Please feel free to add links to this thread that have inspirational matte work!
Let’s start off with the link to our forum leaders own portfolio, right here:
Also be sure to check out Matte World Digital:
Inspirational Links
Dalaran_AW
#2
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.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
Books:
d’artiste: Matte Painting
[size=2]The Invisible Art : The Legends of Movie Matte Painting[/size]
Some articles & podcasts from FxGuide.com
Matte Painting Part 4 :The future of matte painting —(Alp Atiner Podcast)-
Matte Painting Part 3: The Art —(Wayne Hagg Podcast)-
Matte Painting Part 2: The Tools —(Gerhard Mozsi Podcast)-
Matte Painting Series Part 1 : Painting it BIG
Artists:
www.raphael-lacoste.com
www.sydmead.com
http://www.thunig.com/
http://www.raynault.com/
system
#4
Added to those mentioned above:
http://jessyv.com/
Jessy veilleux
http://www.stoskidigital.com
Chris Stoski
http://www.ellenshaw.com/
Peter Ellenshaw
turx
#5
Great forums!
Here are some from my bookmarks
www.richardbluff.com
Richard Bluff
www.invaderdigital.com
Roger Kupelian
www.digitalmatte.com
Mark Sullivan
www.tchook.fr.st
Christophe “Tchook” COURGEAU
www.christianlorenzscheurer.com
Christian Lorenz Scheurer
www.goodbrush.com
Craig Mullins
www.thenextside.com
Tim Warnock
http://henrik.cgcommunity.com
Seung Ho Henrik Holmberg
www.brentoncottman.com
Brenton Cottman
www.christianhaley.com
Christian Haley
www.rowancassidy.com
Rowan Cassidy
turx
#6
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
JJASSO
#7
ok in case it gets lost in this forum here’s again the link “Landscape composition rules”
thanks to www.wetcanvas.com and the author Johannes Vloothuis
Enjoy and Learn ( 23 pages )
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/135/120/index.php
spyderman
#9
http://67.15.36.49/team/tutorials/2dshaan/2dshaan.asp
This site is only about car rendering.
http://www.carbodydesign.com/tutorials/software-tutorials.php?app=Photoshop&pageNum_RsResources=1
more tutorials here:
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
JJASSO
#10
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
nickmarshallvfx
#11
nickmarshallvfx
#13
Glad to see that Roger Kupelian and Paul Lasaine are on the list already. Two of my faves there!!
Nick
Shinepaw
#15
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
JJASSO
#16
a new site with great imagery of the old and new matte painting masters one of the best I’ve seen , great stuff in here !
Cyberone
#17
One Man Army… Attila the Hun Trailer & Visual Effects Breakdowns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBeHljB6uFU
John Adams Visual FX (HBO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTUs7hDq2PA
Movie Magic Episode 8 - Matte Paintings
TomasWarren
#19
http://www.maciejkuciara.blogspot.com/
http://www.maciejkuciara.com/
Maciej Kuciara
One of this guy’s pieces was on the front page recently. If you check out his blog and site, there’s some awesome stuff on there.