Kreola Matte Painting Brief Elements

#1

I’m going to post this here again, because time is running out, and after looking through all the other entries today, I realised that a lot of people perhaps haven’t read all of the elements in the brief.

  1. Clean plate, no animation elements (i.e No people, no planes, no balloons, no spaceships, no steam etc)

  2. Set in the UPPER MIDDLE CLASS section of Flussdorf. (yet resembles a Tunisian Souk)

  3. City is built on two opposing cliff faces above a river, and the gorge drops 200 metres below.

  4. Built by the ancients, the houses are seamlessly carved into the rock.

  5. Multicultural community - cannot remember markets.

  6. Direct afternoon sun.

  7. Very busy, noisy, ambient.

  8. Significantly hot weather.

  9. City has expanded in every direction along the canyon.

  10. Retain as much from the plate as you find necessary.

and most importantly…

  1. NO CONCEPT ART OR DIGITAL FANTASY WORK - PHOTO REAL MATTE PAINTING ONLY.
#2

Hi James, appreciate your efforts and your support.

However, nothing of this is written in stone and should rather be a guideline than a checklist to work on. Being an artist sometimes means bending the rules if these don´t apply to your vision, no matter what others tell you to do.
I have to admit that it´s a fine line…

I´m with you that some entries has little or nothing to do with the brief, still no one will go to jail for that. For what i know.

Hope you don´t mind my 2 cents :beer:

10 days left…wwhooooo…

#3

Hello James. Most of what you pointed is correct in comparison with brief / rules, so I don’t understand why write it again here. Especially that the judges give their feedback to those who need it.

In general - I agree with Torsten. Well… unless the judges will say the other way. Additionally - I think point 11 is not true (or I missed something - can you link to place where it is written?). If I understood the judges correctly, concepting is not necessary but not prohibited (if result in final image is photorealistic). And regarding point 10 - “Work from the plate kreola.jpg, at least 50% recognizable”.

Regards
Jonatan

#4

Heya all,

Unfortunately, there seems to be still a lot of confusion about the requirements for this challenge. Let me please try to lift some of this mist, although this should have been posted into the Kreola thread, so I will take the liberty and move it there.

Thank you for your understanding.

Kind Regards,
Milan