Winter Landscape

#7

Thanks! Glad you like this one :slight_smile:

#8

Great work! Love the lights on those peaks. Only thing I can say is that I want to see it bigger :slight_smile:
Cheers,
Kim

#9

Hello Igor,

I’ve taken a look at the larger version in your portfolio: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1118904 Maybe the forum will soon allow this to be in one place, so that you don’t need to receive comments through two separate threads.

When you create your Matte Paintings, it is important to keep the purpose of your shot in mind. I’m sure David has expressed this in his workshop, along with helpful notes, such as to stay away from birds, waterfalls and lens flares.
Even if it’s a vampire movie and you wish to indicate the sun rising or disappearing behind the mountains, try to help the viewer by maybe leaving some sunlight hits on the edge of the rooftops. Especially, since the rock underneath the screen-right tree is having some specular light on it. The trees are also a good indicator for attention to detail.
Make sure you pull a clean mask or clean it up to create a good silhouette, and watch out for things like the de-fringe tool, as it does not always work to your favour.
Overall it is a great image and it has a very strong mood but I would encourage having another go at it. Fix areas you were rushing when blocking it in and try to get creative with your very promising lighting scenario. It’s almost there.

#10

kimpete, thank you! :slight_smile:

#11

Milan,

Hello Milan, glad to see you here!

Thank you, you’re right!
Actually, because it was a part of a bigger project I just was trying to establish some nice mood overall and didn’t pay attention at the details here. And yes if talking about this dmp as an independent one I probably have to get some extra work on it. I going to refine some details.

Birds it’s more like a reference for a final shot. Later on, after dmp is done, me or another compositing artist will be able to see the idea of the birds there. So it’s just a reference to get the idea.

Thank you for you feedback it’s pretty useful and gives me motivation to improve this dmp!
Will get back soon. If you will be able, please stay tuned.

I appreciate your attention!

All the best!

#12

Hey guys,

Because at the moment I’m having some troubles with a job, I had some time to work on this one. Actually I used kind of the same lighting situation which I’m using in that big project I mentioned above. Also I changed the color palette so now it looks closer to the original plate.

At the beginning it was mostly about the sky and general mood, so now I suppose I have this one done.

Thanks for keep me motivated guys and I hope you like this version as well.

Let me know what you think

p.s. also updated first post to keep people informed

thanks for watching

#13

Great job addressing those lighting notes! :slight_smile:
One last note from me: The FG element has a really hard edge! Try to blend it more with the rest of the image. :arteest:

#14

seemaschere,
Yeah, thanks for that, will edit this!
I’m still working on lighting here and probably will get another one.
Thanks for taking a look!

#15

There’s some excellent feedback here, and Igor it’s looking so great!! Nice work :slight_smile:

#16

David, thank you! :slight_smile:

and guys

Here is a final version of this matte-painting. Thanks everyone for keeping me motivated to get this one nailed.

#17

Impressive turn around time and good job on taking direction as well as interpreting notes. Well done.

#18

Yes! Nice work Igor :slight_smile:

#19

Thank you guys!

I appreciate your support!
Will post later on some new things :slight_smile:

Keep it up with great activity ! That’s really cool here :wink:

#20

The only way to keep up the activity is if you all spread the word. The more DMPs you get involved, the greater amount of feedback you will receive. Also keep an eye out for future “Meet the Artist” features on CG Talk, and upcoming challenges!

#21

Hi Milan,
Yeah that’s true! Actually I’ve already told to some of my friends about this nice resurrection of this forum and they got here! Also I’ve posted a link on my facebook page so if some of my friends wonder of my art they will definitely check the link out and get here as well :slight_smile:

I’m not sure about challenges because I’m going to Vancouver to MPC in nearest future so at the moment don’t know how the things will go. I was waiting for my visa almost half a year, and today I got it! so it was not as easy… I think you know it :slight_smile:

Anyway thanks again, and will check around to keep the activity as well!

#22

Yay congratso on your Vancouver to MPC gig Igor! Great to hear. And yes the challenges will be a great assistance to bringing lots of traffic to this site, which would drive feedback for all. Thanks :slight_smile:

#23

Thanks David! :slight_smile:

I believe one day we will work together ;)))

#24

Yes, the industry is small, sure will! :slight_smile:

#25

Great news! Congratulations :slight_smile:

#26

thank you guys so much for your support! I’m happy with that!
p.s. sorry for late post, getting a bit crazy here…so many things to solve before leaving