VISUAL STUDIES: Matte painting :)

Very pleased with this first attempt with real images... lots more to master but happy with the overall effect...!

VISUAL STUDIES: Environments

Found some useful sites for 3d environments such as; flashloaded.com showing details of how to create 3d depth from images using layers and lighting.

Been looking at other examples too on youtube and vimeo sites...

http://vimeo.com/groups/3889/videos/16809107

Need to experiment with creating the best image to use for the animation... ( digital matte painting or hand drawn illustration )?

matte painting No01 !

My first attempt at matte painting... Really enjoyed it once I got stuck in.

Not satisfied with the result as yet... getting the balance between loose detail and too much fine detail is more tricky than I thought it would be. Its a better effect to let the details stay sketchy and the imagination of the observer to take over I think!