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Published: 2006-09-29 00:49:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 15932; Favourites: 389; Downloads: 247
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Voila, a new matte painting. I am really having a lot of fun with those, and since so many of you liked my Remnants of the past , I figured I'd make another one. Actually this started out as a practice, as so many of my pieces, but then I decided to take it further, and I quite like the result.However, please do yourself a favour, and, if you somehow can, watch this against a dark background, dim the lights or whatever. the bright background of dA just doesn't do it justice, it makes it look too dark and the details really suffer.
Unlike Remnants of the past this one is mostly painted, aside from one subtle texture, THIS is the only stock photo that I used in this piece, the rest is entirely painted.
Okay, enough talk, I hope you enjoy it, print will be up soon, as usual, and now tell me what you think!
Daniel
Since many people were asking me what a matte painting is, it's basically a mix of (digital) painting and photomanipulation, used to create a photorealistic environment in films or games, which is then often combined with some subtle animation and filmed material from the set.
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Those cracks in the earth look just AWESOME Daniel 
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Wow! That is just fantastic! 
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and sorry for the latey reply
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Great! Amazing! Fantastic!
I love it!
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This is fantastic! Thanks for the definition of a matte painting...I would have never known
The only part that kind of bothers me is the flames behind the background mountains...they make the mountains seem a little flat....but I love the textures in the foreground and the glow of the burning castle...really great detail work there
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Sorry for this horribly late reply, but thanks for your detailed comment! 
And thanks for the critique too, even though I am afraid that I disagree on that
Thanks anyway, and have a great day!
Daniel
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It has a asimetric balance but its grat. the colors are kinda dark but its ok and the fire makes it sexy! lol. NIce job!
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how have you been?
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Your ability to create intense atmospheres really leaves me speechless.
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that's quite a compliment. thank you Jobie!!
and sorry for the late response!
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You're welcome, and don't worry about it
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whoa.. this is amazing. it reminds me of a dream I had once too lol
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it's scary how many people tell me that my pieces remind them of dreams THEY had
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lol, maybe you have some uncanny gift of reading peoples dreams? LOL
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You are a genius! That is some awesome work. 
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Really gorgeous work. Wonderful detail in your painting.
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Amazing detail! You've done the flames really well!
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Great peice as always. 
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Absolutely fantastic. The colors are amazing, and indeed it looks -much- better on a black background. So many details....
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Awesome, if the fire was a bit sharper you'd have a winner!
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but thanks anyway!
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Oh, ok. I just had another look at it, and I must say that you did an excellent job with the detail on the mist and the lightning on the trees and the ruin. The only thing that really bothers me (very little) is the fire from the crack in the middle, I feel as if the fire would spread to the edges of it.
I think I'll have to fav this!
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uiui, du beschaeftigst dich ja ausgiebig mit matte painting in letzter zeit,
im vergleich zum letzten hab ich hier aba mal kritik einzubringen
die flammen sin meiner meinung nach zu hoch gesaettigt un zerstΓΆrn die stimmung nen bisschen, ausserdem hΓ€tte ich se nach hinten auch mehr ausfaden lassen
ansonsten wirken diese risse in der erde noch nen bisschen unnatΓΌrlich un unzureichend integriert in die bild ebene
anyway,will net zu viel dumm rumlabern 
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hehe, sorry fΓΌr die spΓ€te antwort, aber danke fΓΌr dein comment 
was die flammen angeht stimm ich dir nicht so sehr zu, ich hab mir einige referenz photos fΓΌr feuer angeschaut, und bin mir sicher die farben recht gut getroffen zu haben. hast aber recht was die risse angeht. ich sollte aufhΓΆren vom boden als eine ebene zu denken
danke dir!
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Wow Memod! It is simply beautiful! Congrats!
Must fav!!
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Dan,
The colors you added from the last time I saw this really work. It's subtle and still feels like moonlight, but the green on the foreground really helps the transition from the very-very cool blues to the bright oranges and yellows you have for the fire.
The beams of moonlight you added are just the right touch, but maybe try variating the width of the beams and also adding some more subtle ones behind the layer you have now to make the image have more visual space.
Also the angle on the left-most beam seems like it should be just slightly more vertical of an angle than the other ones, even if it might not be correct real-world wise, right now it's a visual situation where the moon looks like it's coming almost directly from the top left, when it would be higher up in space. Sometimes we have to resort to visual tricks, hehe!
Also, the one set of trees in the foreground which have a crack (visually not spatially) right above them seem to me to be flattening out the image. If you added a few irregular branches which stick up and overlap the two elements, it would spatially solve that issue.
The rest of the things you added... the little trees in the background... is perfectly placed, and the mist coming in front of the monastary is really spot-on.
This is amazing, dancakes. One of your most moody and atmospheric paintings, and I could really see this as a matte for a movie. I think with maybe a few of these slight changes it'd set it off and make it even more exceptional than it already is.
Also, good choice with the wide black border - it helps a lot. I have the lights off, and for me it looks great. I still took a moment and set it as a wallpaper with a black background for the rest of the screen, and it works really well. I'm so proud of you!
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and when are we gonna make a collab ehhhh?
i love it baby i love it
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incredible work, dan! keep it up my friend
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Absolutely mindblowingly amazing, once again!
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Whoa!! Diablo! Tristram! lol
Cool work
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Oh, lovely.
I didn't know that about matte paintings. Now that I do, I'm even more awestruck. It doesn't LOOK like that's what you did. It all just goes together perfectly.
You're incredibly talented. You know that, right?
CW
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oh, that comment kinda got shifted down my a mass of other ones 
And sorry for the late reply
Daniel
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Hello,
this is the sytle that I like. I a newbie and I always ask for adivce so I can learn to do it.
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memod your nuts. *heat pops*. haha amazing work. the only thing i think dosent fit with the rest of it is the middle left tree. dont know if its the casting of the shadow, or the spread of the leaves. it took me a while to notice that though. eather way this is a amazing pice pf art. keep up the great work my friend
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