salut Raphael,

Encore une fois, bravo.
Very interesting image with a lot of details. Great Ambiance.
Awesome! Ubisoft is very lucky to have a guy like you.

See you.

Frederic St-Arnaud
www.starno.net (http://www.starno.net)

[Raphael-Lacoste]

merci mec!


Digitale is Lucky to have a guy like you! :P

[CyborgJA]

I'm without words!

You are able to DESTROY the media (monitor and software and internet connection too) and put your viewer directly into the scene.

Five golden stars!

[Collateral]

totally amazing work as usel!! 5 star

[Undrtkerkane]

Gorgeous work..I loved everything about it..I would to see more work from you in the future:thumbsup:

[Louve]

I simply love your work. Each piece of art from under your hand is a magnificent creation. This one is no exception. Deep bow of respect towards thee.

[eliment]

Great work, i like the color and the concept style. Five Stars from me

[sparksedge]

Dear All,

I am 3D artist as well as 2D graphic designer.
Could anybody give the information about the GOOD and easily learnable software for 2D Animation. If anybody knows please provide that software fetals also...

Ur cooperation is highly appreciated.

Thanks in adavance


--spaksedge

[admiraligor]

first tip: use correct forum and dont hijack other people's threads ;)

[lorena86]

This piece of artwork is just remarkable! 5 STARS!!

[Riddick]

Great Work Raphael!
It is an amazing picture, really not far from a true mate painting..
I love it!

C'est vraiment du beau travail, c'est très motivant!

[Velarion]

love it! great masterpiece!

[alfsea]

I love this work - big congrats from me. Oh, and hundreds of stars too!

I'm a bit embarrassed to ask - but will some kind soul tell me why people are saying that "its like a true matte painting".

I dont know what the actual difference is between this and a 'true' matte - and I really want to know!

Many thanks for any info. (sorry if its a bit off-topic, but it really bothers me!)

[calisto-lynn]

beautifull!!!

[Tior]

WOW,It's absolutely amazing.Great work man :applause:

[delizade]

scene is nice. good job.
but.. "I did this in a few hours...". i cant believe that information.

[BlueSunshine]

Super excellent work! I really like your characters!

This is nice! I love the colors!

[evebreeze]

amazing! five star

[jaquio]

thats awesome, i can not do any coment taht contributes, this one its perfect ^^

[MN3M]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

[Gionte]

very beautiful work.

good luck for future design.
bye bye

[Inkchick31]

The path in this picture reflects the path that I'm currently walking in my life. I can sense the feeling in this picture. The greys make me feel depressed and the little difference in color in the back is the little light in my life. Its crazy how well I connect with this.

[6foot5]

yeah amazing painting...as someone mentioned it has the haunting motifs of a casper david friedrich picture.

[Jadetiger]

I love this, its gorgeous. Hope u dont mind if it put it as my desktop background ^^;

[si999]

Great Work!

[lucavi]

beautiful work!

[inky2]

Superb work-beautiful and spatial midle of compozicion, excellent rock formation to the first plan.Well...where is my knocks?May be only broun colour of arch.May be... My respect.5 st.

[Raphael-Lacoste]

thanks Dana, you are nice too, I mean your work is nice too :P

[Zeitwolf]

This looks like a Caspar David Friedrich painting. I love it!!

[LCA]

That is simply superb Raphael. :thumbsup:

Friedrich's works are also a big favorite of mine. :applause:

[Tonianni]

i love it soo much ..all i can say is "how!?"

[songhuichen]

really great piece man I like this style .
5stars absolutely :thumbsup:

[songhuichen]

Wonderful lighting! Great atmosphere!

[cinra]

so nice yr colours ! Atmosphere is charming !!!:love:

[santiagokog]

Might It Be Better If Their Eyes Glisten Queerly?

[PSlin]

What a fantastic world you have created! Nice job~
Looking forward seeing more of your art works.

[Menzoo]

Great imagination!

[rafaeljm]

Hi. Congratulations, simply awesome.
One question: I read in the cgsociety feature about this piece, that you used photoshop for the final image. ¿Do you ever use Painter? If you don´t, could you explain the reason for prefering photoshop?
thanks

[snowdreamuu]

really a nice work~!

[CharleyParker]

Beautifullly atmospheric, as is much of your work. This image, and Raphael Lacoste in general, is the subject of today's post (June 20) on lines and colors (http://www.linesandcolors.com/) (permalink here (http://www.linesandcolors.com/2006/06/20/raphal-lacoste/)).

[arry]

I've been gazing at your image for quite some time, studying it.....drinking it in. The ambiance, depth and incredible sense of mood exude a powerful sense of presence. I find myself wanting to peer around the trees and rocks to see what lies beyond. I want to know the secrets contained therein.

If Katie P. (Kha'tie to Uru fans) still works at Ubisoft, please tell her I said hello.
They are indeed lucky to have you there. This is truly inspired work!

[GFXIstic]

Wow,
that's amazing...
This is a neoromantic style, it kind of reminds me of Kaspar Michael David (It's the name i guess), one of the best known romantic artists..

[funarty]

:thumbsup: :bounce: great job,love the tree

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