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Scionic
07-16-2007, 01:05 PM
This is actually my first post here and my first Digital Matte Painting, I'm actually a more 3D guy myself but I like to try different forms of art, I've been lurking in this forums for a while but never actually posted anything but I think it's time to contribute too

I used one of the photos from the challenge, but I'm not participating on it, I've looked over the submissions to get some inspiration and they sure look awesome :thumbsup:, hopefully some time in the future I will be able to create such masterpieces.

http://i10.tinypic.com/4tp52dg.jpg

I've painted some things and used some photo references also.

Comment & Critic
Scionic
07-18-2007, 02:52 PM
Nobody want to comment? Is it that bad? :sad:
Suirebit
07-18-2007, 09:44 PM
No it's not, it's actually quite good :) but can you upload a higher res ? It's hard to spot things on this resolution :)
Scionic
07-18-2007, 10:34 PM
Ohh... I see now, that's infact one of the things I really regret on this work because that's the real resolution :banghead:, I don't like to work with big resolutions because it slow downs my computer and it's easier to paint with lower resolutions, but only after I worked a few hours on it, I started to regret the fact I was working with such low-resolution.

For the next project I will make sure I don't decrease the resolution(at least not so much).

Also thanks for the comment
Rockhoppermedia
07-18-2007, 11:38 PM
2000 pixels longest side at 200- 300 dpi

this is the res i normally work at, if you have a fast and reliable comp 4000 pixels sometimes helps. But this will cripple your computer.

Format and resolution normally starts abig debate amongst the artists here so try ou a variation but ideally a letterbox panoramic view is the standard, squre and portrait is also good. like the idea on your image.

Rich
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