Matte painting

 

 

Breakdowns

Pankata Beach 

Breakdown 1

When I first lay eyes on this picture, I realize that there was a lot of space to work with in terms of height and depth in relation to the men standing in the mid ground.

Breakdown 2

The challenge I encountered with the matte was mixing the colours together tocreate the atmospheric perspective and selecting the right photo to create aperfect match for the sketch.

Breakdown 3

n this image you can see the photo reference were manipulated to match

the sketch.

Breakdown 4

Breakdown 5

After all the textures and photos were added the next challenge was the colour correction and the atmospheric perspective.

Team Six Adventure Series  - matte painting 

This matte painting was created for the opening graphic called “Team Six Adventure series.” This segment is aired on every public holiday during  the TV6 news. It’s intention was to create the illusion of an epic adventure above the clouds.

Breakdown 1

I started with an empty plate by adding the sketch to the foreground. I also added some photo ref. of the Piton mountain that I captured in St Lucia.

Breakdown 2 

More photo references. were added to the foreground.

Breakdown 3

There were some minor technical issues along the way – the differentiation between the foreground rock and the cliff on the left was a bit out of proportion.

Its the simplest changes that can make a big difference in the matte painting. Light, perspective, shape, textures are extremely important for creating a realistic matte.

Damian Salandy doing a great job at the scene.

Indeed he’s a great actor. One advantage I had was to use the natural lighting from the scene above to match the matte painting scene.

Rotoscoping 

This is what I do without a green screen – Roto. It was indeed time consuming but the process was worth it. Every single frame from the video was separated from the background shot.

                                     

Final Composite

The Man in the Woods - Cave matte painting 

Breakdown 1 

This is a rough sketch in red indicating the location of the cave.

Breakdown 2

Breakdown 3

Ext. Cave scene – layering the textures
When the sketch was approved I then added some real textures over the shape of
the sketch. It was important for me to make sure that my colour values, highlights
and shadows are in sync with the environment.

Breakdown 4

Ext. Cave scene – Final matte painting
For this final matte I added some more plants in the foreground. Also I decided to
go beyond the sketch by adding in some more details on the cave including the
background image of the trees.

The Destruction  - Matte painting competition entry 

Breakdown 1 

Original Plate

For this original plate I extended the image further to left for better framing and to avoid stretching the image, by doing this it created a blank space that had to be filled.

Breakdown 2

Water and meteors added.

For this images the flood covered the entire traffic so there was no need for cloning.The sky was replaced and the entire scene was colour graded to resemble the evening sky.

Breakdown 3

Vehicles added

For the final step two vehicles were added – the maxi was added to give a sense of our local transportation. Some garbage was added in the flood as well as a lens flare that is reflected on the left building. For the final touch I added a bit of haze at the left to show that the atmosphere is affected by the destruction.

Ice In Trinidad  - City Gate 

Breakdown #2

For this process I collected some snow from the internet and added it over my sketch. Adding my vanishing
point assisted me to position the snow in the right perspective.

Breakdown #1 

This is where it all begins - removing the traffic and commuters, followed by the snow sketch.