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Skjoldbroder
08-21-2007, 07:52 AM
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Title: Copenhagen Skyline (matte painting)
Name: Mogens Skjold Overbeck
Country: Denmark
Software: Photoshop

This was a commissioned studio backdrop for a tv-show on standup comedy. It was cut up into ten slices, and arranged into a semicircle around a podium where the host and his guests were sat during shooting. They were printed on translucent material, mounted on aluminium frames and backlit.

The piece was originally painted at a resolution of 300 dpi at a size of 2,5 meters by 5 meters. Upon completion of the compositing and matte painting process, the image was divided into ten pieces and scaled to the correct resolution, before layer effects to stylize the images were applied. The size of each slice was 1,5 meters by 3 meters tall.

process:
A series of panoramic photos were shot by Sune Saabye - stitching was handled externally, and compositing in Photoshop + digital matte painting were handled by me.

Painted elements include the sky and various elements around the image, such as lighting in the windows and on the walls here and there. Upon completion of the paint process, we applied a variety of effects to get it to look slightly cartoony. I'll post some close-ups to show this in more detail.

Skjoldbroder
08-21-2007, 11:16 AM
the image above has been cropped a little, the full one can be found here:
www.skjoldbroder.dk/gfx/matte/res/14.jpg (http://www.skjoldbroder.dk/gfx/matte/res/14.jpg)

- this was a great little job, though the deadline was quite tight. I've lived in Copenhagen some years back, so it was nice to revisit it through these images. The towers across the horizon aren't all placed there, and their size isn't accurate for all of them either. The task was to present the city as quite idyllic, so authenticity wasn't a priority - I took out lots of chimneys, antennas and such as well :) As you can see from the closeups below, we put some layer effects over it at the end, because the client wanted it to have a slightly gritty, cartoony feel.

hope you like, feel free to rate this thread if you like.

http://www.skjoldbroder.dk/rod/closeup1.jpghttp://www.skjoldbroder.dk/rod/closeup2.jpghttp://www.skjoldbroder.dk/rod/closeup3.jpghttp://www.skjoldbroder.dk/rod/closeup4.jpg

Trenox
08-21-2007, 11:25 AM
Hey Mogens! Nice and tight work as always. Not much to crit there I guess :)

AlonChou
08-21-2007, 12:00 PM
great work! so peaceful and nice mood.

boutiquecraft
08-22-2007, 07:32 AM
Atmospheric! Nice detail.

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