2.5D "Old Gothic Archway" -inkl. Breakdown

#1

[left]Hey,[/left]

[left]With a bit of a weakness for gothic architecture and inspired by your great entries to the NHM challenge I decided to make a picture of a gothic archway I’ve found into a 2.5d mattepainting. My goal was to get a bit deeper into 2.5D, try something “interior” and to play a bit with different ways of creating foliage and ivy etc. I didn’t want to make it too old and destroyed though, more “rather recently abandoned” and now “sleepy” and calm. [/left]

[left]I posted screenshots of various stages below, please feel free to ask any questions.[/left]
[left]Tools used were Photoshop, Aftereffects, Maya, Mental Ray and the “ivy generator”.[/left]

[left]Gothic_Archway.mov [/left]

[left]Your feedback is very welcome![/left]

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[left]Original Plate[/left]
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[left]Cleanup and Extention [/left]
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[left]Dirt and “Not 3D Foliage”[/left]
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[left]Matched 3D Geometry, 3D Ivy and Foliage[/left]
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[left]Plein output of the projection [/left]
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[left]Final Comp[/left]
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[left]Thanks for watching, your feedback is very appreciated![/left]

[left]Paul[/left]

#2

Hi paul-baaske,

great work you made there, i like it very much.
I can see your MP in a movie…( in my mind :wink: with some real footage people walking along the Hallway.

Only thing that disturbes me a little is the unsharp wood piece in the front right.
Somehow it gives my eye a break while following the Hallway to the door.

But besides that, great work!

Greets rasher73

#3

Very nice! my only crit would be the shadow on the bottom right is a flat color, and looks a bit odd that none of the wall texture is seen in that shadow.

the vine or root in the bottom right could also have its highlights knocked down a bit, but no biggie.

sweet matte. :slight_smile:

#4

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