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Maryam
10-19-2004, 08:33 PM
Hi everybody,

The folks at HatchFX were kind enough to share this high resolution image with us.
Visit their website at: www.hatchfx.com (http://www.hatchfx.com)

http://www.mattepainting.org/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/420.jpg
Azra
10-20-2004, 01:21 AM
NICE image... too bad there are no alps in the carpathian mountains but hey.... who wants to learn geography?
max4ever
10-20-2004, 06:56 AM
oh c'mon azra, I think they don't even know where transilvania is on the map :D
nice matte btw, I think it's too blue but overall it looks very good. ;)
Ross Forster
10-20-2004, 04:55 PM
mmm high res goodness, that place must be massive. :shock:
Boof
10-20-2004, 05:50 PM
I've seen the small res versions online @ Hatchfx.com
Nice to see a high res version....beautiful painting.
Amazing how much of the detail holds up.
Tchook
10-22-2004, 01:28 AM
damn :shock:
this is a good one!!!
rrische
10-23-2004, 05:51 PM
Great lighting design and mood!
The rocks in the left BG are a little soft and blurry, and the
snow and ice on the castle is a bit too illustrative. But overall,
it's terrific!
Fuzz
10-24-2004, 01:34 AM
I remember this shot in the film. I think it went by fast, i remember being really impressed and not even thinking "hey, thats a matte".
doom
10-25-2004, 01:59 PM
This is not a painting from the movie. It is an early concept sketch done for Steven Sommers while he was still writing the script of Van Helsing. All of the matte paintings in the movie were done by Illusion Art. This particular sketch was done in 2 days.
Pilou
10-25-2004, 02:29 PM
Amazing! :shock:
As Rrishe i think that this matte is too like "fantasy" ; it would have been better if it would be more realistic :)
(well.. english's hard!)
Fuzz
10-25-2004, 05:11 PM
This is not a painting from the movie. It is an early concept sketch done for Steven Sommers while he was still writing the script of Van Helsing. All of the matte paintings in the movie were done by Illusion Art. This particular sketch was done in 2 days.


Well, that must be why i don't remember this scene as being a matte. I do remember being impressed with the scene where they come up to the castle.
miss julie
11-13-2004, 10:40 AM
I love the lighting in this. Not to mention the castle. I think mattes with this kind of lighting -just for the sake of the art- are my favorite. Too cool!

2 Days! That would take me 2 weeks!
Riddick
12-21-2004, 01:41 AM
Oh Thank you!!!!!
I haven't take the time to saw this matte because I know all the works by Hatch!
But this version is so big!!
This is really good to learn!!
THX :D

Doom< Well thank you for the information. For me it is like a matte!