Matte sketchbook

#1

Been trying to get back into this. I’ll be trying to do some matte’s for my portfolio eventualy, and a lot of roughs. Thought I’d start here.

This is a rough I started with. Took a drive through the mountains and got some insperation shots. Im gona try and do another composition tonight,

#2

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I think I was just getting frustrated with this one. :stuck_out_tongue:

#3

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#4

Really lovely sketches, especially the first. Nice work. :slight_smile:

#5

hey Adam I really like them, each one of them has a very particular mood,this would be really good to see a final matte painitng coming out from them , the lighting , mood and composition is really good , great sense of scale, and lovely aereal perspective, I will look forward for any one of this

#6

Thanks guys. :slight_smile:

Im gona do a final eventualy, but i dont have a ton of free time, so i want to make sure its one Im realy in love with before I commit to finishing it. Heres another one:

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#7

You have some beautfiul scenes right here! I like them a lot!
Do you think you could post the original pictures?
I especially enjoy the concept of the 3rd one. Nice work.

#8

i love them, specially 3 and 4…you have a good hand at painting :wink: i would love to see 3 as a matte…if you don’t do it I’ll do it :stuck_out_tongue:

#9

Uninova: I started from scratch with #1 and 2. 3 and 4 I added the original pics as the first images.

Suirebit: I like #3 the best so far too. But i think i liked it better as a cool palette, before I added the warm sunlight. what do you think?

#10

I like it with the sun, although it may be a little overpowering in this specific painting.
One more question, did you use a wacom?

#11

I completely agree with you adam. I love shot 3, but did feel that the cooler moodier ocolour pallette was more stunning than when you added the sunlight.
Awesome work all round mate!

Nick

#12

depends, as a sketch yes, the warm one < cool, but I think that as a matte it would turn out much better with some low sun highlights, because otherwise it would be just another night/almost night scene…Imagine that cool palette and sudently, on the top of the buildings, windows reflect what’s left of the sun in a glorious glare; dramatic :smiley:

#13

Yea I have a wacom at home, but honestly I struggle with it because Im spoiled with a cintiq at work. :love:

I really want one at home now.

#14

a sketch I did this morning

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#15

Tutorial? :slight_smile:

#16

Uninova: I’ll probably do some more in-depth tutorials once I get my website worked on a bit more. But I learned everything I know from the Dylan Cole DVD’s. I highly recomend them. :slight_smile:

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a bit simpler. This was started with a photo I took while stuck in OC traffic.

extended the shot and blocked in what was missing.

blocked in my mountain shapes

and stole the lighting and color palette from another stock photo.

#17

Whatever you do, please dont stop posting in this matte sketchbook! Now that you have started I find continuous inspiration here. Your work is beautiful my friend, looking forward to seeing more! :thumbsup:

Nick

#18

Thanks space! :slight_smile:

heres another quick one. again another photo I took in traffic.

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#19

I love your sketches! They are beautiful and it’s very interesting to see them come from the original photo. You have great ideas and I like the compositions. I would love to see some finals. Keep up the good work! You are an inspiration!

Bonnie :slight_smile:

#20

Thanks Bonnie. :slight_smile:

I did a sketch of a police state NY city. It started out just wanting to make a time change, from night to early morning, but I had some fun with it.

The original photo was from:
www.carlheilman.com/screensavers.html