thanks a lot for your comments guys, I really appreciate it!
Matt: Thanks mate! Dneg is ****ing awesome 
People are great, work’s great; really nothing I could complain about!
Jaime: Thank you very much! It’s all a vivid mix of photos and paint; no 3D involved. Initially I wanted to integrate some Vue stuff, because I’m playing around with that package at the moment, but I couldn’t quite get the textural variety and realism I wanted, so I didn’t in the end.
Great to hear that your having a good time! I am sure you are learning a ton from all the artists there. And if you feel like dropping a few of the 2012 mattes in here dont worry , i wont tell anyone! 
Surprised this hasnt had more response, this absolutely rocks mate! Congrats! The lighting reads really well, and the ice in the water along with the reflections just looks awesome! Didnt even notice the figures on first viewing, they add a lot to the scale.
Hope to see some more personal works again soon, been missing the sketches!
Nick
Hey very nice matte painting! I love ice enviroment!
I have to put it for my collection is nice to see great ice matte painting! Thanks for posting! G.
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YAY! looks great! I’m left wondering how a boat like that got there! Not something I´d want to crew.
fantastic mattepainting job, I’m not surprised you’re working in DN, congratz
cheers,
Peter.
you really captured a nice palette and mood with this!
hope all is well in London btw i did check out the bodies exhibition later on here in the US
cheeers
so many replies… that email notification thingy doesnt seem to work properly lol.
thanks guys!! really appreciated.
levi:
still havent seen that bloody exhibition; although I really want(ed) to. i’m not even sure if it’s still running here. However, I’ve been to the Tate Britain the other weekend. Man, that’s the shit! Did you ever get a chance to go there while you were in London?
How are things for you at Blizzard? Hope you rock that place mate
Dave: Thanks man We’ll be collegues soon btw haha! that’s gonna be good fun!
yeah too bad you missed it, very cool stuff…
Nope i missed tate, i did see the building itself though. Its cool here, good fun to work.
How is work over at Dneg?
Chris,
This is a really great piece of work. You have captured a really nice mood with this one, great attention to detail as others have said, really nice work!
Wow! I don’t know what to say. It’s amazing work. Looks like a matte for a movie. Everything has pretty much already been said. One thing though… Really, kind of subjective I guess… To me, the two guys walking on the ice above seem to be a little large compared to the boat. Like they would have an uncomfortable time in that cabin together. BTW, I would love to see a much larger version so I can have a closer look.
I have been away with work for a while, this is the first time I have seen this, love the mood colour and composition.
I can feel the cold air wrapping around me, awesome.
Nice to see guys from the forum doing so well.
Dont be a stranger!
Rich 
