Inspirational Links

[Dalaran AW]

Yeah rock on! finally the matte painting forum... cool :) Of course the great Jaime Jasso links is already there...

Here are my share of links... I find these sites have inspirational work...

www.dusso.com
www.dylancolestudio.com
www.goodbrush.com
www.alpaltiner.com
www.hatchfx.com
www.illusionarts.com
www.mattepainting.org
www.visuraimaging.com


Share more links... :)

Greetings,
Dalaran AW
www.dalaranfx.com

[Stefan-Morrell]

Books:
d'artiste: Matte Painting (http://store.cgsociety.org/product/000130/)
The Invisible Art : The Legends of Movie Matte Painting (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/081184515X/qid=1101488207/sr=2-2/ref=pd_ka_b_2_2/103-8419350-6897445)


Some articles & podcasts from FxGuide.com
Matte Painting Part 4 :The future of matte painting ---(Alp Atiner Podcast) (http://www.fxguide.com/article334.html)-
Matte Painting Part 3: The Art ---(Wayne Hagg Podcast) (http://www.fxguide.com/article330.html)-
Matte Painting Part 2: The Tools ---(Gerhard Mozsi Podcast) (http://www.fxguide.com/article328.html)-
Matte Painting Series Part 1 : Painting it BIG (http://www.fxguide.com/article320.html)

Artists:
www.raphael-lacoste.com (http://www.raphael-lacoste.com/acceuil.html)
www.sydmead.com (http://www.sydmead.com)
http://www.thunig.com/
http://www.raynault.com/

[Cameo]

Added to those mentioned above:

http://jessyv.com/
Jessy veilleux

http://www.stoskidigital.com
Chris Stoski

http://www.ellenshaw.com/
Peter Ellenshaw

[turx]

Great forums!
Here are some from my bookmarks


www.richardbluff.com (http://www.richardbluff.com/)
Richard Bluff

www.invaderdigital.com (http://www.invaderdigital.com)
Roger Kupelian

www.digitalmatte.com (http://www.digitalmatte.com/)
Mark Sullivan

www.tchook.fr.st (http://www.tchook.fr.st/)
Christophe "Tchook" COURGEAU

www.christianlorenzscheurer.com (http://www.christianlorenzscheurer.com)
Christian Lorenz Scheurer

www.goodbrush.com (http://www.goodbrush.com/)
Craig Mullins

www.thenextside.com (http://www.thenextside.com/)
Tim Warnock

http://henrik.cgcommunity.com
Seung Ho Henrik Holmberg

www.brentoncottman.com (http://www.brentoncottman.com)
Brenton Cottman

www.christianhaley.com (http://www.christianhaley.com)
Christian Haley

www.rowancassidy.com (http://www.rowancassidy.com)
Rowan Cassidy

[turx]

i know Dalaran AW wrote mattepainting.org link above, but,
here is the direct link to the matte artists(more than 60) links from mattepainting.org:

http://www.mattepainting.org/index.php?categoryid=13&p16_sectionid=2

[Miss Julie]

Wow. Found a goodie tonight. I don't think anyone has posted before.

Check it out!

http://www.hydropix.com

[spyderman]

http://67.15.36.49/team/tutorials/2dshaan/2dshaan.asp

This site (http://www.carbodydesign.com/tutorials/software-tutorials.php?app=Photoshop&pageNum_RsResources=1) is only about car rendering.
http://www.carbodydesign.com/tutorials/software-tutorials.php?app=Photoshop&pageNum_RsResources=1
more tutorials here:
http://conceptdesignworkshop.blogspot.com/
http://67.15.36.49/team/tutorials/sparth1/sparth1.asp
http://www.peterpopken.com/
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/
http://www.supalette.com/coppermine/tutorial.php

[jamesvfx]

hey guys, here's a nice inspirational link, this guy is really amazing, he's actually art director at sony as we speak, but take a look at his work on matte painting , traditional by the way but wow really stunning !

http://paullasaine.blogspot.com/


thanks to Hugo Martin at Blur for the link

[space-sprayer]

To add to the list:

Kevin Jenkins (http://www.kevjenkins.com/)

Neil Miller (http://www.neilmillervfx.com)

Ludovic Iochem (http://www.swoop-vfx.com/)

Max Dennison (http://www.mattepaintinguk.com/)

Lizzie Bentley (http://www.lizziebentley.com/)

[space-sprayer]

Glad to see that Roger Kupelian and Paul Lasaine are on the list already. Two of my faves there!!

Nick

[hdrockzz]

Thank you all for all those links...must for a beginner like me...

[Shinepaw]

Those are really nice! :)
Here are some of my favorites:

http://theartofkerembeyit.com/
Kerem Beyit

http://www.jasonchanart.com/
Jason Chan

http://www.raymondswanland.com/
Raymond Swanland