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YARRR!! My challenging 3rd commission is done! For this one I was required to uplevel my technique in matte painting, watching a few hours of tutorials - sure there's still much to improve (I wish I could add more details on the 'steampunk' cities but I felt this already crowded.. ) but personally I'm very satisfied with my current skill and the result, this has to be my most complex mixed media work so far! Thanks to QuantumKonar for commissioning me, loved the epic request!

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Character Description by QuantumKonar :

It's a world "in-between" other worlds so people from all times and places arrive there when lost. The city, known as Cross City, thus features everything from cutting edge modern skyscrapers to Victorian clocktowers to medieval castles all side by side. In terms of Geography it's basically New York City what with the waters going through and around it with separated areas by water.

Near the center of Cross City stands a massive tree. Huge. Large enough that the buildings beneath it are tiny in comparison. It needs to be big enough that the Hydra heads and it look of a similar scale. In particular the Hydra heads need to be looking 'up' at the top of it.

There should be three Hydra heads- the bulk of the body can be hidden or not even featured as it's ultimately not the body that's important but the heads. They should have clouds of fog underneath them if possible because the Hydra can only appear by traveling between worlds- which is a dimension full of fog and clouds.

The Hydra measurements in case you want that now are as follows- you do not have to be remotely exact to this nor do I expect such a thing but I figured it would be helpful if you needed to compare sizes to New York City for general. If it helps- Central Park is 4 kilometers long and I believe 0.8 kilometers wide.

Hydra head width: 0.8 kilometers
Hydra neck length including head: 4 kilometers
Hydra body length including neck and heads: 16 kilometers
But again, the body is not important and actually would force an extremely wide view to include it all, probably too wide to the point where buildings would barely be visible, which is why it would be better just to go with the necks and heads imo.

The Hydra heads should be a dark hue, reptilian in nature, with full sets of curved teeth on the outside of the jaws instead of inside, not uniform but irregular in pattern. The shape of the head should be similar to an alligator. The twin eyes each head has should be pure white- perhaps with a glow if you think that would look nice or just a dull white if not.

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Painting process in .gif:

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Stocks used:

Alien tree or Condos by mysticmorning
City Blocks PNG by neverFading-stock
Land PNG 2 by Jean52
Png Floating Terrain by Moonglowlilly
Fantasy Tree png by mysticmorning
www.dzzyn.com/20-tree-png-imag…
www.pexels.com/photo/futuristi…
www.maxpixel.net/Fantasy-City-…
www.maxpixel.net/Florence-Trav…
www.pexels.com/photo/ancient-a…
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…

pixabay.com/en/aircraft-jet-ai…
www.maxpixel.net/Isolated-Airc…
Bryce png Cargo Ships by mysticmorning
Thunderbirds Pack - 1 by Seductive-Stock

Explosion PNG by ashrafcrew
Dirt Charge 2 PNG by ashrafcrew
Dirt charges.png by ashrafcrew
Fire by TinaLouiseUk
Fire Stock 01 by FrostBo
Fire Stock 05 by FrostBo
Fire Stock 08 by FrostBo
Fire Stock 07 by FrostBo
meteorit by morsprinstock
misc explosion element png by dbszabo1
misc fire element png by dbszabo1
misc fire element png by dbszabo1
Mushroom cloud stock by Gamekiller48

MAGIC BALL PNG by Moonglowlilly
misc bg element png by dbszabo1
misc electrical element png by dbszabo1
MB-AbstractFX-II by modblackmoon
Star Brushes by kuschelirmel-stock
Fractal Stock Pack 2 (transparent PNG) by Hexe78
Fractal Stock Pack 26 by Hexe78
Zummerfish's Lightbeams Brushes by zummerfish

www.maxpixel.net/Beach-Storm-C…
www.publicdomainpictures.net/e…
Free Space/Galaxy Texture by Lyshastra
Ocean Water Texture by mysticmorning

Various painting brushes from various sources.

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Constructive comments are welcome, especially tips regarding matte painting / photomanipulation techniques.~

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Want something like this? My commissions are open!

Character Drawing Commission [ OPEN ]
Pet Portrait Commission [OPEN]

[Note: The commission result would be 1500px up and having much smaller watermark, will be sent via personal note.~]

Description
YARRR!! My challenging 3rd commission is done! For this one I was required to uplevel my technique in matte painting, watching a few hours of tutorials - sure there's still much to improve (I wish I could add more details on the 'steampunk' cities but I felt this already crowded.. ) but personally I'm very satisfied with my current skill and the result, this has to be my most complex mixed media work so far! Thanks to QuantumKonar for commissioning me, loved the epic request!

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Character Description by QuantumKonar :

It's a world "in-between" other worlds so people from all times and places arrive there when lost. The city, known as Cross City, thus features everything from cutting edge modern skyscrapers to Victorian clocktowers to medieval castles all side by side. In terms of Geography it's basically New York City what with the waters going through and around it with separated areas by water.

Near the center of Cross City stands a massive tree. Huge. Large enough that the buildings beneath it are tiny in comparison. It needs to be big enough that the Hydra heads and it look of a similar scale. In particular the Hydra heads need to be looking 'up' at the top of it.

There should be three Hydra heads- the bulk of the body can be hidden or not even featured as it's ultimately not the body that's important but the heads. They should have clouds of fog underneath them if possible because the Hydra can only appear by traveling between worlds- which is a dimension full of fog and clouds.

The Hydra measurements in case you want that now are as follows- you do not have to be remotely exact to this nor do I expect such a thing but I figured it would be helpful if you needed to compare sizes to New York City for general. If it helps- Central Park is 4 kilometers long and I believe 0.8 kilometers wide.

Hydra head width: 0.8 kilometers
Hydra neck length including head: 4 kilometers
Hydra body length including neck and heads: 16 kilometers
But again, the body is not important and actually would force an extremely wide view to include it all, probably too wide to the point where buildings would barely be visible, which is why it would be better just to go with the necks and heads imo.

The Hydra heads should be a dark hue, reptilian in nature, with full sets of curved teeth on the outside of the jaws instead of inside, not uniform but irregular in pattern. The shape of the head should be similar to an alligator. The twin eyes each head has should be pure white- perhaps with a glow if you think that would look nice or just a dull white if not.

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Painting process in .gif:

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Stocks used:

Alien tree or Condos by mysticmorning
City Blocks PNG by neverFading-stock
Land PNG 2 by Jean52
Png Floating Terrain by Moonglowlilly
Fantasy Tree png by mysticmorning
www.dzzyn.com/20-tree-png-imag…
www.pexels.com/photo/futuristi…
www.maxpixel.net/Fantasy-City-…
www.maxpixel.net/Florence-Trav…
www.pexels.com/photo/ancient-a…
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…

pixabay.com/en/aircraft-jet-ai…
www.maxpixel.net/Isolated-Airc…
Bryce png Cargo Ships by mysticmorning
Thunderbirds Pack - 1 by Seductive-Stock

Explosion PNG by ashrafcrew
Dirt Charge 2 PNG by ashrafcrew
Dirt charges.png by ashrafcrew
Fire by TinaLouiseUk
Fire Stock 01 by FrostBo
Fire Stock 05 by FrostBo
Fire Stock 08 by FrostBo
Fire Stock 07 by FrostBo
meteorit by morsprinstock
misc explosion element png by dbszabo1
misc fire element png by dbszabo1
misc fire element png by dbszabo1
Mushroom cloud stock by Gamekiller48

MAGIC BALL PNG by Moonglowlilly
misc bg element png by dbszabo1
misc electrical element png by dbszabo1
MB-AbstractFX-II by modblackmoon
Star Brushes by kuschelirmel-stock
Fractal Stock Pack 2 (transparent PNG) by Hexe78
Fractal Stock Pack 26 by Hexe78
Zummerfish's Lightbeams Brushes by zummerfish

www.maxpixel.net/Beach-Storm-C…
www.publicdomainpictures.net/e…
Free Space/Galaxy Texture by Lyshastra
Ocean Water Texture by mysticmorning

Various painting brushes from various sources.

*

Constructive comments are welcome, especially tips regarding matte painting / photomanipulation techniques.~

***

Want something like this? My commissions are open!

Character Drawing Commission [ OPEN ]
Pet Portrait Commission [OPEN]

[Note: The commission result would be 1500px up and having much smaller watermark, will be sent via personal note.~]