First Time Post

#1

Hi all.

I decided to start a matte, i’ll be using one of my favorite terragen renders up to date… it was entered in a really small with “no post work” rule event back in my dA days and won, while i was still under Samartian (nick) Suirebit might remember, tho it was a really long time ago…

so here’s the image i’ll be using as a plate:

the original size is 4.5x3k so it will give me enough space to work with… I’ll start with the sketches today, any ideas most welcome.

also i’ll most likely change the mood to rain/after the storm feel…

well off i go, cheerz

#2

hmmm for some reason can’t change the thread name … i hope someone takes another look here …

#3

vue and terragen are great landscape generators, and great starters for matte paintings , but they will always look CG in the foreground detail , you have a goodd start aqs I said but I would change the clouds, they still look too CG, this kind of rocky landscapes are great for ruins or castles, I suggest you tka this into photoshop and start sketching and throwing lines just to see how visual composition would be and to see what kind of elements you will need,
by the way what name do you want for this thread? I can change that for you

#4

the clouds are already on their way out :slight_smile:

i started gathering references, textures, etc. … I’ll use this hmm to the letter you said just as a base, it will be totally re-textured by hand.

On the other hand I still cant decide shall i go with castles/goth cathedrals or maybe try something a bit futuristic using a second horizon (in other words having vertical buildings)…

And another problem i’m facing is that id like to add more to it, ill most likely try to cut behind the hill on the right to the front of the one of the left, try and add bit more depth like that.

Thank you very much for the thoughts, real appreciated :slight_smile:

ps. as for the name… First Matte WiP (or sumthing like that)

cheerz
Milos

#5

I have an exam tomorrow, hence i did have much time to work on the image, i just roughly erased the parts I’m sure I don’t want there, leveled the horizon (still seams kinda odd, what do you think?), and cloned in the missing parts when i did that… not more than 10min work…

On the other hand my color profile and screen settings are all wrong, i’m not getting what im working with, and i have absolutely no clue about witch profile + settings to use. Help on this matter would be more than helpful.

that’s it for tonight, I’ll work on it after the exam.

cheers
Milos

#6

Hey Milos, any updates on the way?

#7

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