Cavern

[kaustavsinha]

Hi Everyone,

Here’s a digital matte-painting, that I did few days back, titled “Cavern”, using PS! Comments & critiques, as always, are heartily welcome!

[qstom]

Damn! I didnt know my screen was than bad calibrate! all I can see is dark/blue image and the lightly bright of some rocks in the floor (I know it coz I took it into photoshop)
anyone else has this problem ?

[Matellis]

im getting the same, well on my cintiq it looks almost black but when i slide it over to the laptop screen i can see its a cave. kaustavsinha maybe you should check your brightness setting on your monitor?

[kaustavsinha]

Hi Matellis & qstom,

Hmmm… unfortunately, my laptop is not calibrated! It’s appearing ok in my laptop though; I will calibrate my laptop as soon as possible!

[deletePlease]

hi kaustav,
i have a calibrated screen here and i can see what’s going on, however, this definitely needs a light source somewhere if you want to present it as a stand-alone matte. It’s extremely dark and hence lacks depth. There’s black in the foreground, a fair amount of detail in the midground and nothing but black in the holes suggesting that this leads into the background.

the ground indicates that there’s a really subtle light coming from the left so if i were you I would emphasize this a bit more and furthermore match the level of detail and sharpness of your various elements. The ground is crisp and has quite some detail, whereas the walls look a bit mushy.

keep at it mate!
chris

[kaustavsinha]

hi kaustav,
i have a calibrated screen here and i can see what’s going on, however, this definitely needs a light source somewhere if you want to present it as a stand-alone matte. It’s extremely dark and hence lacks depth. There’s black in the foreground, a fair amount of detail in the midground and nothing but black in the holes suggesting that this leads into the background.

the ground indicates that there’s a really subtle light coming from the left so if i were you I would emphasize this a bit more and furthermore match the level of detail and sharpness of your various elements. The ground is crisp and has quite some detail, whereas the walls look a bit mushy.

keep at it mate!
chris

Hi Chris,

Thank you very much for the detailed critiques! I’m glad that, the matte appears ok in your computer screen! I’ll surely follow your critiques & will post an update asap!

[kaustavsinha]

Hi Chris,

Here’s an update! I’ve tried to focus on the light source, coming from the left! I hope, you’ll like it! Will be eagerly waiting for your very precious critiques!

[Rockhoppermedia]

Hunt for Gollum, hey why dont you provide a link to the behind the scenes sure the guys here would like it.

Or if you click on my blog link I have done a post regarding it.

Some of the stuff on the film work is quite inspiring. :applause:

Rich

PS the image is way too dark on my monitor. :sad:

[kaustavsinha]

Hunt for Gollum, hey why dont you provide a link to the behind the scenes sure the guys here would like it.

Or if you click on my blog link I have done a post regarding it.

Some of the stuff on the film work is quite inspiring. :applause:

Rich

PS the image is way too dark on my monitor. :sad:

Hey Rich,

I guess, you saw this matte on the CGI/VFX Reel of TH4G movie! I don’t have a calibrated laptop, so am really sorry, if you aren’t able to see this matte properly and is appearing dark! It was an awesome learning experience for me, while working on TH4G, which included digital matte-painters like Maciej Kuciara & Tiberius Viris, whom I regard as my mentors! I loved the movie very very much & would recommend everyone to watch this awesome fan-film, directed by Chris Bouchard here!

Following are few Behind The Scenes video links on The Hunt For Gollum:

Behind the Scenes on The Hunt For Gollum - Official Doc

Middle-earth Magic - CGI/VFX Reel

[Chris1106]

Hi Chris,

Here’s an update! I’ve tried to focus on the light source, coming from the left! I hope, you’ll like it! Will be eagerly waiting for your very precious critiques!

In my eyes the image is still way way way to dark.

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