First matte painting

[Luova]

Hi! Here's my first matte painting. Good advice wanted!

I can't figure out how to add an attachment so I'll just put a link:

[tobiasth]

"... not allowed to download or view attachments on this board."

sorry, can't see your images.

just take a look here:
http://www.mattepainting.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=664

[Luova]

Thanks man! Maybe this works...

http://www.creativespot.org/post/uploads/179/rantalinna_final.jpg

[Luova]

200 views and not a single reply. What a fucked up world this is :cry:

[Jay_Gladwell]

Okay, I'll reply. I don't appreciate your gutter language.

[Luova]

Thank you! At last, a reply!!!

However, could someone enlighten me and tell why nobody cares to reply to my posts? Cause this isn't the first time and I want to know what I'm doing wrong. This way I wouldn't have to waste my and everybody else's time with my stupide posts. Thank you...

[Stavroz]

Hi ...you might wanna put a little finishing touch on the water...make it sync more with the sky ...(like add in a little color to match the sunset )

[nickmarshallvfx]

Yea i agree with Stavroz, they water should reflect some of the sky colour. Also i think i would lower the contrast a little to make the colour more realistic, and matbe add some atmosphere so that it fades in the distance.

Nick

[Espnetboy3]

For some reason the castle looks a bit flat. I do like the water it looks very painted its nice and soft. But the caste is missing some darkest darks and lightest lights to give it depth.

[LFGabel]

Can we see your rough concept sketch to compare it to the end product?

[Luova]

Thanks for all the hints! LFGabel there is no rough concept. I did it from scratch. :D Unfortunetly I deleted the psd-version of this image and now I can't edit it anymore. Well, that's ok. I started this new one. What do you guys and girls think?

http://www.creativespot.org/post/uploads/179/satulinna_small.jpg

[ganjanaut]

I like both.

Hienoja :D

[Luova]

Well thank you bro...kiitti veli :D

[Espnetboy3]

Is that the Disney Magic Kingdom castle. If it is thats sweet.

[Luova]

Yes it is! :D I also think it's very sweet.

[Luova]

I added some details and shadows. Looks much better now I think.

http://www.creativespot.org/post/data/500/Castle.jpg

[stefan]

Very nice. It`s got a lovely quality. Very beautiful light. The only thing that disturbs me a little is that the mountain on the left is a bit blurry, but that's just my personal thing, don't worry about it.

[Luova]

No you're right stefan. The picture that I used for those mountains was already blurry. Now I added a sharpen filter to make it look less blurry. I also added two hobbits who are on their way to the castle.

http://www.creativespot.org/post/data/500/Coming_home.jpg

[stefan]

Fantastic! I love it. It's got such nice light and atmosphere.
Yeah ,I think using the sharpen filter really improved it somehow. It's a matter of taste of course, it looked great before that too.