My first Matte attempt

[alias_marks]

Thought I would take a stab at doing a little matte painting. I originally just started playing around with the Ivy Generator and this old model I had, and just kept going with it.

 

Right now I'm trying to stay rough and just work on composition and placement. Any thoughts/comments?

 

The first one is the original render and the rest are photographs from Flickr and cgtextures.com mostly

 

Thanks for stopping by

 

[blowback]

I like were it is going.... but it is a little early. IMHO, you may want to adjust the comp a little. I like the dynamic angle but.....

[kippu]

nice ivy but my head really cannot turn to this angle :|

[chutti]

hey good start but the camera is kinda annoying....its too....u know....good luck..

[Horhe]

nice ivy but my head really cannot turn to this angle :|

 

You need to tilt your monitor not your head!!

 

 

Well about the image I think its more composite image than matte.

The skyscrapers at the horizon should be more faded as its further - this will create a sense of depth.

The scyscrapers have to them a bit too saturated blue tint IMO. In some places there is an issue of pixelated imagery.

 

The concept of matte painting results in taking a photo (or photos) and creating endless differenciated imagery based on that photo instead of using it and just pasting in an image.

The water could use some more work - the mirror texture is a little bit discracting.

The image tilting causes somewhat a problem IMO.

The sculpture looks interesting.

 

PS. Arent then ivy leaves a little to big?