Pluginz.com matte painting contest

[V_Shane]

ha! I was actually going to post this link as well.

I'll be doing it, but not 5 versions though.
Best of luck!

[trialanderror]

thanks for the great tip Jaime!!! I´ve also posted one. Maybe I´ll try another one later on...

[arquiteck09]

Please guys, if you have the chance upload some WIP´s for the contest, i would like to see some of them ;)

[JJASSO]

hey guys here's a portion of mine , ( I don't like too much square compositions so I did a little crop here hehe ) , I'm won't be able to work in more versions , but I hope I can get something hehe, share yours and we all will give some tips

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/2772/mattecastlefss7qm.jpg

[trialanderror]

great composition and concept jamesvfx!!! It´s definitely one of the best entries...

I like also the idea to post our images here for crit...

So here´s mine. It´s my first matte ever, so any help would be great...

Can we also post our forthcoming images here before submitting them to plugins.com?



http://www.giuseppetroiano.de/MPFSketches/nachtschloss/MatteLakeKlein.jpg

[elnady]

james: Wow ,you matt are amazing good luck :)
trialanderror: good job the water need to be a bit darker good luck :)

[trialanderror]

thanks for reply elnady, I already submitted this image, so I can´t reedit it... But you´re right with your tip... I´m going to post a new wip the next time and try to keep that in mind...

[JJASSO]

thanks for your commest ,I hope I win something hehetrialanderror (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=215534) vbmenu_register("postmenu_3486100", true); : the idea is good but I see some problems here, the water may be a little off in perspective, cause of the waves scale
the little boat with those fisher men look bad in his cut and perspective as well , when you are doing a matte painting you are putting together a lot of elements 3d, 2d phtos etc, you have to have a really good integration in order to do a nice composite, always take care of the black and white levels, for instance in your image you have a big rock in the foreground, its black levels are to low compared to the background , all the things in the foreground will always look darker and more color saturated, and the further the less saturated look , less contrast, and brighter dark levels, overall it is a great start , try having som brighter side in the sky as well, it is too flat , and I see some bright reflections in the water
keep up the good work!

[trialanderror]

thanks jamesvfx, you´re as always very helpful and encouraging, I´m already working on a new one, trying to avoid the mistakes I made but I have no result at the moment, so I´ll try to post as soon as I can...

[bearfoot]

hey guys

i thought i would enter this comp also so here is what i have so Far - its only a base.. trying to set mood and composition so any crist would be great

love your work jamie :thumbsup:


original

http://www.bearfootfilms.com/wip/loch.jpg


retouch so far

http://www.bearfootfilms.com/wip/retouch.jpg

[yellowdog]

:) Yikes !!! May 12th... this is going to be tight!! ... I guess I should check this forum more often.

Thanx Jaime for the info about the contest!! I wish all of you guys the best of luck...

Ok now... back to work... I have a matte painting to start ;)

[trialanderror]

hi,

I´ve made a new matte for the contest and would like to know what you think of it? I´ve made lots of handpainting this time like the right side of the sky and image manipulation...

http://www.giuseppetroiano.de/MPFSketches/lochMatte/lochCastleNightKlein.jpg

[psycho_matic]

yeah,
my one:

http://media.pluginz.com:8008/?ac=2/7296/1

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